3 mm stone Dx 2 months ago when abdominal CT was done for vomiting. Last night started with Lt flank pain, nausea, vomiting and temp of 101. Thought it was the flu but checked again the results of the CT and sure enough it was on the Lt side. Saw the Dr today for multiple reasons and had + blood in the urine but no pain at that time. I just caught the Dr prior to 5P and she is ordering antibiotics. I also have severe abdominal bloated feeling and 7/10 pain when palpated flank or abdomen. Temp now 100.6. Here I am an ICU nurse asking if I should go to the hospital but this is my first kidney stone. Of course I have to work 2 -12 hour night shifts this weekend to top it off.
Anyone with remedies when the SEVERE pain comes that you can’t even hold still??? Karen

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I had a severe pain in the location in the picture. It was a severe sharp [lasted 2 seconds or less marked BLACK] Could this have been a Kidney Stone or what? I’m really worried as I’ve been having nausea, abdominal pain, headaches marked RED symptoms of something which I thought to have been Indigestion lasting over a couple of weeks. I’ve been to the MEC and the E.R. [they took my blood and did a physical on me] but I still think it’s something urgent. My parents have given up on me and think i’m just freaking out over nothing because it costs them money EVEN THOUGH we have health insurance. Is this something I should worry about? I’m a healthy individual and just stopped smoking cigarettes about 9 days ago and haven’t used alcohol for about 3 weeks.

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Also, it looks like my stool is a yellowish-brown.
But I also ate a lot of carrots. >_>

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But my doctor says that its not the stones that are causing my pain cause every time I have to go to the hospital for the severe pain they do CT’s they never find anything. What else could it be?
I cant pass the stones, every time one gets stuck they have to go in and take it out.But why when I’m in this much pain I go to the hospital and they never find anything.So they always say its not a stone.Even when I’m peeing blood.
I have 5 stones in my left kidney and 4 in my right kidney, but its my left one that I’m having all the problems.

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I’m 16 and I have severe pain in my lower back/sides of back and I used the symptom checker on Web MD and it suggested that I may have kidney stones. I recently had a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) and I got antibiotics, but I’ve read that if you don’t get a UTI treated quickly enough, you could get a kidney infection or kidney stones. Could someone explain to me what this could possibly be?

Also, when you have kidney stones, do you get the back pain first or do the actual stones come out first?
I’m also feeling nauseous and have a stomach ache.

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I am not sure but i feel pain in my right side of my stomach or abdomen but it’s not constant pain it just comes and goes away and its not severe pain either it just hurts like a stomach ache but not as bad.

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I was diagnosed with two kidney stones, 9mm and 1mm. The doctor went in with a scope to remove the larger one which was embedded. A stent was placed to keep the tubes open. A week later they took the stent out and to see if there were any more stones and they finished by putting a larger stent in. Five days later I went back to the doctor and they numbed me and took out the stent. Two hours afterwards I was in extreme agony and couldn’t urinate. I called the doctor and he said I was probably having spasms of the urethra and the bladder. By the end of the day, I went up to the ER because of extreme pain. They gave me fluids and pain medicine though it didn’t help the pain. I stayed two nights in the hospital and I was feeling somewhat better and they sent me home. For two days I took things easy,the pain was minimal. On the third day in the morning I passed a large blood clot, which I literally had to pull out because it was stuck. And the severe pain returned. Now I am also vomitting. I called my doctor and he told me to drink plenty of fluids and your either going to get better or worse and that was it. What should I do, I’m even considering going to a differant and better hospital two hours away.

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my husband went to the hospital yesterday with severe pain in his kidney right side,they did cat-scan and said they saw nothing abnormal but alittle swelling in his lymphnodes.gave him morphine and sent him on his way.its been two days since the hospital and he still is in alot of pain.has been drinking lots of water also.any suggestions?

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(I am a woman, if it matters)
The other day I had the most excruciating pain, turns out it was a kidney stone, They said I have 2 tiny stones. After a lot of pain med through an iv, they sent me home, lots of pain after it wore off. I was given antibiotics and oxycodone and ibprufen. I havent needed the pain meds since Sunday, 7pm. But now the other side of my back hurts… no severe pain in my belly yet.

I was thinking the other stone is in the other kidney? Anyway, is it possible this other one will pass soon? Or months later? What can I do?

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My kidney stone is near my bladder according to a CT scan, but my back (the area where my kidneys are) and underneath my left ribcage still hurt. Why is that? It’s severe pain too. Is it spasms?

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gallstones run in my family and more than half of my family has had their gall bladder removed due to complications. I just want to be proactive instead of having to deal with severe pain and have it removed later in life.

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my mother had a solitary gall stone of 3 cm,for the last 10 years,day before yesterday she had an episode of vomiting and severe pain,after that when she went for the ultrasound,the stone was not there,is it possible that it was expelled?or was the report wrong?

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Last year a CT scan showed I had 3 kidney stones which were expected to be small enough to pass without any intervention. This past week I have had a terrible heaviness deep into my groin. I have pain when I urinate and a massive bladder spasm sensation which is a 10/10 pain while it is in spasm (30 minutes or so) but then completely pain free when it releases. It is a generally severe pain and I have to take hydrocodone for it to go away and Azo to numb the urinary tract.

I went to my doctor and the urinalysis showed positive albumin and nitrites with 3+ blood and 3+ white blood cells and a bright yellow urine.

I am wondering if this could be a bladder stone. It FEELS like a bladder stone. The CT scan that they did last year did not go low enough to image the bladder, just the kidneys.

Anyone with expertise have any ideas?

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Well, it all started two days ago. I woke up with severe pain in my abdomen, right below my ribs and, like, in my rib cage. As the day progressed, the pain continued to get worse and spread to my lower abdomen. The pain got so bad I couldn’t move, I couldn’t be touched, my so stomach was rock hard, I mean, the bed I was on couldn’t be touched without it making me miserable. I saw a doctor who immediately ruled out pregnancy and appendix, for the time being. She said that since most of the pain was in the lower left side. I was given a medication for cramping, sent home and told if the medicine didn’t help, to go to the ER. The medication didn’t help, but Immodium did. Yesterday, I didn’t feel any pain in my stomach, I did however, have very severe flu-like symptoms, returned to the doctor, no flu, given antibiotics and that’s it. Now, my stomach is beginning to hurt again, centralized in my lower left-hand side, randomly shooting straight across my stomach to the right side. As of right now, it’s very dull but I have a feeling it’s gonna get worse. Should I be concerned about my appendix or kidney stones? I’m out of guesses and don’t really want to go to the hospital if it can be avoided.

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I have SLE, RA & Fibromyalgia. I take : soma, tramadol, paxil cr, plaquenil, omnaris and vitamins.

I have several kidney stones largest 3.5 mm (ins wont cover blasting until 4.1+) . I haven’t urinated and emptied my bladder since Friday (I also have gross hematuria) I have dribbled a little here and there.

I got desperate, started doing home remedies to pass the stones… straight lemon juice (I drank about 8+oz yesterday), water, water and more water, hibiscus teas and this evening I took about 20 diurex pills (yes I know I’ve gone over my limit).

My urologist said there’s not much he can do for me right now; I see him in 2 months . I have severe pain on both flank sides (since lemon juice), but my bladder pain is gone.

What should I do now?

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I’ve been having lower back pain and pain on my left side for months,frequent fevers and red cheeks. Doctor also found protein in my urine and am waiting on a urinalysis. It started burning when I urinate a few days ago and I also randomly started spotting. when I just peed I swear it felt like something hard blocking my urine and burned…but no severe pain. Does it sound like it could be a kidney stone?

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Hello Friends,

I have pain at tip of penis while urinating from 2 weeks. I thought it might be due to body heat or something else and drank lots of water. The pain used to reduce when I drink much water otherwise its sharp pain. Today I came to see a stone from the penis and I went to emergency care.

The doctor was shocked seeing the stone coz of its size its 7.5mm and prescribed some medicines for the pain thereafter. I wasnt experiencing much pain now but worried how this happened and still there are any left out there. The doctor asked me for the symptoms like fever, abdomen pain or severe pain backside and I didnt have any. So he didnt seem to confirm it as kidney stones coz the pain for that would be severe and it starts from kidneys till bladder i.e., from ribs to penis. He advised for followup checkup with urologist for further investigation. And looking forward for it.

Meantime, please share any experiences or advices
Thanks for the replies.

Does that mean drinking water or having italian dressing salad will reduce the stones automatically and get rid of the problem ever.

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My husband has been having severe pain on the left side..just about the abdomen…and towards the back.
He has a ‘kidney stone’ history ,but this time too the doctor says the same.Though he is on medication ,yday night also he got severe pain and had to be given severe pain killers shots .
I am worried if the doc just went by our words of past history of kidney stone cause he didnt even physically check him once(the scan and xray reports didnt give enough clues on the issue ..even to the doc)
Can this be any other issue ?
i saw a general physician and then a urologist.
justnow enquired from the urologist,he says that the pain indicates that the stone is coming down.but i am seriously worried.

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It’s been about 5 hours since I had a chalazion (cyst in my eyelid) removed surgically in-office. This is the second time I’ve had one removed, but this time I feel something went wrong. The procedure was the same and I was given 2 injections of Lidocaine to numb the area, the cyst was removed, and a patch was placed over my eye.

The procedure itself definitely hurt a lot more this time than the last time, even after the area was supposed to be entirely numb. But it wasn’t until about 20 to 30 minutes afterward when I arrived home, that things started falling apart. It felt as though the Lidocaine had completely worn off, but I know from many many many past procedures that it is typically supposed to last about 2 or 3 hours. The pain was agonizing. To put it in perspective, I’ve had kidney stones (which had to be surgically removed), a broken leg, 3 liver biopsies, I get an upper GI endoscopy every year, and have had probably hundreds of other hospitalizations and procedures in my life. This was BY FAR the most excruciating thing I have ever dealt with – and I know from the last chalazion removal that this sort of pain is not normal.

It took about an hour after the procedure before the oxycodone they prescribed kicked in (I had to take 15mg to feel ok), but until that point my body was uncontrollably shaking from the pain, I was rocking back and forth debating on going to the ER, and I could not move my eyes to look at things without severe pain shooting through my head. It was so bad, that whole side of my face hurt. Definitely level 10 pain.

So my question is – am I wrong in thinking that this level of pain is abnormal for a procedure like this? Like, is it possible there was something wrong with the Lidocaine, since it seemed to be weak in the first place and only lasted about half an hour? Also curious if anyone else has experienced the same thing as me. Thanks in advance
It occurred to me that it might have something to do with the eye patch possibly being too tight against my eyelid…though it still seems like it shouldn’t hurt as bad as it did.
Talked to my doctor when it was all happening and he seemed to think it was all in my head. Told me to darken the room and put a cold towel on my head… He also said it was probably a bad idea to go to the ER for pain management because I had (at that point) already taken the oxycodone. I should add that I feel significantly better now, but that is primarily because of the pain-killers I’ve been taking – my eye still hurts a bit even with the narcotics.

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About a year and a half ago I went to the doctor because of stomach pain. I had 5 small kidney stones. I was told to pass them and they never really told me what they were made of. About two months ago I went to urgent care with a fever and a severe pain in the low right side of my abdomen. I thought it was appendicitis but they said they found nothing wrong with me appendix. A few days later the doctor called and said I have a bunch of kidney stones (all small) and a small appendix stone. I am seeing a specialist soon, but the doctor I recently seen said surgery is likely… any advice on what is causing the stones?

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Hello… I am 29 weeks pregnant and have kidney stones… I am wondering if anyone else who has or has had a stent in place had severe pain in the urethra… I have/have had pain in my bladder and kidney that is from the stent but for a couple of weeks now i have had Really bad pain in my urethra and nothing seems to help it… I’m talking to the Doc later today I’m just wondering if I’m alone here and if not what did your Doc do to help?!?!?!?

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So, my mom has a kidney stone in her left kidney. 3 weeks ago she went to the ER because she was in horrible severe pain. They did urine and blood tests and it turned out she had the kidney stone. The Doctor did a CT scan and told us the stone was in the ureter (not sure what size the stone is). She went to a urologist and was scheduled to get surgery 2 weeks later (which was last week). Well none of that happened because we found out she was pregnant. They just told her to drink a lot of water and take tylenol for pain. Well a couple days later, Wednesday or Thursday of last week she said she got sharp pain on her back then all of a sudden it stopped and she felt relief. We thought maybe she had passed the stone from the ureter to the bladder. Everything was good until last night (Saturday) when she started getting the pain again. We went to the ER and they just gave her vicodin for pain. They didn’t do a CT scan because of the baby. So do you think she might have the stone in her bladder or could it still be stuck in the ureter? We’re calling the urologist again Monday to see if theres something she can do to pass that stone. Also if the pain is caused by obstruction wouldn’t drinking more water make the pain worse? Wouldn’t more liquid make the ureter stretch more which would be more pain? Thanks by the way!

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I have a bulging disc in my back and the bone sits on my nerves which causes problems with my hips so it cause severe pain in my hips and lower back. And now it has become so bad I can no longer walk properly also my hips are offset as well which makes it worse. Anyway my PCP referred me to a pain management DR because they can not do surgery or anything do to I guess it being so close to my nerves but I will not see him for another 2 weeks. The pain however got so bad I had to go to the ER about a week and a half ago (because my PCP is not in her office on Fridays ) and the Dr who saw is the one that discovered the bulging disc in my back because they thought I had a kidney stone and had to do a cat-scan so because he knows me he wrote me a prescription for some pain medication and was sure to give me enough to last until I see my pain doctor. Anyway my point is he gave me 25 and a refill for another 25. I take them as directed (sometimes less) but if you do the math I take one every 4-6 hours so 25 should last me a week or so I have enough for three more days and I have had them for a week and a couple of days but my mother told me that I have to wait 30 days to get the refill but that doesn’t make sense because I didn’t receive a 30 day supply, so how long am I suppose to wait before I can get them filled if what he gave me was enough for a week?
If I was a pain seeker then why would I get them legitimately prescribed to me? You try having all the damage I have in my back and see how you feel, thank you very much I only take the pills I have as prescribed by the Doctor and again if I was a pill seeker why would my DR refer me to a pain management specialist!? Think before you open your mouth cause you dint even know the whole story!
Oh and by the way Im going to the pain management DR to see what other options that I have besides taken the pain medication I do not really want to take the pain has become too bad to manage it.

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Hello! My name is Pankaj and i feel i have a disease:( I am temporarily working for a call center[night shift from 8pm to 5am] i have been having stomach aches from last month. After consultation from a doctor , i got to know that i am suffering from gastric acidity. I took the medication and i felt better. But i am worried that i might have kidney stone cos whenever i urinate i feel a bit of pain in my stomach not at my back. Moreover i feel a bit of burning sensation in my arms foot internally . I sometimes feel ithcy sensation all over my body when i go to bed after coming back from work. Two weeks ago i had dinner at Mc Donalds and when i went to bed that night i felt a severe pain on right part of my neck , so bad that i couldn’t turn my neck to the left.
I am very scared i might be having diabeties.
Please guide me and tell me whether i am safe.

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I need advice on my situation.I went to the ER a week ago with severe flank pain i thought it was back pain but i had blood in my urin the doctor did a cat scan due to a "stone protocal" to check for possible stones he told me the results before discharge "you have no visible stones but you have a dialated ureter follow up with your doctor"i was discharged with a dx of kidney infection and given antibiotics i picked up my er records to bring to my dr apt (next week ) and i read the cat scan report that said i had many stones in side of my right kidney,patient may have passed a stone recently and there may be a stone that simply cannot be seen on scan.Well im in SEVERE pain should i go back why didnt the er dr tell me all of this i need help with my pain.when they dischared me i daid im in to much pain to go home they let me go anywasy if i return will they take action admit me and let me see a urologist and control my pain i dont want to be sent home agin !will they treat my pain help!

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Ok, I have kidney stones and oh I am sooo over this pain. I have been drinking a lot of water, removing too much protein from my diet, drinking much apple juice, and those suckers aren’t moving. My doctor has not given me any advice to follow so I have been doing my own searching.l Anyway, I was advised by friends to try lemon juice or lemonade. So I was doing some searching online and I found the Master Cleanse. Basically, it’s a lemonade diet. Basically you drink a lot of water, and for your meals, you drink fresh squeezed lemonade. Then you do a salt cleanse midday. At minimum it is recommended to do for at least ten days to get best results. Has anyone else ever heard of this or tried this cleanse? Think it could help me flush out those stones? I am willing to try, as I have been in moderate to severe pain for the last three weeks. Plus, it wouldn’t hurt to lose the weight either.

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