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I have a kidney infection. why does it hurt more when i'm up moving around compared to resting ?

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Dr. Raj Singh answered

Because: The kidney is inflamed from infection and the kidneys move up and down with breathing and postural movement which causes stretching of kidney capsule which causes more severe pain.

Answered 1/5/2019

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