My husband is suffering from Kidney stones which started about 2 days ago. He has been drinking lots of water with lemon but nothing is helping. This morning he threw up and is having hot and cold spells. Should I take him to the hospital? or do you have some suggestions for me?
Good day, and thank you for being with Chat Doctor !! I am very sorry to hear that your husband is suffering from acute kidney stone attack. If he has fever, intractable pain and intractable vomiting then it is time to rush him to the emergency room. Spontaneous passage of stones depends on stone size and as a general rule if it is smaller than 0.5 mm it has an 80-90% chance of passage. Let him Chat Doctor.  Pain medications will surely help (any NSAIDs) during this very painful episodes.