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Kidney stone of 6 mm

2017-10-16 08:30:13
My mother has kidney stone & it's 6mm in size. Is it possible to remove stone with medication instead of surgery. Please suggest
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If she is symptomatic and if sonography is also showing kidney changes, then we can treat stone actively....otherwise if it's just a incidental finding, nothing is to be done....ask her to drink lot of water...

Answered2017-10-18 04:47:57

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