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Many people know the various causes affecting
back pain like injury to soft tissues, tumors, osteoporosis, and alike
but they don't know about kidney problem being a cause of low back pain.
Many kidney problems cause pain in the lower back area. Pain originating
from a kidney infection is in the area of the back where the kidneys
lie, located to the sides of the spine just above the hips. Pain due to
kidney gives rise to tenderness in this area.
Kidney infection pain
basically comes from the organ itself but often appears as back pain.
Kidney infection pain goes away with the healing of the infection, or
passing of a kidney stone.
Pain from kidney
infection is different from the pain caused due to an injury. Back pain
can also be caused by kidney stones. This pain is also accompanied with
passing out of blood in the urine. It is essential to determine the
location, size and type of kidney stone for its proper treatment.
Therefore, your doctor starts the diagnosis of back pain due to kidney
stone or kidney related problems by asking questions about your medical
and family history and performing a physical examination. Analysis of
your urine and blood also determine any possible infection or stone
forming substances.
Your doctor may perform an X-ray or
ultrasound study to determine the location and size of the stone. Many
patients are diagnosed through intravenous pyelogram, or by conducting
X-ray of their kidneys. In intravenous pyelogram, a special dye is
injected in to the veins which is collected in the urinary system. There
it produces a white contrast when an X-ray is taken. This dye allows the
doctor to precisely locate the stone and determine the condition of the
kidneys, ureters and bladders.
So, this is how the correct
diagnosis of back pain due to kidney problem is done. In fact for
knowing the reason behind back pain you have to diagnose the problem
related to kidney causing pain to the lower back.
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