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i constantly have crippling pain in my kidney

I've been to the docs about it and they dont know what it is, i wont have it for like a week then i'll just be in agony doubled over for afull day every now and again.

any ideas?

Reply 1

User69701

Can you be a bit more specific. Anyhting that brings it on? How long does it last. Are you lying down? Sitting up? Exercising? Diet? etc

Reply 2

Hobnob123

How do you know its your kidney? Is it obvious to feel?

I actually have a kidney disorder but not a painful one so am kinda curious..

Reply 3

ForeverIsMyName

Is it on your left hand side towards the back?

Reply 4

billbonesknowswhatimean

do you prefer pepsi or coke?

Reply 5

ForeverIsMyName

Bump.

Reply 6

Loulabell

it could be a water infection? i had one a couple of weeks ago,absolute agony, i know. i thought my kidney was going to expolde!
antibiotics will clear it up in a few days.

Reply 7

Gareth-Lee Smith

I agree with Loula, I had similar.

However, is it just lack of water?

Reply 8

mermania

Lupus? You may need a lumbar puncture

Reply 9

User69701

mermania

Lupus? You may need a lumbar puncture

House: It's never Lupus.

Reply 10

FoeGeddaBowDeet

they don't know what it is...but have they given you a referal? blood tests? a prescription? Surely they wouldn't just leave it at that, they'd take it further if you're in that much pain. What do you expect from a bunch of teenagers on the internet?

Reply 11

the_alba

I had this for almost three months this year. It was pylonephritis - a kidney infection that likes to recur and gets worse and worse untreated. Thing is, my symptoms were unusual, and doctors weren't 100% sure that it WAS pylonephritis, but they gave me the antibiotics anyway. Amoxicillin was tried twice and didn't work, then something else whose name I can't remember, and finally cefalexin cured it. But it can easily recur, so you must get it treated and once you're better make sure to drink plenty of water during the day to keep things flowing.

On the other hand, it could be a kidney stone, a cyst or some other foreign body. Either way you need to press the doctor to get it sorted - blood tests, urine samples, and ultra-sounds scans (if necessary).