Anyone can get a kidney stone, but some people are more likely than others to have them. Men get kidney stones more often than women do. Kidney stones are hard deposits of minerals and acid salts that stick together in concentrated urine. They can be painful when passing through the urinary tract, but usually don’t cause permanent damage.

The most common symptom is severe pain, usually in the side of the abdomen, that’s often associated with nausea. Manifestations vary according to the size, shape and position of the stone. 

Most common complaint arising from renal calculi is an intermittent dull pain in the lower abdomen or back increased by movement or sudden jolt. When the stone transverses the ureter, it produces pain and bleeding.

Renal Calculi often have no definite, single cause, although several factors may increase your risk. Kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid than the fluid in your urine can dilute. At the same time, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, creating an ideal environment for kidney stones to form.

There are many types of Renal Calculi or Kidney Stones like Calcium stones, Struvite stones, Uric acid stones and Cystine stones.  

Our lifestyle and eating habits generally determine our health issues, there are multiple risk factors involved with Kidney Stones. If someone in your family has kidney stones, you’re more likely to develop stones, too. Dehydration or not drinking enough water can increase  risk of kidney stones, Eating a diet that’s high in protein, sodium (salt) and sugar may increase your risk of some types of kidney stones. This is especially true with a high-sodium diet. Too much salt in your diet increases the amount of calcium your kidneys must filter and significantly increases your risk of kidney stones, Obesity or High body mass index (BMI), large waist size and weight gain have been linked to an increased risk of kidney stones, Diseases related to digestive system and surgeries like  Gastric bypass surgery, inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea can cause changes in the digestive process that affect your absorption of calcium and water, increasing the levels of stone-forming substances in your urine.

Generally surgery is prescribed for Renal Calculi or Kidney Stones in Western Medical Science, but Navjivan Therapy has cured eighty percent of the cases of this disease. Our treatment works minutely on the specific area, crushes the stones into powder and therefore passes through the bladder into the urine.