{"id":239,"date":"2020-02-20T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=239"},"modified":"2020-02-20T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:42:04","slug":"who-is-more-prone-to-kidney-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/who-is-more-prone-to-kidney-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is more prone to kidney stones?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Men get&nbsp;<strong>kidney stones more<\/strong>&nbsp;often than women do.&nbsp;<strong>Kidney stones<\/strong>&nbsp;are also&nbsp;<strong>more<\/strong>&nbsp;common in non-Hispanic white people than in people of other ethnicities. You may also be&nbsp;<strong>more<\/strong>&nbsp;likely to have&nbsp;<strong>kidney stones<\/strong>&nbsp;if: You have had&nbsp;<strong>kidney stones<\/strong>&nbsp;before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone can get a kidney stone, but some people are more likely than others to have them. Men get kidney stones more often than women do. Kidney stones are also more common in non-Hispanic white people than in people of other ethnicities. You may also be more likely to have kidney stones if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You have had kidney stones before.<\/li><li>Someone in your family has had kidney stones.<\/li><li>You don\u2019t drink enough water.<\/li><li>You follow a diet high in protein, sodium and\/or sugar.<\/li><li>You are overweight or obese.<\/li><li>You have had gastric bypass surgery or another intestinal surgery.<\/li><li>You have&nbsp;polycystic kidney disease&nbsp;or another cystic kidney disease.<\/li><li>You have a certain condition that causes your urine to contain high levels of cystine, oxalate, uric acid or calcium.<\/li><li>You have a condition that causes swelling or irritation in your bowel or your joints.<\/li><li>You take certain medicines, such as diuretics (water pills) or calcium-based antacids.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men get&nbsp;kidney stones more&nbsp;often than women do.&nbsp;Kidney stones&nbsp;are also&nbsp;more&nbsp;common in non-Hispanic white people than in people of other ethnicities. You may also be&nbsp;more&nbsp;likely to have&nbsp;kidney stones&nbsp;if: You have had&nbsp;kidney stones&nbsp;before. Anyone can get a kidney stone, but some people are more likely than others to have them. Men get kidney stones more often than women\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/who-is-more-prone-to-kidney-stones\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}