Kidney stones is a disease that affects many people and has an increasing spreading in all ages groups. Avery common symptom when there are stones in your kidney is an upset complaint of stomach. When the urine has a high content of minerals there are formed stones or calculi, most of them are formed of calcium, uric acid, oxalate. These calculi may pass into the ureter, can irritate the kidney which gives pains and block the urine flow.

Other symptoms are: fever, severe pain in the abdomen, blood in the urine, chills, nausea, vomit. The drugs recommended to prevent stone formation and painfull attacks may have side effects such as: alergies, constipation, bowel upset, drowsiness.

Your doctor may advise you to: cease the intake of salt, potassium, phosphorus and other electrolytes. To control nausea and vomiting it may be useful to follow a diet protein and to limit the intake of fluids. Because the medication of prevention the kidney stones formation may determine upset bowel movements, you should drink at least 10-12 glasses of fluids per day. Kidney stones may appear in any decade of age and in every corner of the world. Being such a painful disease it requires quick treatment and attention.

Scientists affirm that kidney stones may be transmitted ereditary, a person that once had kidney stones may get it again. Kidney stones may be presented in the kidney or in the ureter as solid mass that consists of tiny cristals. Kidney stones may be refered to as: renal calculi or renal stones or nephrolithiasis. Another definitory symptom in kidney stones is paleness(when the skin and mucous membrane colour is lost or abnormal) the patient skin tends to become whitish or yellow and affects the inside of the mouth, the lining of the eyes, the palms of the hands, lip and tongue. It is evident for the palms of the hands, nails and lining of the eyes even it may affect the whole body.

Paleness appears in anemia, when there are insufficient red blood cells, in shock, cold, fainting, hypoglycemia as a result of decrease blood supply to the skin and in kidney stones. But it may appear in high blood pressure, kidney failure, obstruction of urinary tract, urinary tract infection, congestive heart failure. When the stones grow in dimension, they tend to block the ureter which is a narrow duct between the bladder and the kidney resulting intense pain and injury in the mucous membrane. Sometimes the stones in kidney stones are eliminated with the flow of urine, but when the stone is blocked and an infection may occur or any damage to the kidney a surgical intervention is needed. If you experience paleness with no evident cause you should look for medical advice as quickly as possible.