Where are my kidneys

[Jake]

at? I know I have two, one on each side of me, but what part of the back? Upper, lower, middle? I’m kind of chubby, maybe they sank?
I’m having some pain back there, anybody have kidney stones? (If that’s what it is)

Just a preliminary question before I see the Doc.

[David_Simmons]

Here’s apicture of the kdneys which is only fair. They are in the lower back, down below the floating ribs, one on each side.

[Jake]

@David Simmons

Here’s apicture of the kdneys which is only fair. They are in the lower back, down below the floating ribs, one on each side.

Thanks, Mr. Simmons. Makes me think I’ve got more of a muscle problem. Still gonna see the Doc though. Trouble is though, the VA is about 80 miles away and I don’t drive. Folks like me kinda have to wait things out for as long as we can.

Thanks again!

[David_Simmons]

@Jake

Thanks, Mr. Simmons. Makes me think I’ve got more of a muscle problem. Still gonna see the Doc though. Trouble is though, the VA is about 80 miles away and I don’t drive. Folks like me kinda have to wait things out for as long as we can.

Thanks again!

You’re welcome. I vote for your plan to see a doctor. Back pains don’t necessarily have anything to do with the spine or back muscles.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@David Simmons

You’re welcome. I vote for your plan to see a doctor. Back pains don’t necessarily have anything to do with the spine or back muscles.

Very true, David.

However, I must say that 98% of the time when people tell me they think they’re having kidney problems because their backs hurt, it’s not their kidneys, it’s musculo-skeletal back pain.

That still leaves the other 2% tho.

[Mangetout]

Thought for a moment you were going to tell us you’d woken up in a bathtub full of ice…

[wenonahbone]

Unless you have had a kidney x-plant, in that case your donated kidney is located in front, just to the right of your pubic bone.

[anson2995]

@Jake

I’m having some pain back there, anybody have kidney stones? (If that’s what it is)

In my experience, kidney stones are extremely painful… a pain that is more intense than anything you’ve ever experienced, completely incapacitating, and it keeps getting worse until the stone is passed (or otherwise eliminated).

I am not a doctor, but I think that mild to moderate pain (with no blood in the urine and no fever) probably rules out kidney stones.

[Jake]

@Mangetout

Thought for a moment you were going to tell us you’d woken up in a bathtub full of ice…

LOL! Great answer!

[LifeOnWry]

@Qadgop the Mercotan

Very true, David.

However, I must say that 98% of the time when people tell me they think they’re having kidney problems because their backs hurt, it’s not their kidneys, it’s musculo-skeletal back pain.

That still leaves the other 2% tho.

That’d be me. I made no mental connection from a urinary tract infection to lower back pain about a week later. About a week after THAT, I decided I’d pulled a muscle and made an appointment with the doctor. Imagine my surprise when he told me my left kidney was badly infected! I hadn’t even noticed the fever (and it was 101°F.)

[norinew]

@anson2995

In my experience, kidney stones are extremely painful… a pain that is more intense than anything you’ve ever experienced, completely incapacitating, and it keeps getting worse until the stone is passed (or otherwise eliminated).

I am not a doctor, but I think that mild to moderate pain (with no blood in the urine and no fever) probably rules out kidney stones.

Seconded. If it were kidney stones (and I’ve had dozens of them!), you wouldn’t be “waiting it out” because it’s a long drive! You’d do anything just to get to some morphine!