Will kidney stones cause back pain? Is this treatment effective?

Experts say that kidney stones can cause low back pain, but not all kidney stone patients will experience low back pain. When the stones are small, they are more active in the kidneys and can cause damage to the renal mucosa. At the same time, as the body position changes, the small stones can inadvertently slide to the interface between the renal pelvis and ureter and get stuck there, causing strong stimulation to the ureter, causing ureteral spasm and triggering severe pain.

1. Kidney stones can cause low back pain , but not all kidney stone patients will experience low back pain. The pain caused by kidney stones can be divided into dull pain and colic, and the pain is often located in the waist and abdomen:

1. When the stones are large kidney stones or staghorn stones, they are less mobile and compress the renal nerves for a long time, often causing deep dull pain or hidden pain. This type of pain is difficult for patients to detect and is often mistaken for fatigue.

2. When the stones are small, they are more active in the kidneys and can cause damage to the renal mucosa. At the same time, as the body position changes, the small stones can inadvertently slide to the interface between the renal pelvis and the ureter and get stuck there, causing strong stimulation to the ureter, causing ureteral spasm and triggering severe pain.

2. What to do if kidney stones cause low back pain?

Experts say that if it is confirmed that the lower back pain is caused by stones, then all you need to do is remove the stones. Currently, the most common clinical treatments for kidney stones are drug-assisted stone removal and general extracorporeal lithotripsy, which uses shock waves, electromagnetic waves, etc. to break up the stones in the body, and then uses drugs to make the stones continue to shrink, and then they are excreted from the body through the urethra. This method is indeed useful for patients with very small stones, but clinical data show that: some patients' stones cannot be excreted from the body and gradually grow larger, so they have to undergo secondary treatment. In addition, because the stones are excreted from the urethra, the patients will feel more pain.