Choose water and other caffeine-free clear liquids until you feel better. If you have kidney, heart, or liver disease and have to limit fluids, talk with your doctor before you increase the amount of fluids you drink. Call your doctor or nurse call line now or seek immediate medical care if: Your flank pain gets worse. You have new symptoms, such as fever, nausea, or vomiting.
You have symptoms of a urinary problem. For example: You have blood or pus in your urine. You have chills or body aches. It hurts to urinate. You have groin or belly pain. Current as of: October 19, Home About MyHealth.
Include Images Large Print. Here are the factors that can increase your risk of developing kidney stones:. For small stones, you can take pain medications and drink lots of water until the stone passes. Your doctor may also prescribe a medication to help you pass the stone if you have trouble passing it on your own.
Large stones that cannot fit through the urinary tract need to be removed by surgery or lithotripsy, a procedure that breaks apart large stones into small pieces that can pass.
Sometimes, flank pain can be traced to a musculoskeletal problem. This could be a muscle strain or tear from increased physical activity, a fall or other trauma, lifting something too heavy, or repetitive motion. Muscle-related pain will feel more like a dull ache and usually worsens with physical activity, pressure, or actions that use those muscles like sneezing or laughing. To treat the pain at home, use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, and ice the area for about 20 minutes at a time every few hours.
Flank pain can be tricky to diagnose and require a few different tests to pinpoint the problem. You should also call your doctor right away if you have signs of an infection, such as fever, fatigue, or body aches. Visit the UPMC Department of Urology to learn more about these conditions, which may result in flank pain or to schedule an appointment with one of our urologists.
Rest, physical therapy, and exercise may be recommended if the pain is caused by muscle spasm. You will be taught how to do these exercises at home. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs and physical therapy may be prescribed for flank pain caused by spinal arthritis. Antibiotics are used to treat most kidney infections.
You will also receive fluids and pain medicine. You may need to stay in the hospital. The provider will examine you. You will be asked about your medical history and symptoms, including:.
Be prepared to answer questions about:. Your doctor will also use blood tests and imaging tests to determine the cause of your flank pain. Imaging tests, such as ultrasounds or X-rays , allow your doctor to look deep within your body. They can reveal problems in the organs, tissues, and muscles. Before performing these tests, your doctor may inject a contrast dye into one of your veins.
They do this to improve the quality of the images. This makes it easier to identify any obstructions in your blood vessels or organs. The dye is usually iodine, and it rarely causes side effects. Rest is the primary treatment for any form of flank pain. Minor flank pain typically resolves with a combination of rest and physical therapy. Your doctor may also recommend specific exercises you can do for quick relief from muscle spasms. For flank pain due to inflammation, such as can occur with infections and arthritis, the treatment will depend on the specific condition.
Kidney infections may require hospitalization. Your doctor will give you antibiotics if you have a kidney infection. They may give these antibiotics to you intravenously, or through a vein.
Physical therapy and exercise programs can often treat pain due to arthritis in the spine.
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