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A member asked:

Really bad kidney pain for 12 hours and almost 40 weeks pregnant. do i need to go to a hospital or just wait it out?

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Dr. Robert Grindstaff answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Go: to the hospital you may have a UTI, or a kidney stone and may get progressively worse. Don't take the chance with your pregnancy. I hope every thing is alright.

Dr Italia agreed

Answered 7/14/2015

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Seek care urgently: Particularly if the pain is that severe or you have fevers, chills, sweats, bloody in your urine, nause and/or vomiting.

Answered 7/14/2015

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