Urologists in India Archives - Patient Stories

How to prevent kidney stones naturally

Posted on September 7, 2020 by my-healthconnect

Making small adjustments to your current diet and nutrition plan may go a long way towards preventing kidney stones. Read some of them below: Stay hydrated Drinking more water is the best way to prevent kidney stones. If you don’t drink enough, your urine output will be low. Low urine output means your urine is more concentrated and less likely to dissolve urine salts that cause stones. Lemonade and orange juice are also good options. They both contain citrate, which may prevent stones from forming. Lemonade and orange juice contain citrate, which prevent stones from forming Try to drink around …

When pain strikes away from home

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Aparna Phadnis

Picture this, you are away from home, on a professional trip. You are all excited and set to make an impression in the professional engagements ahead of you-when suddenly- pain strikes. What do you do when you require urgent medical help when you are far away from home? Where do you go? Whom do you seek help from? Which doctor do you approach and how do you know the medical opinion given by the doctor will be the right one for you? Mr. Tarun faced this dilemma when he visited Hyderabad from Mumbai, his hometown. He was in Hyderabad for …

Are you reading your body signals, right?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Aparna Phadnis

Mrs.Girish an active homemaker had always been healthy and full of life. As a 67-year-old able housewife from Kadapa district of Telangana, she had a set routine: morning walk, running household chores, cooking cleaning, socializing and a long telephone chat with her son every night. Her son had moved to Bangalore and like any doting mother, she would be worried about his well being. Lately, however, it was the son who was getting worried for his mother. He was worried that very often she would be down with a bad stomachache. Mrs.Girish would intermittently have stomach aches. Initially she thought it was something …

Water intake = 40ml times your body weight

Posted on March 28, 2018 by my-healthconnect

The human body is a complex machine made up of a number of interconnected organs and organ systems. The organs are internally often soft, flexible and extremely sensitive. In such a situation, even a miniature irritant, and the process of its removal can cause extreme pain. One such irritant is the extremely small, and very painful, kidney stone. While the exact cause of their formation is not established, some of the known reasons are hard water (above 300 PPM) or a history of kidney stones in the family. Kidney stones are hard deposits of minerals and salts that form inside …

Kidney Transplant

Posted on January 28, 2017 by admin

There’s good news and there’s bad news. The bad news is that someone you care about has end-stage renal disease and needs a Kidney Transplant. The good news is that something can be done about it and the person with the opportunity could be you. What is kidney transplant? Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation involves the organ transplant of a healthy kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease. The donor is usually a direct blood relation of the recipient – child, parent or sibling. Kidney failure The kidneys perform the critical function of purifying the blood in the human …