Share on Pinterest Illustrated by Jason Hoffman Some causes of flank pain, such as a kidney infection, are very serious. Others, including muscle tension or stiffness, can be painful but are ...

If there is any kind of defect in the kidney, its symptoms first appear in the body in the form of pain. In such a situation, ...

If the infection tracks from the bladder into one or both kidneys then pain may be felt in the lower back on the same side as the affected kidney(s). As your daughter keeps feeling pain just on ...

A woman’s months-long pain led to a rare case of ureterohydronephrosis — caused by an ill-positioned menstrual cup.

testicle on the same side, or your vagina or labia, Motamedinia says. Note: With back pain, you may feel as if you can reach and touch the painful spot. But kidney pain typically feels deeper and ...

1 Patients typically present with flank pain, nausea, vomiting ... and elevated creatinine suggesting acute kidney injury, as in this patient. Imaging such as CT scans with contrast showing ...

Kidney stones can cause gastrointestinal (GI ... Renal colic typically starts with waves of flank pain (felt in the side and back) that can radiate to the groin. When this happens, it is not ...