I have recently been diagonosed with a 2-3mm non blocking kidney stone, and have been referred to the urologist because of blood in the urine.

CT Scan shows stone in the lower pole calix of left kidney, 17 mm hemangioma in left hepatic lobe & small amount of cul-de-sac fluid seen just posterior & right of the uterus. Ultrasound was normal, but I do have a reversed uterus & long time sufferer of endometriosis. Everything else is normal & lung bases are clear.

Best I can explain my symptoms – abdominal swelling and hardening, both upper & lower(feels as if I’ve just done alot of crunches & muscles are tight & sore). Pressure under my rib cage and left side (feels like my ribcage needs to expand in order reduce the pressure), cramping in stomach & back – never really sharp pain, just chronic & tiring. I can move for short periods of time, & driving is impossible. Restrictive clothes makes it worse (bras, jeans).

Could this all be inflamation due to the stone?
My appointment for the urologist is the 30th, & in the meantime I reduced coffee intake to 1-2 cups, and the rest of the time it’s water, water, water, and Celebrex 2x a day. This is going on three weeks, and I still have not been able to pass the stone…

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Lower Back Organ Pain – Left Kidney Hurts – Series Question Personal Health?
I am Eighteen and am not addicted to alcohol. Over the Christmas period I really drank a lot I mean continuous for over three weeks. I felt the left side of my body ad my kindey was enlarged. I thought I had drank too much and stopped. Fine I have not drank for three weeks and do not wan a drink. However I am getting this uncomfortable sometimes burning pain in my left kidney. Occasionally it is very uncomfortable and as I am eighteen am very scared as to what I have done to it. Please help…

PS It may be that I have a water infection or cold but nothing burns when I go to the toilet or drink liquids.
I have had a few weeks from drinking and then this is when the kidney burning pain started I am only eighteen
I also know my kidneys are just under my ribcage I am Biology student

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Symptoms:Chronic back pain starting as twinges in the right side
but gradually increasing in frequency and now on left as well
below the ribcage and to the rear. Some tenderness below the
ribcage on both sides to the rear recently developed.

Situation: Medical attention is not an immediate option.

Attempting to relieve the situation by forcing water to
produce dilute urine and dissolve the stones.

Comments? Suggestions?

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So for about a week, I have had this weird cramping/pressure on my left side (not front or back; directly on the side) right under my ribcage. I think it might be a kidney stone, but I’m not sure. I don’t have painful urination, and I wouldn’t really say I pee frequently, either. It only hurts when I lay or sit in certain positions, and I can feel it more if I sit up and take a deep breath or yawn. If I lay on my left side, I can’t feel the pain. It gets worse if I lay on my right side, almost as if my ribs are pressing down on something underneath them. Could this be a kidney stone? If so, what are some good remedies I can try that will dissolve it and flush it out quickly? I just want to try some natural things before going to the doctor, since I hate going there. Any REAL help would be greatly appreciated; I want my pain to stop ASAP. Oh yeah; if I press that side, I cannot feel anything out of the ordinary, and it doesn’t hurt when I press there, either.

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