Saturday, December 27, 2014

Lemon juice to dissolve kidney stone




I have a kidney stone and the pain is excruciating. I have heard that lemon juice may help. Is this true?

Kidney stones are extremely painful. I do not think there are many medical disorders that can cause such intensity of pain. You will first need to take prescription strength pain pills and drink ample water if you want to get rid of the pain and the stone. Some alternative health practitioners often recommend drinking a variety of juices to help dissolve kidney stones. Many juices have been recommended and most anecdotal reports suggest that lemon juice works the best. You need to drink nearly 2 ounces of lemon juice mixed with water. Some people also add cider vinegar to this combination. Others may add orange juice, grapefruit juice or even lime juice.

Now to the facts- I am unable to find any scientific study that shows lemon juice or any other juice works for kidney stones. Alternative healthcare practitioners are not real doctors; nor do they have any bona fide training in the basic sciences. Most cannot differentiate the mouth from the arse. A kidney stone is like a hard crystal. You know the cement that is used to build your home, some kidney stones are just as hard. Do you really believe some darn juice is going to dissolve your home? If you do, you and the alternative healthcare practitioner are both in need of some serious mental care.

My advice is simple; you are free to try and drink any juice you want, you can even add your piss in the combo. If it works, good for you but my feeling is that you will need to see a real doctor and get some pain pills, drink lots of water and wait it out. If the stone is large, it may need to be removed with a variety of devices.

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