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severe back pains

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david81750
david81750

I've started to have severe back pains on both left/right sides, I am wondering if this is related to my IBS, anyone exprienced this? Thanks Dd.

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  • Gem1384
    Gem1384 david81750

    Posted

    Where abouts is the pain located in your back? Upper, middle (ribs) or lower?

    Gem

    • david81750
      david81750 Gem1384

      Posted

      Hi Gem

      Thanks for post.

      Pain is located just lower than rinbs on both sides and sometimes in the middle, I also have a slight fever with headache.

      Dd.

  • Gem1384
    Gem1384 david81750

    Posted

    Have you had any scans, bloods or stool samples to rule out anything else?
    • david81750
      david81750 Gem1384

      Posted

      I had a colonscopy (they found a small benign polyp), MRI and blood tests, nothing turned up. No stool test yet. I do have a small stone in each kidney, but too small to cause any problems yet. Thks Dd.

    • Gem1384
      Gem1384 david81750

      Posted

      Have you had an Endoscopy to check your stomach? If everything else is clear then I would say it's probably IBS. I would want to know the reason for your fever though. Could it be your kidney stones causing fever? Are they sure the pain isn't from your kidney stones?

      Gem

    • david81750
      david81750 Gem1384

      Posted

      yes, I had an endoscopy and my stomach is fine, no Gerd or any reflux, which I did have. The back pain is quite deblitating and unpleasant to say the least, I will visit my doctor again and see if we can find out the cause. Is it possble that IBS can affect, not only in the stomach and colon but place quite a distance from these organs?? Is this common? Thks Dd.

    • ElaineA
      ElaineA david81750

      Posted

      David, please make an appointment with your doctor. In all the years I have had IBS and diverticulitis I haven't experienced anything like you are describing. My concern is the fever you are experience too. Get yourself checked out by an expert. On here we can only relate to experience. Get your doctors opinion.
    • david81750
      david81750 ElaineA

      Posted

      Thank you Elaine, I do intend to see a doctor.  Dd.

    • ElaineA
      ElaineA david81750

      Posted

      Good,  let us know how you get on. Also your outcome could be useful to someone else. Good luck and I hope you get some relief very soon.
  • looloo43
    looloo43 david81750

    Posted

    Hi, i would do a pee test & take it to doc to test kidneys & if any blood present. if you have fever could be your kidney stones causing probs. i have had kidney stones 5 x, & they dont have to be big to cause trouble. if they move slightly they can cause intense pain & fever. i used to get pain in lower back with them & as far down as groin/pelvis area as the ureters travels all that way down from kidneys & "refers" pain along that route. hope this helps
  • beverly52803
    beverly52803 david81750

    Posted

    Due to the location I would guess kidneys a posibility and agree that stones can present in a variety of ways. Did the doctor say the stones are too small to cause problems before you started to experience the pain & fever? If before I would definitely contact the doctor.
  • eric92205
    eric92205 david81750

    Posted

    Hi,

    I have just posted a discussion describing something quite similar.

    I suffer with a pain which feels almost muscular at my lower left/right sides. I have had urine samples taken and was then diagnosed with IBS.

    The pain is only evident in the morning and more so after eating heavily the night before.

    Any relation at all?

    • david81750
      david81750 eric92205

      Posted

      Hi Eric

      That sounds familiar to me too, nasty pains, I will know a bit more when I see my doctor on Friday and let you know. Right now I don't live  in the UK.

      Cheers Dd.

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