Urolithiasis

Introduction: Urolithiasis

Description of Urolithiasis

Urolithiasis (medical condition): Kidney stones are solid deposits of salts (e.g...more »

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  »Symptoms of Kidney stones
  »Causes of Kidney stones
  »Tests for Kidney stones
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Urolithiasis: The process of forming urinary tract stones (including urinary stones and $kidney stones).

Urolithiasis: Calculi occurring in the kidney. Calculi too large to pass spontaneously range in size from 1 cm to the staghorn stones that occupy the renal pelvis and calyces.
Source: Diseases Database

Urolithiasis: Formation of stones in any part of the URINARY TRACT, usually in the KIDNEY; URINARY BLADDER; or the URETER.
Source: MeSH 2007

Urolithiasis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Urolithiasis:

• Calculi
• Urinary
• Urinary symptoms (1228 causes)
• Urinary pain (93 causes)
• System

Urolithiasis as a Disease

Urolithiasis: Another name for Kidney stones (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Kidney stones
  »Symptoms of Kidney stones
  »Causes of Kidney stones
  »Treatments for Kidney stones

Urolithiasis: Related Diseases

Urolithiasis: Urolithiasis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Kidney conditions
• Stones
• Urinary system conditions
• Senior health conditions
• Abdominal conditions

Causes of Urolithiasis

Some of the causes of Urolithiasis are included in the list below:

• Urinary tract infections
• Cystic kidney diseases
• Metabolic disorders
• Hyperparathyroidism - kidney stones
• Renal tubular acidosis - kidney stones

See full list of 215 causes of Urolithiasis (Kidney stones)

Symptoms of Urolithiasis (Kidney stones)

Some of the symptoms of Urolithiasis incude:

• No early symptoms - early stages have no symptoms
• Severe abdominal pain
• Kidney pain - sharp pain usually on the back and at the side
  • Severe back pain
  • Side pain

See full list of 21 symptoms of Urolithiasis (Kidney stones)

Treatments for Urolithiasis (Kidney stones)

Treatments for Urolithiasis (Kidney stones) include:

• No treatment - in mild cases; some kidney stones pass naturally in urine
• Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)
• Surgery
  • Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
  • Ureteroscopic Stone Removal

See full list of 7 treatments for Urolithiasis

Treatment of Urolithiasis: For more treatment information about Urolithiasis, see treatment of Kidney stones (Urolithiasis)

Urolithiasis: Article Excerpts about Kidney stones

What Are Kidney Stones: NIDDK (Excerpt)

A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in the kidney out of substances in... (Source: excerpt from What Are Kidney Stones: NIDDK)

Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Kidney stones is the term commonly used to refer to stones, or calculi, in the urinary system.... (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Urolithiasis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Urolithiasis:

• renal stone
• ureteral calculi
• ureterolithiasis
• urolithiasis
• urinary calculi
• urinary lithiasis
• urinary tract calculi
• urinary tract stone disease
• urinary stone disease
• stone disease
• kidney calculi
• calculus

Terms associated with Urolithiasis:

Terms Similar to Urolithiasis:

• Nephrolithiasis
• Kidney stones
• Renal stones

Source: Diseases Database

The following terms can be used for Urolithiasis

• urinary calculi

Source: CRISP

External links related to: Urolithiasis

• eMedicine - Nephrolithiasis : Article by J Stuart Wolf, Jr, MD
• Water for preventing urinary calculi (Cochrane Review)
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) versus opioids for acute renal colic (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Urolithiasis : Article by Richard Neiberger, MD, PhD
• eMedicine - Renal Calculi : Article by Sandy Craig, MD
• eMedicine - Nephrolithiasis/Urolithiasis : Article by J Kevin Smith, MD, PhD
• eMedicine - Nephrolithiasis: Acute Renal Colic : Article by Stephen W Leslie, MD, FACS
• renal calculi

Source: Diseases Database

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