Lower Back Pain. Strain? Kidneys? Help?!


Question: Lower Back Pain. Strain? Kidneys? Help?
It is not a throbbing pain it only hurts when I twist my body or try to get out of bed or move positions in bed. I would say its about a 5 on a 1to10 scale. Now I do have a bad mattress and for the past few months i have had this lower back pain on both sides every once and a while. This one is on the right side and it feel like its in the area of my last rib and its also goes toward the spine. Im one of those people that when something feels wrong I go to WebMD and I read all these things and wonder maybe I have this or that, then I get scared. I did the symptom checker and now I scared I have kidney infection or acute renal failure. I can urinate good and i have no pain. Though it does mention damage from medication. I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure and have been on a low dose 12 mg pill since Sept2010. Also a month ago I did have this dry pain in my penis when I had and erection. Maybe it was a UTI that has traveled to my kidneys? But I can urinate good. This is embarrassing but I think that pain in my penis was caused by frequent masturbation. Anyway I see the Doctor Friday but the waiting is killing me. What can it be?

Also sitting up in bed helps. When I lay flat it feels like the pain is worse.

Answers:

It sounds like its a back issue. I completely understand having a hard time telling the difference between kidney pain and back pain. I am often in the same boat and struggle with both.

The reason I say back pain vs kidney pain is because you say movement can make it better/worse, this is a symptom of back pain.

Lower Back Pain Exercises - http://www.kidneybackpain.org/lower-back…
7 Kidney Infection Symptoms - http://www.kidneybackpain.org/top-7-kidn…



kidney pain from diabetes. avoid sugar and a high carb diet. Get the a1c test.
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/p…




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