60% stone ailment patients in city below 35

Junk food generation is getting it back. More than 60% of the patients diagnosed with stone ailments at King George's Medical University are in their 20s or early 30s. Till about a decade ago, stones were largely diagnosed in those above 45 years of age unless there was some congenital problem. Attended to by doctors at urology department, young patients are a product of faulty lifestyle.