Doctors may refer to cholesterol crystals in the urine as cholesterol crystalluria. They often result from nephrotic syndrome. Cholesterol urine crystals are only visible under a microscope.

Crystals in dog urine can cause excruciating pain ... ammonium urate or uric acid, cysteine, calcium phosphate, and silica. These substances comprise the main components of bladder stones ...

Or maybe your housebroken pet had an accident. As most pet owners know, accidents do happen. And sometimes, it may not be an ...

Kidney stones are a painful condition that affects millions of people around the world. These hard deposits form in the ...

Calcium oxalate stones are the most common, then calcium phosphate and uric acid. When urine has too many of these ...

Normally, uric acid passes through your kidneys and leaves your body and urine. But in some people ... this extra acid can form into tiny sharp crystals, which collect around your joints.

By Dr. Peter Sawaya University of Kentucky Kidney stones are common. In the US, one in 11 individuals will be affected by ...