Dietary Tips to Prevent Kidney Stones
Kidney stones can form in adults and children for a couple of reasons. You can help prevent kidney stones from forming by making small changes to your child’s diet. Get tips on how to make these diet changes.
Kidney Stones
A kidney stone is a hard, pebble-like deposit that forms in 1 or both kidneys. It may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a pearl. Some are as big as golf balls. A stone may be smooth, irregular in shape, or jagged. Most are yellow or brown in color. There are different types of kidney stones.
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Kidney Stone Program
The Kidney Stone Program at the Mass General Hospital Department of Urology specializes in the innovative treatment and prevention of kidney stones, managing care for more patients with the disorder than any other hospital in Massachusetts.
Pediatric Bone and Mineral Metabolism Disorders Clinic
Our clinic specializes in the treatment of low bone density, osteoporosis, vitamin D deficiency, rickets and osteomalacia and other disorders affecting bone health and mineral metabolism in infants, children and young adults.
Pediatric Kidney Stone Program
The Pediatric Kidney Stone Program provides comprehensive, family-centered care for infants, children and adolescents with kidney stones.
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Renal Associates provides services in general nephrology, including diabetes, water and electrolyte disorders, kidney disease in pregnancy, urinary tract infections, and primary and secondary diseases of the kidney.
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