What are Kidney Stones?
A kidney stone is a hard mass of crystals that can form in any part of your urinary tract, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or urethra. If urine become too acidic or basic, particles that urine is composed of can clump together to form this crystal. This crystal will grow over time a form a detectable blockage that must be removed for normal urine flow to resume. Sometime crystals are caused by bacterial infection. Kidney stones can be painful to pass, but do not cause any dangerous problems. Mostly, stones can be treated by changing your diet and drinking plenty of water to dilute the particles in your urine that tend to crystalize.
The most common symptoms of kidney stones are stomach aches, blood in the urine, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, bad smelling/cloudy/discolored urine, pain/burning sensation while urinating, sharp pain in the lower back, or abdominal pain that varies in intensity.