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Severe lower back pain And Kidney Infection - Close Cousins?

February 13th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

The causes of severe lower back pain are many and sometimes, little things like wearing high heels for long periods of time or just forgetting to stretch properly can easily set the wheels in motion. The first course of action is to see your doctor if the pain does not go away within a few days. Severe pain in the mid to lower back region can be the result of a kidney infection or that your back is reacting to some previous trauma.

In this article, we will try to differentiate between the pain caused by a kidney infection or by previous trauma.

Signs to look for a Kidney Infection

1. Severe lower back pain occurs in conjunction with a fever

2. Blood in the urine (though not always visible to the naked eye)

3. Nausea

4. Burning feeling during urination you can be sure that you have a kidney infection

The kidneys are located on each side of the spine just above the hips. Your doctor will press on this area to assess its sensitivity. Pain will be localized in this area and may radiate up to the waist area if brought on by a kidney infection. Your doctor may perform urinalysis to check for white blood cells in the urine which is a sign that your body is fighting an infection.
If severe lower back pain occurs after a specific event such as pulling a muscle, herniating a spinal disk, or straining the back, the pain has a specific cause and is most likely not related to a kidney infection.

Treating a Kidney Infection

Kidney infections occur when bacteria enters the bladder and travels to the kidneys. This infection causes severe lower back pain among other symptoms. Kidney infections can be acute (strong but short-term) or chronic (slow buildup but long in duration). It is important to receive treatment immediately or damage to the kidneys can occur. Treatment of kidney infections begins with antibiotics. Foe severe infections, you may receive a shot of antibiotics while at your doctor’s office. Pain medicines and anti-nausea medications may also be prescribed to deal with the symptoms of the infection. The good thing about most kidney infections is that the tenderness in the lower back area of the kidneys goes away when the kidney infection goes away.

Treating Severe lower back pain

Pain resulting from some kind of traumatic experience to the back cannot be cured as quickly as the pain cause by a kidney infection. The pain caused by over stretching, bending incorrectly, over reaching and straining your back, back spasms and strained discs will need extensive physiotherapy, the use of topical and oral medication, time and rest to be cured. However many people that have experienced sever lower back pain caused by back trauma, are now cured and pain free.