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Are Severe Pain In Lower Back And Abdomen Indicative Of Kidney Stones?
Hi. I was diagnosed with nepherocalcinosis a few years ago after recurring UTIs and a bout of kidney stones. In the past 3 weeks almost, I have been having severe pain in my lower back and flank on the right side. This pain has made me black out occasionally. At times the pain travels around to my abdomen. It lasts for a few seconds at most and then settles down. My family doctor told me to take painkillers and gave me antibiotics after my urine sample showed up traces of blood and leukocytes. I am awaiting a series of scans but am so frustrated with this pain. Surely kidney stones would have passed by now? Or can they fester and take time? My scans the last time I had stones showed up lots of tiny specks which the hospital consultant said were most likely tiny stones as a result of the nepherocalcinosis condition. Does this sound about right? What else can I do to relieve the pain while I await further tests?
Mon, 18 Apr 2016
Hello,
All the symptoms you are describing are typical of kidney stones. Your urine report also suggests the same.
There is no specific time period that a stone can take to get our of body. For some people, it is a matter of few days while others may take years. When the stone changes its position in the urinary tract and pinches on the tube carrying it or flesh of the organ, you might get blinding pain and associated symptoms. Unfortunately, for smaller sized stones, there is little that doctors can do and it depends on patients only to eliminate these stones.
As your doctor advised, you can take pain killers as and when need arises. Ketorolac 10 mg (Ketorol DT) can work best in this kind of pain. You can take it dissolved in water twice or thrice a day. Antibiotics during bouts of urinary tract infection can help. But drink lots and lots of fluids. This is the only accurate way to get rid of stones. You should drink that much fluids that your urine output is about four liters per day. Cranberry juice can help, too. Avoid soda, cheese and other calcium containing food.
I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic.
Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
All the symptoms you are describing are typical of kidney stones. Your urine report also suggests the same.
There is no specific time period that a stone can take to get our of body. For some people, it is a matter of few days while others may take years. When the stone changes its position in the urinary tract and pinches on the tube carrying it or flesh of the organ, you might get blinding pain and associated symptoms. Unfortunately, for smaller sized stones, there is little that doctors can do and it depends on patients only to eliminate these stones.
As your doctor advised, you can take pain killers as and when need arises. Ketorolac 10 mg (Ketorol DT) can work best in this kind of pain. You can take it dissolved in water twice or thrice a day. Antibiotics during bouts of urinary tract infection can help. But drink lots and lots of fluids. This is the only accurate way to get rid of stones. You should drink that much fluids that your urine output is about four liters per day. Cranberry juice can help, too. Avoid soda, cheese and other calcium containing food.
I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic.
Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
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