Kidney Stone Treatment With water

kidney stones and tap water

It’s no secret that we need water to survive. Yet simply put, many people don’t drink enough water!  What we often forget is that every part of our body needs water to function. Water not only hydrate our bodies, but it keeps unpleasant health ailments away…like kidney stones. Water helps our kidneys remove icky waste from our blood. Water also opens our blood vessels so that blood can make it’s way to our organs and deliver vital nutrients. If you’re dehydrated, then it makes it difficult for this natural delivery system to work.

Which most often than not, can result in painful kidney stones. How painful? According to Methodicalness, passing a kidney stone is often described as one of the most painful things a person will ever experience. So if you are not getting enough water, it’s time to change things around, at least for the sake of your kidneys. We know that it’s hard to drink water, either we forget, or some people don’t prefer the bland taste of water. So to help you along the way, we’ve added some helpful tips and tricks to make drinking water fun, easy, and safe. We hope by the end of this article, you’ll think twice about neglecting your daily intake of H2O, today and in the future. So with that said, let’s dive in!

What Are Kidney Stones? 

Kidney stones are hard deposits that come together to form little rocks. What causes these rocks? Well as your kidneys filter waste from the blood, it creates urine. When you’re dehydrated, urine gets accumulated with higher concentrated levels of minerals. These minerals in the urine stick together and form kidney stones. Kidney stones develop inside the kidney and can travel to other parts of your urinary tract. They can grow to a size of a sugar crystal or as large as a ping pong ball. In fact, some kidney stones can become so large they take up the entire kidney. Healthline.com reports that roughly 1 out of every 11 people in the United States will get a kidney stone. And according to the National Institutes of Health, more than 300,000 people go to emergency rooms for kidney stone problems a year.