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Can a kidney stone cause severe abdominal and back pain yet when passed out in urine you can't feel it nor see it?
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Yes and no: Stones can be very intense and painful certainly causing abdominal and flank pain. This is due to a relatively small diameter ureter allow for passage of a several millimeter size stone. Why most people do not feel passage of the stone through the urethra is that there is a much larger diameter of the urethra compare to the ureter.
Answered 3/2/2014
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Yes: Passing stone may illicit vague pain and you may not know you passed it.
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