Could this have been a kidney stone dislodging?
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Recently i had a strange and disconcerting experience which may have been a kidney stone dislodging. i have been to several doctors who don't seem to have come across it. and have no explanation. i have since had two rounds of antibiotics and a clear Ct scan kub but am worried there is more to come. What happened was I had been suffering a very stiff achy lower back for several weeks, feeling uncomfortable in my tummy and getting very tired. I wondered if i was about to go down with an attack of cystitis . (I am retired female). I thought I would go to GP after holiday.
On 1st day of holiday I was shopping with husband, it was very hot and i was struggling to keep up with him. Suddenly i had a sharp pain in my left side just below my waist at the front, like a bad stitch. it lasted 3-4 minutes. A few minutes later i felt a trickling sensation between my legs. when we got home i saw i was sort of seeping cola coloured fluid. ( I am not incontinent.) I am long past child bearing age and was alarmed thinking it was coming from my vagina, but then realised it was more like coloured water and not a discharge. it was from my bladder. It went on till later that evening then stopped. If started again the next morning and got more blood stained during the day. I called 111 who sent an ambulance and they checked me out and said I seemed fine. They did observe tenderness over left kidney. They did not take me into hospital.
I did get checked out at hospital when I got home. Blood tests all clear, urine test showed signs of mild UTI, CT scan all clear. They thought i might have passed a kidney stone. From the point i had stitch, my backache, fatigue all went away. But am worried about the fluid released - could it have been backed up behind a stone? i was not having any trouble urinating. I am told i have no stones now, no infections now but i still get a small amount of pinkish fluid released each day although i am not incontinent. Could I have been left with a bruised kidney ?
Has anyone here had anything similar?
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sarah87162 honeyrose
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If you have a kidney stone it can mean there is blood in your urine.
Could be you had a stone in the first place and have maybe passed it.
Keep an eye on this.
If you have frequent urine infections chances are you have kidney stones.
Sarah
martin13077 honeyrose
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This is very similar to a previous stone incident I had from many years ago. I passed a stone 24 hours after visiting the emergency room, and I thought I was out of the woods. The pain started up again about two days later with blood in my urine. I refrained from returning to the ER (out of fear mostly), and within another day or so I passed a second stone. In hindsight I supposed I was "lucky," keeping in mind that it could always be worse.
If the hue of your urine remains reddish or dark, you'll probably need to have images taken. Good luck; hopefully for you also this will pass, literally and figuratively.