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What Causes Constant Pain In Legs With History Of Kidney Stones?
About 6 years ago I had kidney stones and when passing them it affected my sciatic nerve. At first it affected my hip and back. I still have pain in that area but about 2 years ago it started to affect my whole leg . My leg feels as if the nerves are on fire mostly but it is mostly on outside of my leg. It makes it had to sit or sleep due to the pain. I am constantly changing position to ease the constant pain in my leg. If i run my hand down the outside of the leg I can feel like lumps. Mostly close to my knee that I had surgery on 28 years ago. I would like to know what I can do to stop the non stop pain.
Fri, 28 Aug 2015
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Thanks for writing in.
It is important to know if you still have kidney stones and whether the pain is radiating from to the lower back. You might like to get an ultrasound scan of abdomen done to confirm if the pain is from kidney stones.
Lower back pain radiating to the leg is in most cases unrelated to the kidney stones though both pains might get difficult to differentiate. To evaluate the lower back it is important to get a clinical examination done and if required then do a MRI scan of lumbar spine. This will highlight any disc abnormalities and pinching of nerve roots in the lower back region. If present then physiotherapy usually treats this problem if it is of mild nature. Persistent pain might require short duration nerve pain relief medicine and avoidance of heavy physical activities. Please do not worry.
Thanks for writing in.
It is important to know if you still have kidney stones and whether the pain is radiating from to the lower back. You might like to get an ultrasound scan of abdomen done to confirm if the pain is from kidney stones.
Lower back pain radiating to the leg is in most cases unrelated to the kidney stones though both pains might get difficult to differentiate. To evaluate the lower back it is important to get a clinical examination done and if required then do a MRI scan of lumbar spine. This will highlight any disc abnormalities and pinching of nerve roots in the lower back region. If present then physiotherapy usually treats this problem if it is of mild nature. Persistent pain might require short duration nerve pain relief medicine and avoidance of heavy physical activities. Please do not worry.
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