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A 33-year-old female asked:
History of kidney stones. intermittent flank pain and pain below rib cage. no uti symptoms, but home urine test showed 500+ leukocyte and no nitrate?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

Dr. Dean Giannoneanswered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Renal colic?: While technically speaking we should keep our mind open to other possibilities for your symptoms, they could be consistent with a passing kidney stone. The leukocytes could be suggestive of resultant inflammation.
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