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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About This Book | |
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| What You Need to Know About Kidney Stones | |
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| The Kidney Stone "Boom" | |
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| What Are Kidney Stones? | |
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| Why Do Some People Get Kidney Stones? | |
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| The Stone "Boom" | |
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| Prevention Is the Cure | |
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| The Dietary Prescription | |
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| Preventing Kidney Stones | |
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| Commitment to Change | |
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| The Urinary System | |
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| The Urinary System and How It Works | |
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| The Balance Concept | |
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| How Trouble Starts | |
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| How Your Kidneys Balance Your Body | |
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| Why Balance Is Important | |
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| Elements of Balance | |
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| How the Kidneys Keep the Body in Balance | |
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| What Happens When the Body Gets Out of Balance | |
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| How to Keep Your Sewer System Unclogged | |
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| Not All Kidney Stones are Created Equal | |
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| Four Types of Kidney Stones | |
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| Calcium-Containing Stones | |
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| Uric Acid Stones | |
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| Cystine Stones | |
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| Struvite Stones | |
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| Bladder Stones | |
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| Importance of Stone Analysis | |
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| How and Why Kidney Stones Form | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Diet and Lifestyle | |
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| What Is a Kidney Stone? | |
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| Discouraging Crystal Formation | |
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| What Kidney Stones Are Made Of | |
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| The Conditions That Favor Crystal Formation | |
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| The Best Inhibitor of Kidney Stones | |
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| Making a Uric Acid Stone | |
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| Why Kidney Stones are So Painful | |
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| Kinds of Pain | |
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| Three Areas Where Stones Hang Up | |
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| Secondary Symptoms | |
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| Never Make Your Own Diagnosis of a Stone | |
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| Treating Pain | |
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| When Hospitalization Is Needed | |
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| How Much Water Do I Really Have to Drink? | |
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| Causes of Low Urinary Output | |
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| How Much Is Enough? | |
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| Hard Water, Soft Water | |
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| Mineral Water | |
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| How to Consume More Water | |
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| The Role of Fluids | |
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| Dietary Troublemakers | |
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| How Much You Eat Is Just as Important as What You Eat | |
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| Animal Protein Is Animal Protein | |
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| Protein and Kidney Stones | |
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| The Calcium Controversy | |
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| Salt | |
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| Oxalate | |
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| Vitamins and Kidney Stones | |
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| Alcohol | |
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| The Dietary Troublemakers | |
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| Medical Conditions That Can Cause Kidney Stones | |
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| Bowel Disease | |
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| Medullary Sponge Kidney (MSK) | |
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| Hyperparathyroidism | |
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| Milk-Alkali Syndrome and Ulcers | |
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| Anatomic Abnormalities | |
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| Paralysis and Immobilization | |
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| Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) | |
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| Acquired RTA in Glaucoma Patients | |
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| Cystinuria | |
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| Oxalosis | |
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| Dieting Your Way to a Kidney Stone | |
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| The Problem with Rapid Weight Loss | |
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| Fad Dieting | |
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| Fad Health Regimens | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Laxative Abuse | |
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| How Stone Formers Should Diet | |
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| Men and Stones | |
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| Why Men Make More Kidney Stones | |
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| Pain Patterns | |
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| Women and Stones | |
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| Why Women Make Kidney Stones | |
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| The Workup | |
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| Risk Assessment | |
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| The Workup | |
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| Translating Your Workup into a Risk Assessment | |
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| Where Are You on the Risk Ladder? | |
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| The Plan | |
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| No More Kidney Stones | |
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| Diet Is Not a Four-Letter Word | |
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| The Master Plan | |
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| Tips for Staying on the Plan | |
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| Finding the Diet That is Right For-You | |
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| Rating Yourself 24 | |
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| How Much Do You Have to Change? | |
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| Do You Consume Too Many Troublemakers? | |
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| How to Know if You Are Eating Too Much Protein | |
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| How to Know if You Are Drinking Enough Fluids | |
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| Do You Weigh Too Much? | |
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| Food Diary | |
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| Classic Stone-Forming Profiles | |
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| Lifestyles of the Kidney Stone Former | |
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| Bathroom Access | |
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| Fluid Loss | |
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| Ultraviolet (UV) Light Exposure | |
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| Eating Patterns | |
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| Change in Lifestyle | |
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| Operation Oxalate | |
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| Why Dietary Oxalate Is Important | |
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| The Problem with Oxalate Recommendations | |
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| Key Issues in Oxalate Control | |
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| Oxalates and Seasonal Foods | |
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| Modifying Recipes and Controlling Portions | |
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| Recipe Modifications | |
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| Portion Control | |
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| Health-Food Store Hazards | |
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| Supplements | |
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| Muscle-Building Protein Supplements | |
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| Herbal Teas | |
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| Natural Weight-Loss Regimes | |
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| Hair Regrowth | |
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| Beverages | |
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| Vegetarian Burgers | |
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| Laxatives | |
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| Energy Bars | |
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| The Juice Craze | |
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| Pastas | |
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| Candies and Cookies | |
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| Read Labels in the Health-Food Store | |
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| Special Occasions: Parties and Other Excuses to Cheat | |
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| Thanksgiving | |
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| Barbecue | |
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| Wedding Banquet | |
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| Breakfast Buffet | |
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| Four Pitfalls of Special Occasions | |
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| Ethnic Cuisines | |
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| Chinese | |
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| Mexican | |
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| Greek | |
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| French | |
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| Japanese | |
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| Italian | |
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| American | |
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| Indian | |
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| Staying Motivated | |
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| How Far Can You Deviate? | |
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| Diluting the Mistake | |
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| Medicines, Specialists, and Procedures | |
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| Choosing a Specialist | |
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| Who Does What | |
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| How Do You Find Out Whom to See? | |
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| Medications | |
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| Who Needs to Take Medications? | |
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| What Are the Medications? | |
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| Deciding Who Should Be Treated | |
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| Assessing whether You Need Immediate Intervention | |
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| Procedures and Technology | |
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| Picking a Procedure | |
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| Comparison of ESWL and Ureteroscopy with Laser Lithotripsy | |
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| Treating Stones in the Kidney | |
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| Open Surgery | |
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| What to Expect Before, During, and After Treatment | |
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| What to Expect before and after Treatment | |
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| When to Call the Doctor | |
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| What if Treatment Fails? | |
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| Asking the Right Questions | |
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| Do Not Forget | |
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| Useful Tables | |
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| Food Diaries | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |