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Other causes include:
• Bladder or urinary infections
• A damaged urethra due to injury or from an illness, disease or trauma.
• Neurogenic bladder – a condition in which there is damage to the nerves preventing your brain from telling your bladder’s muscles to contract and expand in order to urinate. When this happens, urine remains in the bladder and stones can form.
• Weak bladder called bladder diverticulum – if the walls of the bladder become weak, pouches can bulge outward where urine can collect and be stored in these pouches.
• Kidney stones – Stones from the kidney can travel down the ureters, two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder that may become bladder stones when they reach the bladder.
• A diet high in oxalic acid found in rhubarb, leafy vegetables, and coffee

Diagnosing bladder stones
A physician will conduct a thorough exam including a rectal exam and a lower abdominal check. Samples of urine will be collected with a urinalysis to analyze the sample. An x-ray, ultrasound, CT scan or cystoscopy may also be used to locate the stones.