Lower Back and Kidney Pain
The causes of back pain come in many different forms. You can get back pain from something as simple stretching incorrectly or walking in high heels. One other way people suffer from back pain is because they have a kidney infection. The pain can radiate into the back from this kidney infection.
Symptoms and Other Signs
You absolutely must see your doctor is you have mid or low back pain that has been persistent. You may have some form of trauma in your back that needs attention immediately such as a possible kidney infection.
You may be suffering from a kidney infection if you are experiencing some of the following symptoms:
Fever - Blood in the urine (may not be visible to the naked eye) - Burning feeling during urination - Nausea
So where are your kidney’s located? They are on both sides of your spine, just above your hips. What your doctor will do is press on these area’s to check for tenderness and sensitivity. The pain is going to be localized to this area. It can move up to the waist area if you do have a kidney infection.
Physicians will perform a urinary test to check your white blood cells in your urine. The doctor will perform a urinalysis to check this. This is a sign that your body is trying to fight an infection.
Many times you will know that you don’t have a kidney infection because you will know what caused the back pain. You will have had an accident that caused the back pain. If you don’t remember any traumatic event that could have caused your back pain then you may have a kidney infection.
Treating a Kidney Infection
How do you get a kidney infection? This will occur when there is a bacteria that enters the bladder and travels to the kidneys. This infection can and will cause you to have lower back pain, plus a host of other symptoms. There are two forms of kidney infections:
Chronic (long duration of gradual pain) - Acute (short duration but strong pain)
You need to make sure that you receive treatment immediately if you suspect that you are suffering from a kidney infection. If you wait for treatment you can damage your kidneys. Antibiotics are usually the main treatment.
To help relieve a severe case of kidney infection, most doctors will give you medication to help with nausea and pain. They may also decide to give you a shot of antibiotics. Your lower back pain, if caused by a kidney infection will go away once the kidney infection goes away.
Lower back pain treatment
Now if you have a pain from a trauma, this pain is not going to go away as fast as the pain from the infection. Pain brought on by back trauma can be treated by:
Heating pads - Physical therapy - Topical - Oral pain medication
Extensive treatments along with rest are used if the pain was caused by these traumatic events:
Herniated discs - Strains -Overdoing exercise - Stretching - Bending improperly - Back spasms
As you can see there is a big difference between pain from trauma and lower back pain from a kidney infection.
