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Yes, it's strange that my urologist has never mentioned it either. I wonder if this result applies to all types of kidney stones or just calcium oxalate.

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A preventative like this is good to know, but, really, all you need to do is drink a lot of water through the day. That is the number one way to avoid a kidney stone. I have had a urologist say, "Hell, you can drink enough beer, and you should be good." - Though, if you are prone to gout (your body generally likes to make crystals), beer ain't a great choice.

That is certainly not "all you need to do". It is good, and helpful, but if a person is prone to stones, it's often not enough on its own.

Also I just hate drinking water unless it’s hot.

I know doctors tell us to chug water but it’s just tiring sometimes. In winter for example, I just don’t feel thirsty and I just get bored heating water, making time to drink it etc.

So yeah, drinking 2-4 litres of water can feel unnatural to me.

I mean, ideally you don't do it all at once, but if you can chug a pint of beer then you can chug a pint of water, too.

Thirst is weird. I find it manifests as an unaccountable malaise and lack of focus well before I begin to perceive the sensation I understand as thirstiness per se.

Completely agree , If I’m ever feeling cloudy, foggy, down, extremely tired during the day I usually feel better almost immediately after 2 glasses of water.

Yes I know what you mean, you don’t have to drink it all at once, but I still get bored having to drink. It’s just. Personal thing I guess. Kind of have to force water into my system.

Believe me when I say that I make strong habits of anything and everything I come across, including hydration, that offers a reasonable prospect of reducing the chance I will have another kidney stone.

See a urologist because self-diagnosis has a fool for a patient.

Maybe because unscientific, folk advice on the internet isn't a replacement for evidence-based medicine.

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