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SkkyKidd
SkkyKidd asked in HealthOther - Health · 4 years ago

Do you have to pass kidney stone?

I live in Canada so hospital costs aren't trouble for me, but if I had kidney stones and they could diagnose it could they just surgically remove it or put me on medication to at least reduce the size of it so it wouldn't hurt. I hear kidney stones are painful.

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  • Gert
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    They are very painful. I had a small one about 10 years ago....OUCH. If you have larger ones, you may need lithotripsy. They put you into a tub of water and send sound waves through your kidneys to bust the stones apart, making them much, much easier to pass. Don't worry, it's not painful.

  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Well, that is the most common way. And hospitals really do not want to 'go in there' and remove it themselves. So yes, it Can be painful.

  • Tavy
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    My husband passed his in his wee 24 hours later.

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