Kidney stones are waste crystallite substantial developed in the kidney. It execrates from urine and gets piled on the inner surface of kidney. By time to time these crystals slowly assemble into hard stones and commonly called kidney stones. The type of kidney stones is depending on the combination of chemicals in the stone, which can separate to several types of kidney stones. Despite of kidney stones differences between one type of kidney stones and another, the most general kidney stones type contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate. The stone structure depends on the nature of urine. Calcium oxalate develops in acid urine of pH less than 6.0. Other different conditions that responsible due to formation of calcium oxalate stones are Hyperoxaluria, Hyperuricosuria, Hypercalciuria and Hypocitrauria.
Hyperoxaluria
The conditions of increasing oxalate in the urine are referred to Hyperoxaluria, as a result of oxalate over consuming. Excess oxalate, together with calcium will develop calcium oxalate stones. Excessive consuming food and drink containing oxalate like leafy green vegetables and brewed tea leads to calcium oxalate kidney stones. In the other way, excessive intake of Vitamin C may also lead to hyperoxaluria and increasing the chance to get troubled by kidney stones. Inflammatory bowel disease, bowel resection and small bowel bypass procedures may also lead to more absorption of oxalate by intestines.
Hyperuricosuria
Hyperuricosuria is referred to an increase of uric acid in urine. Uric acid stone develop in urine that has pH less than 5.5 and state as combining of calcium crystals with uric acid in forming calcium oxalate kidney stones.
Hypercalciuria
Hypercalciuria is a condition when there are increasing of calcium in the urine. When we consuming food that contains high calcium, not all calcium will absorb by our boy system, excess calcium then will excreted through urine. In calcium stones case, this excess calcium wills combines with other chemicals and develops crystals of calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate in kidneys or urinary tract and starting kidney stones problem to it hosted.
Hypocitrauria
Citrate has good effect for preventing formation of calcium stone. Average levels of citrate combine with calcium will form a soluble salt. This calcium citrate composite inhibits the development of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate crystals. Therefore, low levels of urinary citrate of hypocitrauria increase the chance of developing kidney stones.
Compile and re-written based on an article by Seth Miller