What are the symptoms of a kidney stone

[elcee 3,341]

If anyone has ever experienced a kidney stone I would love to know what the symptoms are.

The reason I am asking is that this afternoon I got an excrutiating pain on my left lower side/back.Located somewhere around the kidney area(I think). It doesn't feel muscular and I don't have any other symptoms which would indicate a urinary tract infection or anything like that.

I took some paracetomol and had to lie down for an hour.It seems to have eased off at the moment.I don't think that it is anything band related.

Obviously if it recurs I will speak to my Dr.(Dumb thing is I was at my GP this morning for something else and no I'm not a hypochondriac)

In my experience however by the time they run tests for anything the problem seems to have cleared up.For example a couple of years ago I had a couple of episodes where I woke in the middle of the night with the most agonising pain which lasted for a couple of hours. The most likely explanation was a gall bladder problem but when they did the scans nothing showed up! Luckily i haven't had a recurrence.

Input appreciated.

[babyka16 0]

OMG if you have one you will know and the pain will not go away. you could of just had some muscle pain from activities or workouts. when it happens again go in right away and be tested for a UTI even if your pee is not a dark color. it also sounds like it could be something other then your kidneys! trust me on this i had to have surgery on them at the age 5 and get kidney infections and UTIs all the time. but if you are worried the best thing would be to go in and talk to the doctor about it. but to me it sounds like you get some muscle cramps. also do you fell this around mid month of your period? that could be it too.

hope this helps out

karen

[LollyMoe 1]

Pain and more pain is what you feel with a stone until it passes. However, I have been told at support group that a lot of banders have gall bladder problems after being banded and the gall bladder can throw out pain/symptoms all over the body. When I had mine out, it felt like a heart attack with one episode but the next one felt like severe muscle cramp in my back. Go figure!

Anyway, call your physician and talk with him about it.

Edited September 30, 2009 by LollyMoe
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[Meagan 25]

ok well i have had a kidney stone on both side.. one i got blasted the other i gotta deal with. its horrible horribe pain and it tends to travel you will feel the pain kinda moving as the stone passes through you. i had an attack while i was in jamaica on vaca and had to go to the hospital OMG HORRIBLE! i cried to my mom if i need surgery im gonna die. lol anyway if its a urinary thing you should no right away the test for that is fast they can usually tell ou right away. and if you knok that out go get the scan for the stone and find out. cause ill tell you if it is one and they can blast it for you do it bc the attcks will come and they will suck! ohh and my urologist told me that one cause of them is a crash diet! goodluck

ps. lots of pain meds!