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Passing kidney stones symptoms in men
A 53-year-old female asked:

Dr. Robert Bennettanswered
32 years experience
KIDNEY STONE: Rib issues are generally as tender as they are painful. Stones are more pain than tenderness. Kidney stone pain is not helped by position or rest eith... Read More
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A 57-year-old member asked:

Dr. Edward Neilsenanswered
Family Medicine 21 years experience
Flank pain: Usually flank pain on one side, blood in the urine, and occasionally some nausea and difficulty peeing. People who have never had a kidney stone sho... Read More
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Dr. Michael Yuanswered
Urology 28 years experience
Pain!: The most common symptoms associated with kidney stones are renal colic, or spastic pain which usually radiates from the back down to the groin, blood ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:

Dr. Joel Rossanswered
42 years experience
Kidney stones: Most people who 'pass' a stone have symptoms and they are often quite severe.
Abdominal pain, flank pain, urinary frequency and sometimes burning.
I... Read More
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Dr. William Jenkinsanswered
Specializes in Anesthesiology
If small: Enough they will probably send you home drinking fluids and stone will pass on its own, possibly feeling the pain pass from your lower back anterior a... Read More
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A male asked:

Dr. Carol Jacobsanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
Yes: The kidney is covered in a very thick piece of skin that doesn't like to be stretched - when stone blocks urine flow the kidney can swell a bit and pu... Read More
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2.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 24-year-old male asked:

Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
It could either, difficult to predict but I would prepare for the worst.
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Answered Aug 08, 2022
A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
Kidney stones: Kidney stones that are not causing blockage,pain or bleeding sometimes can merely be observed rather than treated, but this decision should be made by... Read More
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316 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:

Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Depends where the stone is located. What you describe seems that the stone is lower down close to the bladder area of the ureter. Passage depends on m... Read More
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Answered Mar 30, 2023
A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. James Krickanswered
Urology 38 years experience
Both: Kidney stone occur in both males and females in similar frequency.
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A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Not likely: It is not likely that drinking red bull will increase your risk of kidney stones. However the chemicals in the drink may have other deleterious effect... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. George Klauberanswered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Helps to pass them: Flomax (tamsulosin) dilates the ureter as well as the bladder neck. Ureteral dilatation makes it easier for small stones top pass, that is how it help... Read More
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