I have diabetes and am on med that increases chance of stones. I've heard they are painful, and I DON'T do pain, so I need to avoid these!
I've heard that citrus was good. Then I heard that grapefruit was the worst, but that lemon was still okay.
I heard that cranberries were the ticket, so I've been eating and drinking all things cranberry, but yesterday I read that they are terrible.
I'm so confused!
Anyone ..........
2006-06-16 08:04:53 · 13 answers · asked by Pisces 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
My family has history of kidney stone and bladder stones. It was very very painful for them as well as the relatives that took care of them watching them suffer.
It has then become a family practice to avoid these problems, so hopefully I can be some kind of help here.
Kidney stone or any kind of stone development is partly due to eating habit and behavior pattern. So watchout on your diet and how you move about the day should solve this problem completely.
The stone is due to deposit of minerals in your body, most likely in your urine fluid. There are also bacteria in your urine that will convert your urine into ammonia, which will help form these stones in your Kidney or bladder. The stone takes anywhere from 4-6 years to form, as long as you take care of youself it shouldn't happen to you.
You should watching out your mineral intake such as calcium and magnesian (salt), just keep it balance and don't eat too much of it. That should lower your mineral deposit in your fluid. But don't go on a low-calcium diet, otherwise your body will be lack of calcium and other problem will arises.
You should also watch out for sitting down for a long period of time, since it will slow down your blood circulation in your lower back (kidney) area, just remember to get up and walk around for 5-10 mins every 45-60mins to help your blood circulate.
Also if you sit down in a chair and lay back your back, it creates pressure / tension in your lower back part of your body. Try not to lay backward when you sitting down and instead sit straight, a good posture would help your blood flow and ease tension in your lower back.
You also need to drink enough water during the day. Having water constantly flowing through your body will dilute your urine and help your body get rid of mineral deposit through daily urine discharge.
By diluting your urine you also decrease the chance of the bacteria converting your urine into ammonia, since your urine is not that concentrated and not much to convert.
The last thing to do is exercise regularly, like jogging / swimming or some kind of sport 2-3 times a week to keep the body in shape. A good cardiovascular exercise that would boost blood circulation will definitely help you prevent any disease.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-16 08:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by thsiung 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-21 11:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by Sallie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-17 09:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney stones are no fun-- believe me I have a 8mm stone in my left kidney brought on by diabetes(Uncontrolled sugars can also do that).
I have heard that Lemonade helps resolve the serum calcium which causes kidney stones. (I have yet to try it.. but am going to ask my GP about it first).
Cranberries, on the other hand, help diabetics in another way by cleansing the urinary tract- diabetics have a higher number of Urinary Tract Infections then the general public. But be careful- cranberries are high in sugar!!
Cherries are also good for controlling Uric Acid, the darker the cherry the better.
I hope this helps. Good Luck
2006-06-16 13:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink lemonade once a day or put like 5 oz of lemon juice in a glass of water DAILY. This will grately reduce your chance of getting stones. It will also help your joints.
They are one of the most painful things you can get so drink up if you can have lemon juice. You can find articles on this on the web.
2006-06-16 08:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I too am diabetic so I can understand your plight.
Lot's and lot's of water is always a good thing.....it will make you urinate which in your condition is a good thing.
Watch the cranberry juice becuase of it's high sugar content but they do make a Carnberry Juice Light that has a lot less sugar.
Have you tried checking www.webmd.com
2006-06-16 08:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by Chomedey Man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best remedy is to drink lots of water.... about 6-8 litres a day. This wont instataneously remove the stone, but will definitely help ease the condition and hopefully will bring things to normal life.
2006-06-16 08:09:22 · answer #7 · answered by GreenAlien 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't just sit around and do nothing like my doctors suggested.
They didn't want me to do anything or to take herbs or herbal remedies, but I had to try something - they just wanted me to do dialysis!
This program allowed me to take control of my health. I went from Stage 4 to Stage 3 kidney disease.
It was easy to do and my BUN, creatinine and anemia are all in better ranges.
Reversing Your Kidney Disease?
2016-05-14 18:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WATER - you have to keep your kidneys flushed out and WATER is the ONLY thing to do it....kidney stones are when small particles of things get caught in your kidney - they gather together and form a 'stone' - eventually the stone has to be released and passing that stone is REALLY PAINFUL. Flushing your kidneys with lots and lots of water is a way to keep the particles that will form the stone washed out.....
2006-06-16 08:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-05-07 04:50:05 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋