Re: Kidney Stone's

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It is very helpful to know the composition of your kidney stones as this gives a good idea as to the cause and prevention.

Kidney stones can be composed of varying substances. Some examples include: calcium oxalate; ammonium acid urate; uric acid; and calcium phosphate.

Diagnostic tests can include 24-hour urine (volume, levels of calcium, oxalate, uric acid, magnesium, phosphorous and sodium, as well as supersaturations) and measurements of serum levels of urea nitrogen, creatinine, calcium and electrolytes.

A diet low in oxalates will help prevent calcium oxalate stones - but if your kidney stones were composed of ammonium acid urate, uric acid, or calcium phosphate, then this annoying diet would not help prevent kidney stones in the future. So knowing what your stones were made of is the place to start.

For the curious, some food high in oxalates (more than 10 mg per serving) include:

Beans in tomato sauce Beer Beets Blackberries Black and red raspberries Blueberries Celery Chard Chocolate Cocoa Coffee powder (Nescafe) Collards Concord grapes Crackers made from soy flour Currants Dandelion greens Eggplant Escarole Fruit cake Fruit salad (canned) Green bell pepper Grits (white corn) Juices containing berries Kale Leeks Lemon and lime peel Nuts (especially peanuts and pecans) Okra Ovaltine Parsley Pokeweed Rhubarb Rutabagas Spinach Strawberries Summer squash Sweet potatoes Tea Tofu Tomato soup Wheat germ

>> If anyone in the group has any suggestions they would be greatly > appreciated. I have been a group member for a couple of years and get > alot of info from the members. So here is a little background info.> Poz 20 + years, on meds since 1998 been though most of them but now on > Fuzeon, Sustiva, Kaletra, Calicum Carbonate, Gemfibrozil, Lescol, > Prozac, Meclizine, Centrum Multi Vitamin, B-complex with vitamin c mix,> Last Counts on 6-28-2006 VL 0, T-cell 600, Good Hdl 34, Total > Cholesterol 228, Bad LDL 80, Triglycerides 430. Healty most of the > time I have been poz. My problem is getting Kidney Stones. The first > 3 attacks I had I passed them with a little help at the emergency > room. The 4th attack with started on Sunday nite was the mother > lode. It is too big too pass so I ended up in the hospital for the > past 3 days and had surgery to put a Right ureteral stent placement in > and will soon go back and sit in a tub and have it broken up by sounds > wave or somthing like that and then pass the broken stones and then go > back and have the Stent removed. You are put to sleep while they do > this and the worst so far is going Pee, it hurts and burns like > crazy. My question to all is how can I prevent getting these Kidney > Stones is there anyway possible. My diet is pretty bad and I am > working on changing that. So any additional info you need from me or > any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks W.>