Friday, September 11, 2020 04:39 PM
About 1 in 11 Americans[4] will get a kidney stone at some point in their life. Kidney stones are solid masses that look like tiny pieces of gravel. They form in your kidneys from minerals found in urine.
There are four types of kidney stones[5]:
Calcium stone: These are either calcium oxalate stones or calcium phosphate stones. They are the most common type of kidney stone.Struvite stone: These stones form because of a