Kidney Stone Facts (Infographic)

Categories: Kidney Stone Prevention, Stones in the News

How much do you know about kidney stones? Taby has created this great infographic, which provides a nice visualization of a number of key kidney stone facts and statistics. We hope you enjoy!
Once an individual has formed a stone, the likelihood of recurrence is 50% or greater at 5 years and up to 80% at 10 years. About 10% of people in the United States will experience kidney stones in their lifetime. lt is thought that 10 in 100 people will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives. Men are 2 to 3 times more likely than women to have stone problems. The peak age for stones is between 20 and 50 years. the southern and midwestern regions of the United States are predicted as the hotbeds of stone activity. Calcium stones 75% to 85% common - formed by a build-up of calcium, combining with oxalate, phosphate or carbonate. Struvite stones 10% to 15% common - formed by a build-up of calcium, magnesium and ammonium phosphate. Uric acid stones 5% to 10% common - formed by a build-up of uric acid. rginine and ornithine.http://www.uwhealth.org/urology/how-common-are-kidney-stones/11208 http://www.kidneystoners.org/information/#sthash.rfwPuiqv.dpuf http://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneystones.cfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483319/ http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/137.html
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