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Does Kidney Stones Cause Pressure In Bladder And Back Pain?

My question is in May of this year I had a kidney stone and with the cat scan it showed where it was. Also There is an additional calculus in the midpole of the left kidney measuring approximately 5.2 mm. The past two weeks a few times I have had back ache. Saturday I got up with back ache in the flank area and mid point. Sunday night taking a deep breath hurt around my ribs. I do get pressure in bladder area once in awhile also. Today my ribs do not hurt as bad. But I still have the pain around flank area. Most of the pain is left side to mid point in back, DO you think it might be that stone moving in the kidney.
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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A stone in the kidney won't usually cause pain. Pain is due to super-added infection or a stone moving down the ureter, causing obtruction and colic.

For my patient, I'd advice a urine analysis (to exclude infection) and a renal ultrasound (to detect if there's a stone in the ureter causing obstruction or back-pressure).

Hope that sufficiently answered your concerns.
Regards.
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Does Kidney Stones Cause Pressure In Bladder And Back Pain?

A stone in the kidney won t usually cause pain. Pain is due to super-added infection or a stone moving down the ureter, causing obtruction and colic. For my patient, I d advice a urine analysis (to exclude infection) and a renal ultrasound (to detect if there s a stone in the ureter causing obstruction or back-pressure). Hope that sufficiently answered your concerns. Regards.