I was in the ER yesterday for over 6 hours. I had to wait over four hours in pain before they ran a CT scan. At age 64, it’s my first time ever having kidney stones. They are rare in women, but the physician’s assistant in the ER said she had never seen this … I have 3 stones and they are on both sides. On the right side I have a 4mm stone and on the left side I have two stones, one 2mm and the other 8mm. They sent me home with Oxycodone which hasn’t touched the pain! I feel like I’m going crazy with the pain. Of course, it happened going into the Christmas holiday weekend, so I can’t contact my urologist until Tuesday. I don’t know how I’m going to survive the non-stop pain for three more days!
I had a 9.6 mm stone that was surgically removed. It was the most excrutiating experience in my nearly 60 years of existence. The doctors had to insert a stent in my urethra, and its removal was traumatic for me. Anyway, I use a product called, "Stone Stopper" and it has mitigated what I consider kidney stone back pain. Every once in a while, I also take vitamin B6 (25 mg., if you can find a lower dose, you may want to consider that) instead. Every day, I drink lemon/lime slices in water (drink with straw) and magnesium citrate, potassium citrate, and sometimes I will add 1/2 or 1 teaspoon of food grade citric acid. I drink at least one gallon of water, daily: an increase from 2 liters. There are some people who drink apple cider vinegar with the mother, diluted in water, lemon slices and organic olive oil. I hope someday, science will be able to allow us to eat oxalates without forming stones.
I cannot believe they sent you home !! I just got out of the hospital after 4 days of being there. I finally passed a clump of 7mm stones on day 3. After they hooked me up for 3 days on Flomax, ( opens the ureters); morphine for pain, and a constant water IV to help flush it through. The pain was gone and I was able to basically sleep until I passed it. When I passed it, I got a 101 fever they kept me another day to observe. It was horrific until they finally got me settled in a quiet room with pain meds. I hope you are ok now.
I have a 9mm and ended up with a neuphostromy bag I had to saty in the hospital for 7 days because it cause infection on my kidney now I have to wait for another surgery to have it removed
Dear Dr. Shusterman: Thank you very much for providing such valuable information to your viewing audience. You are a wealth of knowledge! Blessings to you and your family. 🙏🙏
If its your first and only stone some diet changes may help avoid another stone. However, its possible you have other already resting within the kidney. The biggest thing is to make sure your drinking enough water. Coffee is something you might want to reduce or chase it with an equal amount of water.
Great job Mary! I am proud of you for making some great changes. There are so many ways to season food without reaching for the saltshaker. As you cut back - you will notice the less and less you will need to flavor your dishes.
I had 7 stones at once, 4 in left 3 in right, had surgery then two years later had one in left 1.2CM recently had surgery for that one, I’m trying to change diet and drink more water!!!
I’ve had a few rounds of kidney stones. All calcium oxalate type. I also have high calcium in my urine and Doc has me on 2 water pills for it. Barely lowered the calcium level in my urine. Also have low potassium as a result of the water pills. Even on prediction for potassium chloride and it doesn’t seem to be doing anything as my potassium level won’t budge. There HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE wrong. I’m told no. Soooo frustrating.
Not drinking enough fluid can become a grave issue as you get older. I am 70 and never feel thristy. Here is what I do. I would love it if anyone finds my idea helpful. I have a large half litre (pint) German beerstein. I have it next to my bed and drink a full stein directly after getting up. I then place the stein on my desk where I can see it (you cant miss it!) and that reminds me to have a second stein full before I have my first coffee. After my first coffee I have already had a litre's worth of water. I note how much I am drinking during the rest of the day, marking off each cup of tea or vwater I drink-target of 2 litres minimum a day which I usually reach. I had been trying for years and not succeeding before I thought of the trick with the beer stein.. This silly trick with the large German beer stein really helps me. If anyone likes my idea let me know! Drinking a lot of fluid is not just good against stones, there are other health benefits as well.
When I heard “that’s alot of people and alot of stones” my crazy mind : What if I collected all the stones over time and built a house using the stones. We will call it “House of Pain”
Every time I get renal Calculi my potassium is low, I live in AZ. My labs are all normal just always low potassium when I get them and they hurt bad. I didn’t get them until may of this yr at 42. In AZ because the weather is so hot we have intake more sodium. I had covid in February and then started getting them any correlation?
I've been dealing with significant amount of kidney stones. Typically small but the frequency has gotten out of hand. I've been getting them monthly now. Sometimes 5 within a month. Even after making some of the diet changes. Increasing citrate seems to help make them smaller. Something weird that happens is they will pass into the bladder and then I never feel anything come out. Which seems a bit alarming. Going to the specialist will cost me a significant amount of money so I need it to be worth going to get my urine analyzed. From what I understand there isn't any medication that helps. Just diet changes. So what would the point be if all they are going to do is suggest things I already know? Sorry, this has been very frustrating for me.
@@palmajavierI have to warn you that if you have uric acid stones, then a high protein diet is not good. Every time I go on Keto or carnivore I get uric acid stones. The diets are great to reduce my A1C and daily blood glucose and yes I do lose weight. I am in a catch 22 it fixes one thing but causes another. I don’t know what to eat anymore between the stones and the diabetes
Where is this stone resting ? That is critical to know. Yes within the kidney they do typically leave them alone. Within the ureter that is dangerous for the damage they cause there. Its been years makes me assume its within the kidney.
This doctor is wrong on at least two items here. No 1. Red meat does NOT equate to having more stones nor is salt mean you will have stones. My mother went to the hospital for hyponatremia because she was told by doctors to have a low sodium diet beaten into her brain! Salt is a NECESSITY for life and good health. It is part of the electrolytes needed!
There is not enough research in this field and doctors are still following outdated information. Or maybe it's a very profitable bussiness to treat it through surgery and medications for whole life rather than to find a true cure for it.
You're right! Generally the excessive sodium consumption is because of the high processed food like sausages and ham (they're high in sodium) and NOT because of the salt that we add to the food when we cook daily.
Probably the nuance is processed salts like table salt, not normal salt in health foods & stuff like sea salt. also depending on other health conditions sodium intake has to be taken into consideration relative to the kidney stone.
Straight & simple talk here. I'd get up to 4 very large (oxalate) kidney stones a year. I've had NONE for 7 years now. I use something called 'Stone Breaker' tablets I get from Walmart. Active ingredient is something called Chanca Piedra & there are other brands available. Dosage is recommended 3 tablets a day (about 25 cents each) but I find that one a day works for me. If I feel back pain like from a pending stone I simply go to two tabs a day for a while & never had a problem.
I just started the Stone Breaker. I hope it prevents future stones. I've had multiple stones over 30 years. Genetics and diet definitely major factors.
I believe Low /High Sodium doesn't apply to PINK, SEA or Seltic Salt...they have minerals that work TOGETHER to balance it with other minerals, unlike regular table *salt.
I was 80 years old when I had my first stone. I had to have it taken out because of the size. 14mm. Should I expect to have another one. Took me 80 years to make one.
Actually was confused with this as red meat has zero oxalates which is the primary cause of stones. So it doesn't makes sense about putting blame to red meat when actually the reason behind could be the salt used for it.
I think what he means is the protein not the meat the meat is just an essentiel source of protein and consuming more protein than what you suppose to can weak your kidney
Thus is typical of experts, when there's a n agenda being pushed the experts attack food they don't want you to eat, remember the constant egg commercials warning you against them,or how about milk, there was a few other foods.
I’ve had at least one a year for 30 years. Every dr says DRINK MORE WATER. even funnier was the PA telling me diet had nothing to do with it. I feel like no one can tell me why I do this
Seems to me the top causes of kidney stones may be UTI and acidic urine: High incidence of urinary stones in Uyghur children may be related to local environmental factors, 2014, since I find it hard to get any solid numbers elsewhere. Hypoxia causes acidic urine, so that may be the main cause for the latter. Overnight Urinary Uric Acid: Creatinine Ratio for Detection of Sleep Hypoxemia: Validation Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea before and after Treatment with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, 1992 Note this talks about uric acid from ATP degradation during hypoxia. Not diet! And apart from that there is many additional ways how hypoxia can result in aciduria. So that also explains gout by hypoxia such as from sleep apnea. Daily iodine may help both: A negative association between urinary iodine concentration and the prevalence of hyperuricemia and gout: a cross-sectional and population-based study in Mainland China, 2020
We found that a high intake of nondairy animal protein, total meat and meat products, red meat, and processed meat was associated with increased risk of kidney stones as well as a lower risk of kidney stones being associated with dairy consumption.
Carinvore diet has fixed so many problems fo so many people. No way i believe this that say meat causes stones. He has been mis-informed by medical school. He is parroting the same old garbage😢. I am sure he wants to help people, but he is wri g.
A Meta Analysis of multiple studies: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9156392/ Animal protein consists of nondairy animal protein (red meat, poultry, fish) and dairy animal protein. Nondairy animal protein was associated with increased risk of kidney stones in our study. Elevated dietary amount of nondairy animal proteins (poultry, meat, fish, eggs) along with low-alkali food might increase the risk of kidney stone recurrence, causing increased urine acidity, negative calcium balance, and decreased urine potassium, citrate, and magnesium excretion (58, 59). High animal protein content, regardless of being red meat and white meat, can result in a high purine load and increased uric acid load, both of which are associated with increased risk of kidney stones (10).
I was in the ER yesterday for over 6 hours. I had to wait over four hours in pain before they ran a CT scan. At age 64, it’s my first time ever having kidney stones. They are rare in women, but the physician’s assistant in the ER said she had never seen this … I have 3 stones and they are on both sides. On the right side I have a 4mm stone and on the left side I have two stones, one 2mm and the other 8mm. They sent me home with Oxycodone which hasn’t touched the pain! I feel like I’m going crazy with the pain. Of course, it happened going into the Christmas holiday weekend, so I can’t contact my urologist until Tuesday. I don’t know how I’m going to survive the non-stop pain for three more days!
I had a 9.6 mm stone that was surgically removed. It was the most excrutiating experience in my nearly 60 years of existence. The doctors had to insert a stent in my urethra, and its removal was traumatic for me. Anyway, I use a product called, "Stone Stopper" and it has mitigated what I consider kidney stone back pain. Every once in a while, I also take vitamin B6 (25 mg., if you can find a lower dose, you may want to consider that) instead. Every day, I drink lemon/lime slices in water (drink with straw) and magnesium citrate, potassium citrate, and sometimes I will add 1/2 or 1 teaspoon of food grade citric acid. I drink at least one gallon of water, daily: an increase from 2 liters. There are some people who drink apple cider vinegar with the mother, diluted in water, lemon slices and organic olive oil.
I hope someday, science will be able to allow us to eat oxalates without forming stones.
I had 20mm single kidney stone at junction of renal
I cannot believe they sent you home !! I just got out of the hospital after 4 days of being there. I finally passed a clump of 7mm stones on day 3. After they hooked me up for 3 days on Flomax, ( opens the ureters); morphine for pain, and a constant water IV to help flush it through.
The pain was gone and I was able to basically sleep until I passed it. When I passed it, I got a 101 fever they kept me another day to observe. It was horrific until they finally got me settled in a quiet room with pain meds. I hope you are ok now.
@@sunfunmancanfan Very helpful TFS
I have a 9mm and ended up with a neuphostromy bag I had to saty in the hospital for 7 days because it cause infection on my kidney now I have to wait for another surgery to have it removed
Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I learn Sooo much from your channel 👍.
I really appreciate those kind words Estelle. Thank you so much for watching.
Dear Dr. Shusterman: Thank you very much for providing such valuable information to your viewing audience. You are a wealth of knowledge! Blessings to you and your family. 🙏🙏
Thanks doc, I just had stone surgery -you can bet I'll toss salt and eat less meat. Very helpful video!
If its your first and only stone some diet changes may help avoid another stone. However, its possible you have other already resting within the kidney. The biggest thing is to make sure your drinking enough water. Coffee is something you might want to reduce or chase it with an equal amount of water.
Great job Mary! I am proud of you for making some great changes. There are so many ways to season food without reaching for the saltshaker. As you cut back - you will notice the less and less you will need to flavor your dishes.
What about Dr Berry and the Keto and carnivore diet? Beef butter Bacon and eggs?
@@CandycaneBeyondall his patients died
@@CandycaneBeyond Less meat does not mean more stones.
I had 7 stones at once, 4 in left 3 in right, had surgery then two years later had one in left 1.2CM recently had surgery for that one, I’m trying to change diet and drink more water!!!
I’ve had a few rounds of kidney stones. All calcium oxalate type. I also have high calcium in my urine and Doc has me on 2 water pills for it. Barely lowered the calcium level in my urine. Also have low potassium as a result of the water pills. Even on prediction for potassium chloride and it doesn’t seem to be doing anything as my potassium level won’t budge. There HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE wrong. I’m told no. Soooo frustrating.
Not drinking enough fluid can become a grave issue as you get older. I am 70 and never feel thristy. Here is what I do. I would love it if anyone finds my idea helpful.
I have a large half litre (pint) German beerstein. I have it next to my bed and drink a full stein directly after getting up. I then place the stein on my desk where I can see it (you cant miss it!) and that reminds me to have a second stein full before I have my first coffee.
After my first coffee I have already had a litre's worth of water. I note how much I am drinking during the rest of the day, marking off each cup of tea or vwater I drink-target of 2 litres minimum a day which I usually reach. I had been trying for years and not succeeding before I thought of the trick with the beer stein..
This silly trick with the large German beer stein really helps me.
If anyone likes my idea let me know! Drinking a lot of fluid is not just good against stones, there are other health benefits as well.
Nice Information.Thank you
When I heard “that’s alot of people and alot of stones” my crazy mind : What if I collected all the stones over time and built a house using the stones. We will call it “House of Pain”
Every time I get renal Calculi my potassium is low, I live in AZ. My labs are all normal just always low potassium when I get them and they hurt bad. I didn’t get them until may of this yr at 42. In AZ because the weather is so hot we have intake more sodium. I had covid in February and then started getting them any correlation?
Lemon Juice and water
I've been dealing with significant amount of kidney stones. Typically small but the frequency has gotten out of hand. I've been getting them monthly now. Sometimes 5 within a month. Even after making some of the diet changes. Increasing citrate seems to help make them smaller. Something weird that happens is they will pass into the bladder and then I never feel anything come out. Which seems a bit alarming. Going to the specialist will cost me a significant amount of money so I need it to be worth going to get my urine analyzed. From what I understand there isn't any medication that helps. Just diet changes. So what would the point be if all they are going to do is suggest things I already know? Sorry, this has been very frustrating for me.
Try carnivore diet, is doing amazing things to everybody! This video was really lousy, typical not-helpful advice
@@palmajavierI have to warn you that if you have uric acid stones, then a high protein diet is not good. Every time I go on Keto or carnivore I get uric acid stones. The diets are great to reduce my A1C and daily blood glucose and yes I do lose weight. I am in a catch 22 it fixes one thing but causes another. I don’t know what to eat anymore between the stones and the diabetes
I have a stone resting for the past few years. wondering what I can do to get it moving and out of my body.
Where is this stone resting ? That is critical to know. Yes within the kidney they do typically leave them alone. Within the ureter that is dangerous for the damage they cause there. Its been years makes me assume its within the kidney.
Have you seen your doctor about this to discuss your options on dissolving or removing this surgically JR?
Surgery
THANKS DOC
This doctor is wrong on at least two items here. No 1. Red meat does NOT equate to having more stones nor is salt mean you will have stones. My mother went to the hospital for hyponatremia because she was told by doctors to have a low sodium diet beaten into her brain! Salt is a NECESSITY for life and good health. It is part of the electrolytes needed!
There is not enough research in this field and doctors are still following outdated information. Or maybe it's a very profitable bussiness to treat it through surgery and medications for whole life rather than to find a true cure for it.
You're right! Generally the excessive sodium consumption is because of the high processed food like sausages and ham (they're high in sodium) and NOT because of the salt that we add to the food when we cook daily.
Probably the nuance is processed salts like table salt, not normal salt in health foods & stuff like sea salt. also depending on other health conditions sodium intake has to be taken into consideration relative to the kidney stone.
Straight & simple talk here. I'd get up to 4 very large (oxalate) kidney stones a year. I've had NONE for 7 years now. I use something called 'Stone Breaker' tablets I get from Walmart. Active ingredient is something called Chanca Piedra & there are other brands available. Dosage is recommended 3 tablets a day (about 25 cents each) but I find that one a day works for me. If I feel back pain like from a pending stone I simply go to two tabs a day for a while & never had a problem.
I just started the Stone Breaker. I hope it prevents future stones. I've had multiple stones over 30 years. Genetics and diet definitely major factors.
I believe Low /High Sodium doesn't apply to PINK, SEA or Seltic Salt...they have minerals that work TOGETHER to balance it with other minerals, unlike regular table *salt.
Sir you didn't mention Urine PH level. Is it not important. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Doc!
thankss
I was 80 years old when I had my first stone. I had to have it taken out because of the size. 14mm. Should I expect to have another one. Took me 80 years to make one.
Does coffee two times a day effect stones? The doc says for now take a half a cup of lemon juice per day.
I'm suffering from kidney stones both sides even my family also suffering from this so how to do sir
I just had a kidney stone Friday morning and I had to go in for surgery and I am 35 year old lady
Why did he seem to ignore the obvious: don't have foods or plants that contain oxalates?
You mis-labled you video. Why didn’t you say you were only giving risk factors instead of causes? Your credibility is zero.
Less red meat does NOT mean more stones. Bad information.
He said less meat means Fewer stones.
But he didn't say that
Actually was confused with this as red meat has zero oxalates which is the primary cause of stones. So it doesn't makes sense about putting blame to red meat when actually the reason behind could be the salt used for it.
I think what he means is the protein not the meat the meat is just an essentiel source of protein and consuming more protein than what you suppose to can weak your kidney
Thus is typical of experts, when there's a n agenda being pushed the experts attack food they don't want you to eat, remember the constant egg commercials warning you against them,or how about milk, there was a few other foods.
My Bilateral tiny renal concretions in both kidney are just starting what I can do sir please reply
I’ve had at least one a year for 30 years. Every dr says DRINK MORE WATER. even funnier was the PA telling me diet had nothing to do with it. I feel like no one can tell me why I do this
Never had one
Well done lol
Seems to me the top causes of kidney stones may be UTI and acidic urine:
High incidence of urinary stones in Uyghur children may be related to local environmental factors, 2014,
since I find it hard to get any solid numbers elsewhere.
Hypoxia causes acidic urine, so that may be the main cause for the latter.
Overnight Urinary Uric Acid: Creatinine Ratio for Detection of Sleep Hypoxemia: Validation Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea before and after Treatment with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, 1992
Note this talks about uric acid from ATP degradation during hypoxia. Not diet! And apart from that there is many additional ways how hypoxia can result in aciduria.
So that also explains gout by hypoxia such as from sleep apnea.
Daily iodine may help both:
A negative association between urinary iodine concentration and the prevalence of hyperuricemia and gout: a cross-sectional and population-based study in Mainland China, 2020
I never knew what kidney stone mean
I was taking a calcium supplement and that caused my kidney stone, I had to pass it myself, wouldn’t recommend it.
Likely not the Ca supplement unless very high dosage
Please provide access to the study that claims animal protein causes stones. Respectfully
Where is your data on meat proteins and kidney stones? Show us the data
We found that a high intake of nondairy animal protein, total meat and meat products, red meat, and processed meat was associated with increased risk of kidney stones as well as a lower risk of kidney stones being associated with dairy consumption.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9156392/
My mom has kidney stones
BS on meat and salt causing stones ..
Carinvore diet has fixed so many problems fo so many people. No way i believe this that say meat causes stones. He has been mis-informed by medical school. He is parroting the same old garbage😢. I am sure he wants to help people, but he is wri g.
A Meta Analysis of multiple studies:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9156392/
Animal protein consists of nondairy animal protein (red meat, poultry, fish) and dairy animal protein. Nondairy animal protein was associated with increased risk of kidney stones in our study. Elevated dietary amount of nondairy animal proteins (poultry, meat, fish, eggs) along with low-alkali food might increase the risk of kidney stone recurrence, causing increased urine acidity, negative calcium balance, and decreased urine potassium, citrate, and magnesium excretion (58, 59). High animal protein content, regardless of being red meat and white meat, can result in a high purine load and increased uric acid load, both of which are associated with increased risk of kidney stones (10).
A Carnivore diet is a short term diet. Long term its in multiple ways bad for your health.
You look like Gene Wilder lol
Biological male at birth 😂😂
Disagree!!!
Woke doctor
You look like Gene Wilder lol