The body creates kidney stones from of a wide array of substances. It is particularly critical to know exactly which kind of stone you produce, in order to consider drug treatment or natural therapy of any kind. For example, dietary changes may serve to slow growth of certain stones, but they could conceivably accelerate growth of other types of stones. The medical term for kidney stones is nephrolithiasis , urolithiasis , or renal calculi, which means that abnormal, hard, chemical deposits have formed inside the kidney. You usually find out you have a stone because it hurts, but it usually only hurts when it starts to move .
Most people have no warning at all when they have their first kidney stone attack.
A stone may quietly grow for years, and then one day it may start to move downward drawn by urine flow and gravity, perhaps eventually out of the kidney and down into the ureter, where it really hurts. When that kidney stone makes its run for freedom, it makes grown men scream, women swear and NFL linebackers thrash on the ground like a babe. Severe pain from a kidney stone approaches the threshold of human endurance. If the pain shifts downward, closer to the groin, the stone has probably traveled downward in the ureter, closer to the bladder. When a kidney stone is trapped in the ureter, it may pass on its own, or it could remain there until your doctor removes it.