Non-invasive Kidney Stone Treatments are Available in Taos The Health Care Corner - Brought to you by Holy Cross Medical Center It is estimated that over children as young as five. | Holy Cross Medical Center half a million people will go to the emergency room for kidney stone problems and roughly ten percent of people will have a kidney stone at some time in their Non-invasive kidney Kidney stones cause pain when they get large enough to cause irritation and can even cause blockage. Common symptoms of kidney stones include severe pain on either side of the lower back, a stone treatments in Taos. lives. Kidney stones grow when minerals and salts in urine crystalize and form stones. Usually, the chemicals that won't go away, bloody that cause kidney stones are processed by the kidney and washed out of the body or looks cloudy. through urine, but sometimes the concentration is high enough that hard stones form. cause for kidney stones there Kidney stones can be as small are a few lifestyle choices as a grain of sand and as large that may impact whether as a pebble and can cause an stones develop. Not drinking array of symptoms. Though more often found in adults, kidney stones are found in Stephen Lucero, MD Urology 8 General Surgery vague pain or stomach ache urine, nausea, vomiting, fever, and urine that smells pungent HolyCross Surgical Specialties While there is no single (575) 758-3141 www.HolyCrossMedicalCenter.org 1399 Weimer Rd., Ste. 600, Taos, NM 87571 enough water, consuming high amounts of salt, eating meat-heavy diets, and genetics may all be important takes less than an hour and factors as to whether you may develop kidney stones. The body usually processes and flushes smaller stones machine, so it's impressive that we have one right here in Taos." Says Dr. Lucero. most patients can return home within hours of the procedure. DEC Lithotripsy causes less pain than many other treatments, offers a shorter treatment without needing medical Dr. Stephen Lucero is intervention, but the process a urologist at Holy Cross Surgical Specialties and has is painful. Luckily there are some fantastic non-invasive time, reduces follow-up over 35 years of experience in procedures, is effective for children and adults, and is available at Holy Cross Hospital. You don't need to leave Taos for great care. If you ever have the unfortunate Medical Center team in 2017. development of kidney stones, you have access to non-invasive treatment right the medical field of urology. Dr. Lucero graduated from have access to this technology the University of New Mexico School of Medicine solutions that break up the size of the stones, and we right here in Taos. and joined the Holy Cross Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is a process While Stephen offers many that breaks up kidney stones general urology services, one of his major projects High energy shockwaves are was bringing a lithotripsy machine to Taos. without needing surgery. here in Taos. focused on kidney stones and the process breaks up the stones into small pieces that will pass naturally through urine. The non-invasive For more information "It's not common for a rural community this size to have access to a state-of-the-art non-invasive lithotripsy about lithotripsy and other urology services, visit HolyCrossMedicalCenter.org or call our Surgical Specialties office at (575) 758-3141. lithotripsy treatment usually Paid Advertisement Non-invasive Kidney Stone Treatments are Available in Taos The Health Care Corner - Brought to you by Holy Cross Medical Center It is estimated that over children as young as five. | Holy Cross Medical Center half a million people will go to the emergency room for kidney stone problems and roughly ten percent of people will have a kidney stone at some time in their Non-invasive kidney Kidney stones cause pain when they get large enough to cause irritation and can even cause blockage. Common symptoms of kidney stones include severe pain on either side of the lower back, a stone treatments in Taos. lives. Kidney stones grow when minerals and salts in urine crystalize and form stones. Usually, the chemicals that won't go away, bloody that cause kidney stones are processed by the kidney and washed out of the body or looks cloudy. through urine, but sometimes the concentration is high enough that hard stones form. cause for kidney stones there Kidney stones can be as small are a few lifestyle choices as a grain of sand and as large that may impact whether as a pebble and can cause an stones develop. Not drinking array of symptoms. Though more often found in adults, kidney stones are found in Stephen Lucero, MD Urology 8 General Surgery vague pain or stomach ache urine, nausea, vomiting, fever, and urine that smells pungent HolyCross Surgical Specialties While there is no single (575) 758-3141 www.HolyCrossMedicalCenter.org 1399 Weimer Rd., Ste. 600, Taos, NM 87571 enough water, consuming high amounts of salt, eating meat-heavy diets, and genetics may all be important takes less than an hour and factors as to whether you may develop kidney stones. The body usually processes and flushes smaller stones machine, so it's impressive that we have one right here in Taos." Says Dr. Lucero. most patients can return home within hours of the procedure. DEC Lithotripsy causes less pain than many other treatments, offers a shorter treatment without needing medical Dr. Stephen Lucero is intervention, but the process a urologist at Holy Cross Surgical Specialties and has is painful. Luckily there are some fantastic non-invasive time, reduces follow-up over 35 years of experience in procedures, is effective for children and adults, and is available at Holy Cross Hospital. You don't need to leave Taos for great care. If you ever have the unfortunate Medical Center team in 2017. development of kidney stones, you have access to non-invasive treatment right the medical field of urology. Dr. Lucero graduated from have access to this technology the University of New Mexico School of Medicine solutions that break up the size of the stones, and we right here in Taos. and joined the Holy Cross Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is a process While Stephen offers many that breaks up kidney stones general urology services, one of his major projects High energy shockwaves are was bringing a lithotripsy machine to Taos. without needing surgery. here in Taos. focused on kidney stones and the process breaks up the stones into small pieces that will pass naturally through urine. The non-invasive For more information "It's not common for a rural community this size to have access to a state-of-the-art non-invasive lithotripsy about lithotripsy and other urology services, visit HolyCrossMedicalCenter.org or call our Surgical Specialties office at (575) 758-3141. lithotripsy treatment usually Paid Advertisement