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Kidney stone
My son has renal calculi measuring 9.4 cm. During this lockdown we are not able to go for surgery. Please suggest if any medication is there to dissolve the stone. Also what foods to be avoided.
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Dr. A Santosh Kumar
Nephrologist/Renal Specialist
20 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Less than 6 mm can respond to medical treatment....
And he requires evaluation for Stone formation.
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Dr. Chandrashekar V. Rao
Urologist
40 yrs exp
Bangalore
You have given a wrong measurement of stone. It must be in mm and not cm.
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If it is truly inside the kidney, the option of ESWL can be taken and stone broken from outside
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Stone is too big for dissolving. It needs intervention
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