Common reasons are low fluid intake, high salt, family history, and urine chemistry that favors stones.
When to book
If you've had more than one stone, get tested to find your cause.
We would like to see you in Sandy Springs
Our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, which has its own surgery center, and our Decatur Clinic at 2711 Irvin Way are both ready to welcome you. One number books either office: 678-344-8900.
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Further reading
- Read the full answer to this question on advancedurology.com
- Kidney stones: Advanced Urology overview
How our Sandy Springs urologists think through this question
When someone brings this exact question into our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, it gets a full hearing. Our Sandy Springs urologists will not rush past it. They look at the history in front of them, the tests already done, and what would actually change the plan, then we talk about a procedure if one is even on the table. When treatment is part of the conversation, we stay with what Advanced Urology already offers: imaging, medicine to help a stone pass when that is reasonable, and procedures such as ureteroscopy that Advanced Urology explains on its public pages on its kidney stones page. We will say so plainly if a popular option is one the practice does not provide. The short answer on this page is a starting point; the visit is where our Sandy Springs urologists fit it to you.
What a visit at Sandy Springs is usually like
The first appointment at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road leaves room for you to tell the story in your own words. We ask how long this has been going on, what you have already tried, and which medicines you currently take. An exam is often part of that same visit, and we explain any urine study or scan before it is done. If a later procedure needs a surgery center, we will say whether it is booked at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road or at another Advanced Urology surgery center, and how to get ready. At the desk at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, please have a government-issued identification, insurance information if you carry it, and the names of the medicines you take; old records help, but a perfect file is not required to be seen.
When to call our team at Sandy Springs about this
Phone 678-344-8900 when the question on this page is the one keeping you up, or when a test result named here has just arrived. We will get you on the schedule at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, or you can use online booking, and we will tell you the earliest opening we can offer. Heavy bleeding, clots that stop you from urinating, a fever with pain in the side or back, or being unable to pass urine at all should be handled in an emergency department or by calling 911, rather than waiting for a routine slot at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.
A video from Advanced Urology that relates to this topic
You can watch the official Advanced Urology video below at your own pace, then bring questions from it to our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.
- Watch: Kidney Stones and Ureteroscopy - Everything you need to know
- Watch: Kidney Stone Treatments by Urologist Dr. Greenstein