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An_245272 posted:
Hi I have a history of several stones (21 since I was 17). I had a recent bout after 17 years of none. I was hospitalized and a stone analysis was performed on what the staff caught while straining my urine.
It is being listed as 100% organic material/cellulose composition.
I am embarrassed to ask for a more detailed explanation, is this something that wasn't a stone??, and since I passed 4 stones and thankfully surgery was cancelled, I do not have to follow up with the Urologist at this time.
Please help.
Thank you
1 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:kidney stone analysisHi I have a history of several stones (21 since I was 17). I had a recent bout after 17 years of none. I was hospitalized and a stone analysis was performed on what the staff caught while straining my urine. <br />It is being listed as 100% organic material/cellulose composition.<br />I am embarrassed to ask for a more detailed explanation, is this something that wasn't a stone??, and since I passed 4 stones and thankfully surgery was cancelled, I do not have to follow up with the Urologist at this time.<br />Please help.<br />Thank you
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John-SKPT responded:
The great majority of renal stones are calcium oxalte or calcium urate, but there is a wide variety of materials that can comprise a stone, for example proteins and lipids. In your case the "organic material" is probably some combo of proteins and other similar compounds. Though we think of cellulose as being the same as wood, in its basic form it is actually related to sucrose, glucose, etc. (Note the "-ose" endings on all these compounds.)

It might be worth talking to the urologist again to see if there are any dietary modifications that might reduce or slow the occurrence of new stones.
Report This| Share this:kidney stone analysisThe great majority of renal stones are calcium oxalte or calcium urate, but there is a wide variety of materials that can comprise a stone, for example proteins and lipids. In your case the "organic material" is probably some combo of proteins and other similar compounds. Though we think of cellulose as being the same as wood, in its basic form it is actually related to sucrose, glucose, etc. (Note the "-ose" endings on all these compounds.)<br /><br />It might be worth talking to the urologist again to see if there are any dietary modifications that might reduce or slow the occurrence of new stones.
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