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DiagnosisYour doctor will ask you about your symptoms and about any change in the color of your urine. He or she will ask about your family history of kidney stones, and whether you have had gout. If you are in extreme pain, your doctor can use X-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans or ultrasound to look for a kidney stone and see if it is trapped. If you are able to collect a stone that you passed from your urine, your doctor will send the stone to a laboratory for chemical analysis. Blood and urine tests may be done to identify a treatable cause of the stone. If you do not have any symptoms and you find a small kidney stone in your urine, strain out the stone and save it for your doctor. Your doctor can send the stone to a medical laboratory for chemical analysis.
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