My father aged 50 started having a lower back pain in the left kidney region 3 days ago. The pain goes away and comes back occasionally and it seems to be localised in that region. There has been no signs of abnormality in urine and other symptoms. I would like to mention that he usually has difficulty in emptying the bowel at defecation. As of now, I am very much worried and would like to know about the possibilities apart from kidney stones. Could it be something related to colon?

Dr. Ankita GuptaAyurvedic Doctor7yrs exp

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Kidney pain is felt in your flank, which is the area on either side of your spine between the bottom of your ribcage and your hips. It usually occurs in one side of your body, but it can occur in both sides. Kidney pain is usually sharp if you have a kidney stone and a dull ache if you have an infection. Most often it will be constant. Won?t get worse with movement or go away by itself without treatment. If you?re passing a kidney stone, the pain may fluctuate as the stone moves. Radiation of the pain sometimes the pain spreads (radiates) to your inner thigh or lower abdomen. Severity of the pain kidney pain is classified according to how bad it is ? severe or mild. A kidney stone usually causes severe pain, and the pain from an infection is usually mild. Things that make it better or worse typically, nothing makes the pain better until the problem is corrected, such as by passing the stone. Unlike back pain, it usually won?t change with movement. Accompanying symptoms if you have a kidney infection or a kidney stone, you may also experience: fever and chills nausea and vomiting cloudy or dark urine an urgent need to urinate pain when you urinate a recent infection in your bladder blood in your urine (this can happen with an infection or kidney stones) small kidney stones that look like gravel in your urine do sonography for confirmation of kidney stone first, and then consult with ayurvedic physician.  

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