What Causes Pain In Kidney Area?

Posted on Thu, 4 Sep 2014

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Question : I am having pain. I believe in my kidney area. It started a few days ago on the right side and now I feel it on the left. I have no problem urinating and I don't know how else to answer.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Ivan Romich (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
hi and welcome to hcm

Detailed Answer:
Even if you dont have urinating problems,you should do urine analysis to rule out uroinfection which is most common cause of such symptoms.also this might be kidney stone as well so ultrasound should be done too. Other causes are rare,and include pancreatic and spine diseases.
In every case,you need to drink plenty of fluids and raspberry tea and do tests i ve mentioned

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar