Prevention of Kidney Stones

How to prevent kidney stones is actually quite simple. The first is to drink enough water every day. Besides being able to prevent dehydration, drink enough water can dilute your urine so the waste substances are filtered out of the blood kidney is not easy to settle and always wasted smoothly.

The second preventive measure is to limit the consumption of food, drinks, or supplements that contain substances that could potentially cause the formation of kidney stones. For example, such as calcium, oxalate, vitamin D, and animal protein.



Examples of foods or drinks that contain oxalates are:

- Milk and soy beans

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- Tempe

- Sardine

- Chocolate

- Tea

- Coffee

- Eggplant

- Spinach

- Beer



Examples of foods containing vitamin D are:

- Fish oil

- Egg yolk

- Beef liver

- oysters

- Milk and soy beans

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- oysters

- Mushrooms



In addition to drinking enough water and to limit intake of certain nutrients, prevention of kidney stones can also be done by taking drugs prescribed by doctors. For example the drug allopurinol to lower uric acid levels in the blood, thus preventing the formation of uric acid kidney stones. This step is usually recommended for those who have previously suffered from kidney stones so that the condition does not recur.



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