Kidney pain may be caused by different reasons such as kidney cyst, kidney cancer, nephritis, urinary tract infection, urinary stones, etc. It may manifest as hidden pain, lumbar distension and percussion pain at the costochondral point or severe pain.
Due to the different causes of kidney pain, the symptoms and signs also vary greatly.
For kidney cysts, kidney cancer or hydronephrosis, the pain may be less obvious. Early stage may only have hidden pain, and when the cyst or cancer is big in size, there will be soreness and distension in the waist, and there may be pain on percussion of the rib spine during physical examination, and those who have strong physical tolerance may not have any manifestation of the pain.
For urinary tract infection or urinary stones, pain and other related symptoms, signs and symptoms will be more obvious, may be manifested as persistent severe pain or kidney stones fall into the ureter causing obstruction of renal colic pain.
It is recommended that patients with renal pain consult a regular hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to improve the renal ultrasound and other ancillary tests, a clear diagnosis, according to the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment.