Posts

Showing posts with the label Kidney stone

Dangers of Acidity Pills: 5 Things That Will Happen to Your Body if You're Taking Too Many Acid Reflux Drugs

Image
Dangers of Acidity Pills: 5 Things That Will Happen to Your Body if You're Taking Too Many Acid Reflux Drugs Antacids are a type of medication that relieves heartburn and indigestion by reducing the amount of acid in your stomach. These medicines neutralize the acid in your stomach by stopping an enzyme that creates acid to break down food for digestion. These are used to treat symptoms of excess stomach acid, such as: • Acid reflux, which can include a bitter taste, persistent cough, pain when lying down and trouble swallowing. • Heartburn: a burning sensation in the chest or throat • Indigestion: gas or bloating Antacids are usually taken in the form of liquid, chewable gummy or tablet that you dissolve in water to drink. These medications are usually available in shops without any prescriptions. Side Effects of Antacids Do you suffer from acidity often and pop these acid reflux drugs as candies? Then you need to be aware of the potential risks. A new study has found that ...

Kidney Stone Diet: 8 Foods For Hydration, Calcium Absorption

Image
Kidney Stone Diet: 8 Foods For Hydration, Calcium Absorption Kidney stones or renal stones are essentially formed out of hard waste material that builds up in the kidneys developing into round crystals. While small kidney stones pose a lower risk, severely large stones can cause intense pain in the abdomen, vomiting and bleeding. Most times, kidney stones are formed due to excess stores of calcium that remain unprocessed but are also stored in the body instead of being expelled. Kidney stones are then many times simply calcium oxalate stones that cause blockages in the urinary system. Other kinds of rare kidney stones can be uric or cysteine but calcium oxalate stones are the most common occurrence in the body. Experts suggest that once kidney stones occur in the body, the risk of their recurrence is magnified. This means, it is extremely critical to first fortify kidney function to prevent stones altogether and if recovering, make some slight alterations to the diet to reduce the tend...