Horsfall-Barratt scale
Okay, so you know how sometimes you get sick and your mom or dad takes your temperature with a thermometer? And you know how the higher the number on the thermometer, the more sick you are?
Well, doctors and scientists came up with something called the Horsfall-Barratt scale to see how bad someone's kidney stones are. Kidney stones are little hard pieces that form in your kidneys and can make it hurt a lot when you go pee.
The Horsfall-Barratt scale looks at the shape and size of the kidney stones under a special microscope to see how hard they are to get rid of. Just like how a bigger number on the thermometer means a worse sickness, a higher number on the Horsfall-Barratt scale means the kidney stones are harder to deal with.
Doctors use this scale to figure out the best way to help people with kidney stones feel better.
Well, doctors and scientists came up with something called the Horsfall-Barratt scale to see how bad someone's kidney stones are. Kidney stones are little hard pieces that form in your kidneys and can make it hurt a lot when you go pee.
The Horsfall-Barratt scale looks at the shape and size of the kidney stones under a special microscope to see how hard they are to get rid of. Just like how a bigger number on the thermometer means a worse sickness, a higher number on the Horsfall-Barratt scale means the kidney stones are harder to deal with.
Doctors use this scale to figure out the best way to help people with kidney stones feel better.