It’s a long story…but I recently had an emergency room visit involving the worst lower abdominal/pelvic pain I’ve ever experienced. It happened out of nowhere in the middle of the night. I was sure something really terrible was happening. To make a long story short, regular xrays and a urine and blood test were all done. This did not yield any definite answers besides ruling out pregnancy and appendicitis. The doctor decided to give me a laxative on a whim…because he couldn’t see anything physically wrong. He said he wanted to do an ultrasound. I had already been there 6 hours so I asked him if I could just take the laxative and come back if it didn’t fix the pain.

So the constant pain went away, but every so often after that I still got a twinge of that terrible pain.

So I’m hoping someone with kidney stone experience or a nurse can tell me whether or not that sounds like a kidney stone, and if a kidney stone can pass without you knowing.
I hadn’t really thought about kidney stones until I had heard that one of my friends had one. So out of curiosity I went onto webmd.com and checked out some information on them.

I also know that an ultrasound might’ve shown a kidney stone…and that I probably shouldn’t have refused it. But I was on vacation, and spending 7 hours in a Canadian ER was the last thing I wanted to be doing.
Well the problem with the urine test they did was that I was menstruating that day and there was blood in the sample I gave them….also, my blood cell count was low and my platelets were high. I’m also pretty anemic…so that’s why the blood cell count it always so low.

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my husband’s doctor just called with his blood test results and he was concerned with his kidney function and wants him to have a CAT scan he thinks he might have kidney stones….what are these and what is required to get rid of them?

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I am a 23 year old female. To get the premium rate for life insurance I had to have a blood and urine test. I was approved for the life insurance, but when I got my medical results back, my blood creatinine level was almost twice the upper limit of the acceptable range (the upper limit of the range was 260 and my level was 460). My grandmother has had several operations on her kidneys due to high numbers of kidney stones, and ever since I got a UTI last May (which according to urinalysis is no longer present) at night it seems like water goes right through me. I take a SIP of water with my birth control at 10pm, and unless I fall asleep quickly, I have to get up to pee a small amount 3-6 times. During the day I urinate at normal intervals.

Additionally, it seems like I have been more tired for the past year than previously in my life. I can easily sleep 14 hours and still go to bed on time that night with ease.

All of these things could be separate, or my imagination, or caused by something else, but I scheduled an appointment with my primary on Friday to discuss and see if further evaluation is needed.

Any experiences similar to mine?

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Five nights ago, my boyfriend woke up in the middle of the night in unbearrable pain. We went to the emergency room and after a blood test, urine sample and a scan of some sort – he was diagnosed with kidney stones. We went home that same night with some pain killers and a brief instruction sheet.

It has been nearly a week now and he is still in moderate and consistent pain. The biggest concern is – if it passes naturally like they think it should (it’s close, it’s about 4mm), when is it the most painful? We have done some research online but there are inconsistent comments.

Is the pain the worst when it is passing through the tubes from the kidney to the bladder or when the stone actually passes through the genital area while urinating? How much (in comparison the the rest of the process) pain is there when the stone passes through the final tract of the genitals?

Can the stone get stuck anywhere? Are there any medical concerns?

Also, any tips on making it pass quickly?

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