{"id":34797,"date":"2013-06-13T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/uncategorized\/calculi-kidney-bladder-and-gall-stones\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T05:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:53:00","slug":"calculi-kidney-bladder-and-gall-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/featured-articles\/calculi-kidney-bladder-and-gall-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculi: Kidney, Bladder, and Gall Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Calculi <\/em>refer to stones that are the result of poor diet and lifestyle and that develop in the kidneys, bladder, and gallbladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Causes and Risk Factors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A major causative factor in the development of calculi (stones) is elevated cholesterol levels<\/strong>, which form the basis of that which holds stones (calculi) together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cholesterol crystallizes and combines with bile in the gallbladder and form gallstones, which block the passage and causes a host of symptoms such as upper right abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting which usually results after eating fried or fatty foods which are very acidic and thus mucus-forming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animal fat from meat and dairy products<\/a> crystallize with mineral salts and various acids (e.g. oxalic, uric) in the kidneys and bladder and form kidney stones and bladder stones, which obstruct the ducts to these organs and cause severe pain and inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Common symptoms among stone sufferers are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidney stones<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n