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Medical question - where are your kidneys?

This is going to sound really stupid, but where exactly are your kidneys? When you feel your stomach, whereabouts would they be?

I woke up this morning feverish, with a need to go to the toilet and tenderness on my front whereabouts I think my kidneys might be. It's only just occured to me this might be a complication of the recent cystitis attack I had.

Am hoping you're going to tell me that my kidneys are in a completely different place, that I've only just slept funny and I probably drank too much liquid yesterday. Would rather be told I'm a hypocondriac than I need to go get checked out for a possible kidney infection. :s-smilie:

Thanks for any advice.

Reply 1

. sav .

kidneys are at the back of your body. Hands on your hips and at the back where abouts your thumbs are... ish.

Reply 2

poppy22

Erm if you have pain in your kidneys the pain would be in your lower back on either side of the spine... so I don't think it's your kidneys! :smile:

Reply 3

fallen_xx

Thanks

I know it was a stupid question, but I googled a diagram of the body and it didn't make clear whether you should be able to feel your kidneys at the front or the back of your body; just where they were in relation to your ribs etc.

Am just really paranoid after only recently getting over the cystitis. Thanks again. :smile: