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Climate change may cause more kidney stones

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It's true that the number one risk factor for kidney stones is not drinking enough water. If you aren't drinking enough, your urine will have a higher concentration of substances that can form stones. If your urine is light yellow then you are drinking enough water and will go a long way towards preventing kidney stones. However you have to increase your intake of water whenever you increase activity and especially when you're in a warmer climate. So waiting until you feel thirsty is often too late because thirst usually signifies dehydration.

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I would like to know why people from Los Angeles are observed to have a smaller incidence of kidney stones.

I have observed that people from the Eastern part of the US seemed to be more embarrassed to say that they needed to urinate, thus urinating less often, which might contribute to a buildup of kidney stones?

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@1glenn

Good thing... But then surely the deep south would have even more?

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