Is it possible to have kidney stones, but not have any evidence of them in a urine sample or an ultrasound?
When I was pregnant, I was hospitalized on two seperate occasions for what I believe to be kidney stones. I strained my urine, but didn’t notice passing any. The doctors were only able to give me an ultrasound due to my pregnancy, but they said none were visible. The pain was worse than child birth. I have had one reoccurance since the pregnancy, unfortunately I was overseas at the time and couldn’t seek medical attention. I am worried that there is something wrong with me and I am scared to have another reoccurance. The pain is the most intense pain I’ve ever had in my entire life. Please let me know if you think this could be an enlarged kidney stone or if you know of any other illnesses that would produce this much pain in my lower back,side, and groin.
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The "gold- standard" for diagnosing a kidney stone in 2006 is a CT scan of the abdomen with contrast.
Ultrasounds may be insensitive ( may miss small stones) and urinalysis may/ or may not demonstrate blood / calcium in the urine (may be microscopic so may need to look under a microscope).
it is possible that you could be having Ureterospasm with out a kidney stone.
My suggestion is that after you finish your pregnancy- get evaluated by a urologist at a respectable institution for further testing.
Good luck
Yes.
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Painful urination can be caused by several things. A common cause is a urinary tract infection (sometimes also called a bladder infection). Urination may hurt if your bladder is inflamed. This may occur even if you don’t have an infection.
Painful urination can have other causes, such as vaginal infection or inflammation. You may feel pain when urine passes over the inflamed tissue. If the urethra is inflamed, you could feel pain as the urine passes through it.
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an ultrasound or an MRI of your kidneys should show if u have stones. my sister just went through this and your pain sounds just like what she went through. she couldn’t walk, she couldn’t hold her urine and it was right after she had her baby. She had a stint put in and then went and got the stones blasted, u should really get it checked out before it gets worse!
That sounds like all the kidney stones I have had. The reason for the pain in the groin area is because the stone has passed from the kidney into the ureter and the back pressure due to the inability to move very fast. I have had several stones that I just finally passed and they sat in the bladder for quite some time. The reason I knew they were there is because the intense pain from the lower back into the groin subsided but there was still a lot of blood in my urine. You will definately know when you pass any stone large enough to cause the back pressure you are experiencing.
The only good suggestion I have is what my Urologist always tells me when I go see him… DRINK, DRINK, DRINK as much water as you can and then 1/2 a gallon more. You need to drink at least 64 oz. of water a day until the stone passes. If it was small enough to get into the ureter and cause that kind of pain its small enough to pass.
Please see the webpages for more details on Kidney stones and Lithotripsy. I have got one kidney calcium oxalate stone-(7 mm) in the left kidney and it was detected during ultrasound scan of the abdomen including Kidney. I have no backpain. Symptom is occasional hematuria (blood in the urine). Lithotripsy (crushing of stones by sound waves) will be done only if the measurement of the stone exceeds 10 mm. The doctor has advised me to drink 15 glasses of water daily.
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS SEE THE STONES! ugh! they are so miniscule that you can pass one and have it go unoticed. however, the ultra sound or an mri should pick up any sign of stones.
i had emergency surgery, had a stent put in, spent 9 days in the hospital and had 3 lithotripsies done to break up mine. largest stones were 15mm and 11mm. (typical sizes are 2mm to 3 mm) both kidneys were full of stones. quit straining my urine after i had passed 101 (literally) broken up stones that WERE visible to the naked eye. passed many before my emergency surgery that were painful and i never saw them and many after that surgery that were not painful but i did see. btw, i never peed blood ever until AFTER the lithotripsies.
my daughter has pain that mimicks kidney stone pain. she’s been tested for them and does not have them. but she does have have the whole groin area pain, lower back pain, pees blood. she has had history of urinary tract infections and the urologist feels that there is an abnormality somewhere (duh) but kidney stones are not it.
you need to consult with a doctor and possibly get a referral to an urinologist. obviously, do not ignore it. but don’t put it down to something as simple (yet, painful) as kidney stones.
There is not too many pains that can equal that of passing a kidney stone. Have you been examined since your pregnancy? May be time to act.