| So, you have a kidney stone but you think that | | | | probably have a larger kidney stone than you |
| you can get by without the need for medical | | | | would think. |
| treatment. After you have read this, you may | | | | Some people pass a kidney stone without even |
| want to think again about this idea that you have | | | | realizing that they have one in the first place. |
| come up with and remember to ask yourself | | | | These are known as “silent stones” and |
| – “How long to pass a kidney stone?” | | | | do not cause any pain or discomfort or many |
| Spontaneous passage of stones, or in | | | | other symptoms. However for those that do |
| layman’s terms, the passing of a kidney | | | | have symptoms and have been diagnosed with |
| stone so that it has gone from the body, | | | | kidney stones, finding out how long to pass a |
| depends massively on a great many things. | | | | kidney stone I basically a waiting game. |
| First of all the kind of stone that you have can | | | | For some people with this condition, the wait is |
| make a difference and although the calcium | | | | very short, only an hour or so after they feel |
| kidney stone is the most common, there are a | | | | their first symptoms, for some it is much longer, |
| few other types which can cause problems if left | | | | with some around a few weeks. The generalized |
| untreated. | | | | feel for the average time taken is around seven |
| Secondary to this, the size of the kidney stone | | | | to ten days but this is not a guideline and just an |
| and also the location within the body are two | | | | approximation that has been made. |
| other vital factors for determining how long to | | | | Everybody is different and they will react to the |
| pass a kidney stone or if it will even pass at all. | | | | kidney stones in very different ways so although |
| It has been suggested by many medical | | | | for one person it will only take a little while to |
| professionals that the following two statements | | | | pass, others may take too long and need medical |
| are true: | | | | intervention, especially if it is causing complications. |
| 1. Stones that are 4mm in diameter and less have | | | | Working out how long to pass a kidney stone is |
| almost a ninety percent chance of passing | | | | something that cannot be guaranteed, even if this |
| through the body naturally in a short time frame. | | | | is your 100th kidney stone – the likelihood is |
| 2.Stones that are 6mm in diameter and more | | | | that each one will have been different and taken |
| only have a twenty percent chance of leaving the | | | | different times to pass. |
| body naturally without complications and in a short | | | | As long as you are taking pain relief that your |
| time frame. | | | | doctor should prescribe, the pain should not be |
| If you are suffering from a kidney stone right | | | | too pronounced and most doctors will encourage |
| now, remember that those that are under 4mm | | | | you to “catch” your kidney stone so that |
| in diameter are very often too small to cause | | | | it can be analyzed and this is one of the best |
| problems so that chances are if you can feel the | | | | ways to know that you have actually passed it. |
| symptoms and are in a great deal of pain, you | | | | |