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Originally Posted by bellasmomok  Struvite crystals/stones are the ones made with acidic pH's and urate stones/crystals with basic, and since struvite ones aren't nearly as common as urate ones, and since her urinalysis has been negative for both, he thinks I should just not worry about it. |
Hi Tara
Struvite stones/crystals actually form in alkaline urine and are consistent with UTIs. Urate stones form in acidic urine.
Bladder Stones Struvite uroliths come in many different shapes and sizes, are radiodense, and form in an alkaline urine. Bladder Stones Urate and ammonium Urate
...There does not seem to be a connection with a urinary tract infection, and they tend to form in an acidic urine....Urate stones are radiolucent. If they get large or covered with other minerals they might become radiopaque. Urate calculi tend to be small and occur as several stones. These stones usually form in the bladder, and when passed through the urethra, can become lodged....Ammonium urate uroliths are sometimes formed in pets with PSS (liver disease) due to improper metabolism of ammonia to urea. This will cause excess uric acid levels in the bloodstream. The kidneys filter out this excess uric acid in the production of urine, thus increasing the level of uric acid in the bladder. The excess ammonia that is in the bloodstream from the liver problem also builds up in the urine in the bladder. These two compounds combine to form the ammonium urate bladder stone....
I find it strange that he said veggies are acidifying...They actually help alkalize the urine.
Here are a couple of links with charts of alkalizing/acidifying foods. Most veggies are alkalizing...There are very few that actually are labeled as acidifying.
Meats are the main foods that are acidifying.
Chart of acidifying and alkalizing foods ACIDIFYING FOODS