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Should I Go To ER For Flank Pain And Discomfort In Kidney?

I have Kidney stones in the past including the need to have a stent place as inpt. This was eventually removed. All today I ve experienced flank pain and symptoms point to a kiney some. My question is in the past few hours the pain has increased with nausea and my abdomen is swollen. Do you think I should go the ER? I m a female 56 of age.
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.
GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF URGENT REFERRAL TO YOUR DOCTOR.RENAL STONES CAN WORSEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WORSEN WITH SYMPTOMS LIKE CESSATION OF URINE OUTFLOW,INFECTION OF URINARY TRACT,PYELONEPHRITIS,ACUTE RENAL SHUTDOWN.SWOLLEN ABDOMEN WITH NAUSEA,VOMITING SUGGEST THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'HYDRONEPHROSIS'ESPECIALLY WITH PAST HISTORY OF KIDNEY STONES, WHICH IN YOUR Case HAS TO PROMPTLY RELIEVED BY DECOMPRESSION.STONE RETRIVAL METHODS INCLUDE "PCNL-PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLOTHOTOMY" WHICH IS AN OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE .CONSULT AN EXPERT UROLOGIST IN YOUR CASE TO HELP YOU FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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Should I Go To ER For Flank Pain And Discomfort In Kidney?

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC. GOING BY YOUR CLINICAL HISTORY I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF URGENT REFERRAL TO YOUR DOCTOR.RENAL STONES CAN WORSEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WORSEN WITH SYMPTOMS LIKE CESSATION OF URINE OUTFLOW,INFECTION OF URINARY TRACT,PYELONEPHRITIS,ACUTE RENAL SHUTDOWN.SWOLLEN ABDOMEN WITH NAUSEA,VOMITING SUGGEST THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDRONEPHROSIS ESPECIALLY WITH PAST HISTORY OF KIDNEY STONES, WHICH IN YOUR Case HAS TO PROMPTLY RELIEVED BY DECOMPRESSION.STONE RETRIVAL METHODS INCLUDE PCNL-PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLOTHOTOMY WHICH IS AN OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE .CONSULT AN EXPERT UROLOGIST IN YOUR CASE TO HELP YOU FURTHER. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.