Do kidney stones and CKD need different care?

Do kidney stones and CKD need different care?

On the way out of a routine ultrasound, the chart says: "Nephroliths (kidney stones) noted." Two questions arrive at once. Will this make the kidney disease go faster? Do I have to change everything I have been doing? The answer depends on where the stone is. The same stone sitting quietly inside the kidney leaves your CKD care almost untouched; the same stone lodged in the ur…

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