June 19, 2025 | Kidney Stones Uncategorized
Can You Exercise with Kidney Stones? If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know just how intense the pain can be. So, naturally, many patients ask us: Can you exercise with kidney stones? Or even more to the point—should you exercise with kidney stones at all? At Austin Urology Institute, we stay on the […]
June 19, 2025 | Bladder Kidney Stones UTIs
Can You Get a UTI From Being Dehydrated? As the Texas heat turns up, so should your hydration habits. Summer is a prime time for pool days, barbecues, and travel—but it’s also the peak season for dehydration-related urological issues like urinary tract infections (UTIs), and kidney stones. As a nurse practitioner specializing in urology, I […]
March 28, 2025 | Kidney Stones
At Austin Urology Institute, we’re proud to announce that we’ve been selected to participate in an exciting new clinical study for kidney stone patients. This study focuses on a promising treatment that could reduce the risk of recurrent kidney stones, and we’re inviting our patients to see if they might qualify. Not only is this […]
January 19, 2024 | Kidney Stones
(Not So) Fun Facts About Kidney Stones Kidney stones can affect just about anyone. There are many factors, both genetic and environmental, that can make a person more or less likely to develop kidney stones. The majority of kidney stones are calcium stones (80%), most of which are composed primarily of calcium oxalate or calcium […]
July 29, 2021 | Kidney Stones
It’s that time of year again: Summer. And it’s hot! Temperatures will climb into the 100s with the summer heat blasting us for a few long months. This is peak kidney stone prevention time. It is estimated that about one in ten people will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives. The […]
July 11, 2021 | Kidney Stones
It is estimated that about 1 in 10 people will have a kidney stone at some point in their lives. The risk of kidney stones is 11% in men and 9% in women. Diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity may increase the risk for kidney stones. In 2009, there were 1.3 million […]
March 1, 2021 | Austin Urology Kidney Cancer Kidney Health Kidney Stones Make/Well The/Age
Kidneys are incredible organs, and vital to our health. The kidneys perform their life-sustaining job of filtering and returning about 200 quarts of fluid to the bloodstream every 24 hours. Around two quarts are removed from the body through urine, and the other 198 quarts are filtered and recovered in the body. However, in 2020, […]
February 13, 2021 | Kidney Health Kidney Stones Uncategorized
The 411 On Kidney Stones Urine naturally contains minerals and salts. When the urine is concentrated with these compounds it can cause hard stones to form in the kidneys (hence the name kidney stones). Once the kidney stones begin to move into the ureter towards the bladder, that kidney stone is now called a ureteral […]
February 10, 2021 | Austin Urology Bladder Kidney Health Kidney Stones Men's Health Women's Health
Kidney stones. The name alone is enough to leave some people shuttering. While some kidney stones are as small as a grain of sand and pass through the ureter without us even knowing, some can leave you with a sharp pain in your back, side, lower abdomen, or groin, and chances are the task of […]
July 21, 2016 | Kidney Stones
If you’ve ever experienced a kidney stone, it’s probably not something you want to repeat. Some people say it’s the pain equivalent of birthing a child. We’ve had some patients say they would rather give birth again. However, kidney stone problems don’t stop with pain. In certain cases, kidney stones can be extra nasty. If […]
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