Kidney Stones: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Kidney stones are hard mineral deposits that form in the kidney and can travel down the ureter, causing severe pain.
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Kidney Stones in India
Kidney Stones is diagnosed and treated by urology specialists. At a first consultation, a specialist can examine you, confirm the cause and explain which treatment suits your case, such as ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy), Ureteroscopy (URS) and RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery).
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Specialists by City
| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi NCR | 447 | 788 |
| Bangalore | 253 | 551 |
| Hyderabad | 239 | 651 |
| Mumbai | 235 | 549 |
| Pune | 160 | 359 |
| Kolkata | 146 | 658 |
| Ahmedabad | 126 | 785 |
| Jaipur | 120 | 176 |
| Chennai | 96 | 653 |
| Guwahati | 87 | 20 |
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| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Greater_Noida | 73 | 19 |
| Navi Mumbai | 69 | 142 |
| Thane | 67 | 263 |
| Nagpur | 59 | 128 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 53 | 5 |
| Agra | 50 | 315 |
| Chandigarh | 49 | 37 |
| Indore | 47 | 73 |
| Visakhapatnam | 45 | 79 |
| Mysore | 41 | 29 |
| Bhopal | 35 | 88 |
| Amritsar | 34 | 274 |
| Gorakhpur | 33 | 7 |
| Raipur | 33 | 38 |
| Kanpur | 31 | 34 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 30 | 0 |
| Coimbatore | 30 | 84 |
| Bhiwandi | 29 | 0 |
| Gwalior | 29 | 21 |
| Kukatpalli | 29 | 0 |
| Vadodara | 28 | 80 |
| Meerut | 27 | 27 |
| Dwarka | 26 | 0 |
| Jammu | 26 | 3 |
| Nashik | 26 | 85 |
| Borivli | 25 | 0 |
| Patna | 25 | 116 |
| Rajkot | 25 | 45 |
| Ankleshwar | 24 | 100 |
| Ludhiana | 23 | 73 |
| Mangalore | 23 | 13 |
| Ranchi | 23 | 190 |
| Lucknow | 22 | 87 |
| Cuttack | 21 | 11 |
| Dombivli | 21 | 0 |
| Howrah | 19 | 18 |
| Kamarhati | 19 | 0 |
| Surat | 19 | 85 |
| Guntur | 18 | 16 |
| Jodhpur | 18 | 25 |
| Varanasi | 18 | 57 |
| Jalandhar | 17 | 25 |
| Kochi | 16 | 4 |
| Prayagraj | 16 | 272 |
| Ajmer | 14 | 119 |
| Secunderabad | 14 | 0 |
| Udaipur | 14 | 10 |
| Madurai | 13 | 34 |
| Ahmadnagar | 12 | 185 |
| Anantapur | 12 | 184 |
| Bareilly | 12 | 14 |
| Bathinda | 12 | 15 |
| Karol-bagh | 12 | 0 |
| Rohtak | 12 | 12 |
| Srinagar | 12 | 9 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 12 | 37 |
| Jabalpur | 11 | 11 |
| Moradabad | 11 | 4 |
| Patiala | 11 | 7 |
| Vijayawada | 11 | 72 |
| Agartala | 10 | 55 |
| Alappuzha | 10 | 82 |
| Asansol | 10 | 54 |
| Dehra-dun | 10 | 0 |
| Durgapur | 10 | 7 |
| Alwar | 9 | 141 |
| Anand | 9 | 136 |
| Bhayandar | 9 | 0 |
| Bhilai | 9 | 2 |
| Chittorgarh | 9 | 0 |
| Habra | 9 | 0 |
| Nellore | 9 | 7 |
| Bhatpara | 8 | 0 |
| Bihar Sharif | 8 | 12 |
| Haldwani | 8 | 0 |
| Kota | 8 | 5 |
| Mathura | 8 | 9 |
| Rampur | 8 | 1 |
| Shiliguri | 8 | 0 |
| Vizianagaram | 8 | 4 |
| Bharatpur | 7 | 2 |
| Dhanbad | 7 | 61 |
| Guruvayur | 7 | 0 |
| Jhansi | 7 | 6 |
| Salem | 7 | 22 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 7 | 9 |
| Amravati | 6 | 263 |
| Bhagalpur | 6 | 37 |
| Bhavnagar | 6 | 4 |
| Cherthala | 6 | 3 |
| Darbhanga | 6 | 18 |
| Dewas | 6 | 2 |
| Hanamkonda | 6 | 1 |
| Junagadh | 6 | 2 |
| Karimnagar | 6 | 23 |
| Kharagpur | 6 | 0 |
| Nainital | 6 | 0 |
| Raniganj | 6 | 2 |
| Raurkela | 6 | 0 |
| Shivaji_Nagar | 6 | 0 |
| Thrissur | 6 | 0 |
| Vasco_da_Gama | 6 | 0 |
| Yavatmal | 6 | 3 |
| Akola | 5 | 222 |
| Ambattur | 5 | 109 |
| Belagavi | 5 | 7 |
| Bellary | 5 | 4 |
| Gandhidham | 5 | 0 |
| Jalgaon | 5 | 9 |
| Jalna | 5 | 2 |
| Jamshedpur | 5 | 31 |
| Kakinada | 5 | 5 |
| Kollam | 5 | 8 |
| Kozhikode | 5 | 10 |
| Kurnool | 5 | 8 |
| Morbi | 5 | 0 |
| Panipat | 5 | 4 |
| Purnia | 5 | 2 |
| Shillong | 5 | 1 |
| Srikakulam | 5 | 3 |
| Uttar Dinajpur | 5 | 0 |
| Bhilwara | 4 | 0 |
| Bikaner | 4 | 4 |
| Bokaro | 4 | 2 |
| Dhule | 4 | 0 |
| Erode | 4 | 3 |
| Hisar | 4 | 17 |
| Karur | 4 | 2 |
| Kolhapur | 4 | 15 |
| Kulti | 4 | 2 |
| Mumbai City | 4 | 0 |
| Nadiad | 4 | 1 |
| Nizamabad | 4 | 9 |
| Panaji | 4 | 0 |
| Raisen | 4 | 0 |
| Ratlam | 4 | 2 |
| Rewa | 4 | 3 |
| Vellore | 4 | 6 |
| Aizawl | 3 | 39 |
| Aligarh | 3 | 194 |
| Bardhaman | 3 | 0 |
| Begusarai | 3 | 40 |
| Belgaum | 3 | 5 |
| Churu | 3 | 0 |
| Daman | 3 | 0 |
| Gandhinagar | 3 | 6 |
| Hanumangarh | 3 | 0 |
| Hubli | 3 | 7 |
| Imphal | 3 | 0 |
| Kalyan | 3 | 0 |
| Kasaragod | 3 | 1 |
| Khammam | 3 | 15 |
| Korba | 3 | 0 |
| Margao | 3 | 0 |
| Nagercoil | 3 | 2 |
| Navsari | 3 | 0 |
| Panna | 3 | 0 |
| Puducherry | 3 | 6 |
| Sangli | 3 | 1 |
| Surendranagar | 3 | 0 |
| Tirupati | 3 | 4 |
| Vasant Kunj | 3 | 0 |
| Agra Cantt | 2 | 0 |
| Balaghat | 2 | 0 |
| Ballari | 2 | 1 |
| Banaskantha | 2 | 0 |
| Baranagar | 2 | 0 |
| Berhampore | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuj | 2 | 0 |
| Bundi | 2 | 0 |
| Darjeeling | 2 | 0 |
| Durg | 2 | 0 |
| Firozabad | 2 | 0 |
| Gadag | 2 | 0 |
| Gondia | 2 | 2 |
| Gudivada | 2 | 0 |
| Hapur | 2 | 2 |
| Hassan | 2 | 1 |
| Hazaribag | 2 | 0 |
| Jagadhri | 2 | 0 |
| Jamnagar | 2 | 6 |
| Kanchipuram | 2 | 4 |
| Karnal | 2 | 8 |
| Khordha | 2 | 0 |
| Kumbakonam | 2 | 2 |
| Malappuram | 2 | 9 |
| Mapusa | 2 | 1 |
| Medchal-Malkajgiri | 2 | 0 |
| Mumbai Suburban | 2 | 0 |
| Nanded | 2 | 6 |
| Nayagarh | 2 | 0 |
| Neyyattinkara | 2 | 0 |
| Paschim Bardhaman | 2 | 0 |
| Ponda | 2 | 0 |
| Rajamahendravaram | 2 | 2 |
| Roorkee | 2 | 0 |
| Sagar | 2 | 2 |
| Saharanpur | 2 | 0 |
| Samastipur | 2 | 0 |
| Shimla | 2 | 1 |
| Sikar | 2 | 5 |
| Sitamarhi | 2 | 0 |
| Siwan | 2 | 1 |
| Solapur | 2 | 19 |
| Sonipat | 2 | 0 |
| Thiruvalla | 2 | 2 |
| Tirunelveli | 2 | 3 |
| Tiruvannamalai | 2 | 0 |
| Yamuna Nagar | 2 | 0 |
| Addanki | 1 | 0 |
| Aluva | 1 | 0 |
| Angul | 1 | 0 |
| Annamayya | 1 | 0 |
| Baharampur | 1 | 0 |
| Banka | 1 | 0 |
| Barddhaman | 1 | 0 |
| Beed | 1 | 0 |
| Berhamapur | 1 | 0 |
| Betul | 1 | 0 |
| Bhadradri Kothagudem | 1 | 0 |
| Bhandara | 1 | 1 |
| Bharuch | 1 | 16 |
| Bhosari | 1 | 0 |
| Bilimora | 1 | 0 |
| Birbhum | 1 | 0 |
| Bishnah | 1 | 0 |
| Brahmapur | 1 | 0 |
| Bulandshahr | 1 | 0 |
| Buldhana | 1 | 0 |
| Changanacherry | 1 | 0 |
| Chengannur | 1 | 2 |
| Chikkaballapur | 1 | 0 |
| Chikkamagaluru | 1 | 0 |
| Davangere | 1 | 0 |
| Dehradun | 1 | 0 |
| Deoghar | 1 | 30 |
| Dhenkanal | 1 | 0 |
| Dholpur | 1 | 0 |
| Dhulia | 1 | 0 |
| Dindigul | 1 | 1 |
| East Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| East Singhbhum | 1 | 0 |
| Elamakkara | 1 | 0 |
| Eluru | 1 | 0 |
| Farrukhabad | 1 | 2 |
| Gangtok | 1 | 0 |
| Gaya | 1 | 8 |
| Gopalganj | 1 | 0 |
| Gudur | 1 | 0 |
| Gulbarga | 1 | 6 |
| Haridwar | 1 | 6 |
| Hazaribagh | 1 | 7 |
| Hinjavadi | 1 | 0 |
| Ichhapur | 1 | 0 |
| Idukki | 1 | 0 |
| Jammalamadugu | 1 | 0 |
| Jamtara | 1 | 0 |
| Jhunjhunu | 1 | 0 |
| Kadapa | 1 | 0 |
| Kanniyakumari | 1 | 0 |
| Karaikudi | 1 | 0 |
| Katihar | 1 | 1 |
| Kendrapara | 1 | 0 |
| Kishanganj | 1 | 1 |
| Koderma | 1 | 1 |
| Kottayam | 1 | 8 |
| Krishnagiri | 1 | 0 |
| Kullu | 1 | 2 |
| Kurukshetra | 1 | 0 |
| Latehar | 1 | 0 |
| Latur | 1 | 5 |
| Machilipatnam | 1 | 0 |
| Mahendragarh | 1 | 0 |
| Mandsaur | 1 | 0 |
| Mira Bhayandar | 1 | 0 |
| Mount_Abu | 1 | 0 |
| Munger | 1 | 1 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 1 | 2 |
| Naihati | 1 | 0 |
| Nandurbar | 1 | 0 |
| Nandyal | 1 | 0 |
| Osmanabad | 1 | 0 |
| Ottappalam | 1 | 0 |
| Palakkad | 1 | 7 |
| Palanpur | 1 | 1 |
| Pali | 1 | 2 |
| Palnadu | 1 | 0 |
| Panchkula | 1 | 1 |
| Panihati | 1 | 0 |
| Pathanamthitta | 1 | 3 |
| Perumbaikad | 1 | 0 |
| Pimple Saudagar | 1 | 0 |
| Proddatur | 1 | 0 |
| Purba Medinipur | 1 | 0 |
| Raichur | 1 | 2 |
| Ramgarh | 1 | 0 |
| Saran | 1 | 0 |
| Satara | 1 | 3 |
| Shahjanpur | 1 | 0 |
| Shirdi | 1 | 0 |
| Shyamnagar | 1 | 0 |
| Sri Ganganagar | 1 | 0 |
| Sultanpur | 1 | 0 |
| Tawang | 1 | 0 |
| Tinsukia | 1 | 0 |
| Udupi | 1 | 4 |
| Ulhasnagar | 1 | 0 |
| Uttara Kannada | 1 | 0 |
| Vidisha | 1 | 0 |
| Wardha | 1 | 2 |
| Washim | 1 | 0 |
| West Godavari | 1 | 0 |
Treatment Options
| Treatment | Specialist | Cities Listed |
|---|---|---|
| ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy) | Urology | 322 |
| Ureteroscopy (URS) | Urology | 322 |
| RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery) | Urology | 322 |
| PCNL | Urology | 322 |
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Causes
- Not drinking enough water
- Diet high in salt or animal protein
- Family history
- Certain medical conditions
Diagnosis
- CT scan (KUB)
- Ultrasound
- Urine and blood tests
Self-care
- Drink enough water to keep urine pale
- Reduce salt
When to see a doctor
Seek urgent care for severe pain, fever with pain, or inability to pass urine.
Treatments
ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy)
Focused shock waves are passed through the body to break a kidney stone into fragments small enough to pass in the urine. No incision is needed.
Ureteroscopy (URS)
A thin telescope is passed through the urinary passage into the ureter to break the stone with a laser and remove fragments. There are no external cuts.
RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery)
A flexible telescope is passed up into the kidney through the natural urinary passage and a laser breaks up kidney stones. No cuts are made.
PCNL
A small tunnel is made through the back directly into the kidney to break and remove large stones. It is the most effective option for large or complex stones.
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FAQs
What are the common symptoms of Kidney Stones?
Severe pain in the side and back, often coming in waves; Pain spreading to the groin; Blood in the urine; Nausea, vomiting, frequent urination.
What causes Kidney Stones?
Not drinking enough water; Diet high in salt or animal protein; Family history; Certain medical conditions.
How is Kidney Stones diagnosed?
CT scan (KUB); Ultrasound; Urine and blood tests.
What are the treatment options?
Depending on severity, options include ESWL (Shock Wave Lithotripsy), Ureteroscopy (URS), RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery), PCNL. A specialist will recommend what suits you after examination.
When should I see a doctor?
Seek urgent care for severe pain, fever with pain, or inability to pass urine.