If the pain is coming from your kidney it will have these features.
Back pain lower right side kidney stone.
These are mineral deposits that can grow large enough to block a ureter a tube that connects your kidney and bladder.
Where the pain is.
In reality kidney stones are generally silent asymptomatic until they begin to pass.
High fever side and upper back pain chills and shaking frequent urination a persistent urge to urinate blood or pus in urine nausea and vomiting.
Kidney stone pain can be intermittent or ongoing.
Kidney pain is most often caused by a kidney infection or a stone in the tubes coming out of your kidney.
General back pain on the other hand can be felt anywhere on your back.
Pain on one side of your lower back or on the sides underneath your ribs.
In some cases a stone may become stuck in the ureter.
The ureter is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
If that happens you ll.
A stone that grows to 3 millimeters or larger can block the ureter as it moves from the kidney to the bladder.
So if the pain is in your middle back or shoulders chances are it s not a kidney stone.
If your kidneys are affected signs and symptoms may include.
Intense sudden stabbing pain may be a kidney stone.