<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.My husband has been diagnosed with kidney stones this past week and passed three of them. He normally drinks a great amount of waterice tea and juice per day- 8-10 glasses. He is still having pain. He has a hernia from lifting ac units for about 2 years now, does that have anything to do with it? Also, he smokes pot once in a while not regularly, would that contribute to the formation of the kidney stones?  <response>: HelloThanks for query. Your father has been detected to have stones in the kidney and Inguinal Hernia. At the outset I would state that the stones he had in kidney are not due to inguinal hernia. Kidney stones are usually formed due following many reasons 1 UTI2 Metabolic disorders of Calcium.phosphate and Oxalate 3 Concentrated urine due to Chat Doctor. 4 Hereditary factors 5 High atmospheric temperature Hot Climate6 Obstructed urine flow. 