Comments on: How can you tell if you have kidney stones?

By: jessiesgirl1972@sbcglobal.net

jessiesgirl1972@sbcglobal.net — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:44:07 +0000

A very good test for detecting stones is an IVP – Intravenous Pyelogram. Contrast (dye) is injected into a vein and watched as it travels through your kidneys, ureters, and bladder.

By: Wanger

Wanger — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:06:28 +0000

Lay off the coffee and soda’s and drink nothing but water, cranberry juice, and milk for the next week or two, if you are having trouble urinating. It sounds like the beginning of a kidney infection to me. I get these once in a while and the water and cranberry juice usually clears it right up.

By: irishprincess777

irishprincess777 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:16:17 +0000

Having kidney stones is one of the MOST painful things in the world. Usually, the pain hits you all of a sudden, not gradually. And the pain is unbearable. I’ve seen grown men on the floor crying in pain. (Not to scare you) An x-ray isn’t really the best way to see a stone, a CAT scan is usually done or an ultrasound/sonogram. Check with your doc about a possible UTI (urinary track infection) which can cause burning and pain. But get checked out because a UTI can turn into a kidney infection if left untreated. Good luck!

By: javy

javy — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:25:49 +0000

They found mine with ultrasound I broke some ribs playing baseball and they gave me a ultrasound to see if I had damaged any organs and they found a pile of them. I had been having lower back pain that no one could figure out the cause of

By: cp_scipiom

cp_scipiom — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:46 +0000

Sounds more like a urinary infection. If in doubt, go to your MD and have a urine examination done- that will detect bacteria, or blood, or crystals, or some other hint at the cause of the pain

As for kidney stones you need either an X-ray or Ultrasound examination- and they will not detect the very small stones (like 1-2 mm in diameter). I know that 1 mm sounds very tiny, but the tube between the kidney and the bladder is 1-2 mm in internal diameter- so a 1 mm stone is quite enough to cause lots of pain (the big stones stay put and don’t usually hurt)

By: heatherlemar

heatherlemar — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:59 +0000

I would go back to the doctor and tell him exactly the symptoms you stated in your question. Obviously somethings wrong. Go get it fixed.

By: D.O...

D.O... — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:16:54 +0000

There isn’t much you can do, to see if you have kidney stones, but the doctors can test you, if they only gave you an X-ray then I suggest going back and having them take blood samples and urine samples.

Also I take it your urine isn’t bloody, thats really the only symptom of kidney stones, that you can notice yourself.