Kidney stone is a hard crystalline material formed in the kidney or in urinary tract. It grows in the different sizes. Many times small size kidney stone get unnoticed. It don’t cause any harm. If kidney stone grows more than 5millimiters, it causes blockage in the ureter, leading to severe abdominal or lower back pain.

Symptoms:

Pain starts at the lower abdomen and progress to groin region called “loin to groin pain”.

Severe and sudden colicky type of pain

Pain occur during before or after urination

Nausea and vomiting

Burning urination

Loss of appetite and weight

Cloudy foul smelling urine

Fever with chills

Frequent urge to urinate

Risk factors:

• Family history of kidney stone, or person who had kidney stone early in a life, also has a higher chances to developed kidney stone.
• Obese people along with large waist size and high body mass index (BMI).
• Drinking less amount of water or excess sweating or living in a dry hot climate causes dehydration, which leads to kidney stone
• Certain foods which have protein, sugar or sodium high in amount.
• Certain medical condition likes hyperparathyroidism, gout or some urinary tract infection.
• Chronic diarrhea or inflammatory bowel syndrome and gastric bypass surgery increase the chances of kidney stone.

Causes of kidney stone:

Causes of kidney stone can well defined by types of kidney stone.

• Calcium stone: calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate are two types in calcium stone. Calcium oxalate is the most common type. Oxalate found in many dietary food, fruits, vegetables, nuts certain chocolates etc. Oxalate and calcium concentration may increase in urine due to intestinal surgery, dietary factors or high doses of vitamin D.
• Cysteine stone: are caused by hereditary factors, where certain amino acids are execrate in large quantity by kidney (cystinuria) in some people.
• Uric acid stones: occur in who take high protein diet, drink less amount of water or loose excess fluid.
• Struvite stones: cause by infection at urinary tract.

Homeopathy treatment:

Homeopathic treatment help to regularize the normal function of the kidney. It also helps to flush out waste products appropriately. Homeopathy medicine remove the recurrent tendency of renal stone formation of the patient, by removing disease from roots. Homeopathy medicine increases the immune system of the patient, which leads to prevention of recurrent tendency of the disease.

Homeopathy medicine:

Cantharis: it is used, when there is an intense burning during passing urine. Burning might be present before after passing urine too.

Berberis v: it is one of the important remedy in homeopathy for renal stone. It is useful when there is sensation of some urine remaining after passing urine and also bubbling sensation in kidney. Urine with mucus and sediments treated by this remedy.

Hydrangea:   Presence of white and yellow deposits is a great indication of this remedy. Hydrangea breaks kidney stone is ureter and in bladder. It is generally known as stone breaker.