I’m pretty sure I got a bad case of stones. I became so nauseous that I’ve had cold chills, headache, trouble breathing. I feel it in my side when I stretch or take deep breaths. I’m still urinating it’s a bit dark but not bloody. I hate feeling like this. It’s so miserable.
If you know any home remedies please share. I don’t have health insurance so the ER or home care are my only options. Walmart across the street.
Apple cidar/lemon juice/olive oil
alt: Alkali citrates (potassium citrate) or sodium bicarbonate are widely used to increase urine pH and help dissolve uric acid or cystine stones.
No salt: 6-8 glasses of water/day.
Sorry about your distress.
I have not looked into that.
But a quick search gave me this paper, which claims that kidney stones can be caused by both acidic and alkaline urine -- each causes a different type of stone.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21170875/
If true, it means there is no way to know if changing the Ph level of the urnine one way or the other would help, unless it is known which type of stones they are.
Even then, is there any research to show that eating a particular type of food causes a direct change of the urine Ph level, which causes destruction of the stones in the human body, as opposed to simply causing such a thing to happen in a laboratory test tube? I don't know the answer to that, but knowning it might be helpful.
Treatment as to type of stone. Correct.
Often 'prevention' is prescribed as 'correction' when it isn't.
Dissolution might take longer than you'd want or need.
But the issue is with alkaline/acidic levels in any case.
Good luck my fren.