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Drink three litres of water a day or risk kidney stones warns expert as hospital admissions for renal conditions rise

Drink three litres of water a day or risk kidney stones warns expert as hospital admissions for renal conditions rise
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Thousands of new cases of kidney stones every year are caused by ignorance or denial of the need to drink three litres of water a day, according to a leading doctor.

Bhaskar Somani, a consultant urological surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, said a lack of awareness about the dangers of dehydration was responsible for an annual increase in renal stone admissions, including among young people in their twenties.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2334286/Drink-litres-water-day-risk-kidney-stones-warns-expert-hospital-admissions-renal-conditions-rise.html#ixzz2iqdfmKiU