kidney pain in the morning

Exact same thing as happened to me I've had the same flank pain in my left side every morning probably for the best two years. And all the doctors said the exact same thing there's nothing wrong with me I've had sonograms blood test all kinds of tests everything comes back clear.

Hello, I too had terrible burning pain in the morning upon awakening in the kidney area. I traced it to chicken. In 2013 the FDA approve 2 new chemicals used in processing chicken to help combat Salmonela. The more chicken I had been eating from the grocery store the worse it was. Since I can only eat chicken & fresh caught fish I eat a lot of that. I now have to buy Amish or Gerber chicken since they do not use the new processing chemicals. Apparently my kidneys ( & maybe other people's) have a hard time flushing out or detoxing those chemicals. So, eliminating store bought chicken got rid of my morning kidney back pain. Hope that info helps some of you! :-)

I have gotten kidney pain that is especially bad in the morning upon awakening. It goes away when I reduce my intake of foods that are high in oxalates or oxalic acid like raw spinach, chocolate, almonds etc. It takes a week or two to start feeling better. Some people feel worse if they lower high Oxalate foods too fast. They get symptoms of Oxalate dumping but I haven't noticed that. People who get one type of kidney stone have to watch the quantity of foods they eat with high oxalates. Oxalate sensitivity is also associated with sulfite sensitivity & Salycylite sensitivity. Do a web search of the symptoms associated with Oxalate toxicity &/or Salycylite Sensitivity &/or Sulfite Sensitivity & see if they fit you. Good health to you :-)

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I am undergoing such experience for quite a days now and mine is only the right kidney.
I dont take dairy products or fish either but how to be sure of the citric acid sensitivity as in your case? While going through the experiences that others have shared, i am sure that this pain is a result of not able to pass the urine properly may be due to some blockage. So if you are right about how to drain out the stones if any by allowing the citric acid to drain them along.
So this is my kind request if you could share any insights to check whether i have citric acid problems,that would be very much helpful for me.
Thanks again!

My problem started about 3 wks ago I wake up to urinate ad pain is so bad around right kidney area- once I go to bathroom the pain subsides! OK till the following night! I had gallbladder removed two mos ago and wondering if related?

This is so helpful! I've been searching online for ages, and this seems like the nearest thing to what I am experiencing. Would you be able to tell me what was causing the blockage? And is there anything you have to avoid now to prevent the ureter getting blocked again? Would be so grateful for a reply.

I have also same problem at morning

Thats very interesting John Im going to give it a go. Thanks

Thank you for taking the time to post this, first time I read something about my case that makes sense thanks again. Will suggest VCUG to my doctor

Wow!!! Same thing in the mornings on both sides! And sometimes when I've been driving for awhile! I've done a lot of drinking and dehydrating myself in this life I've been thinking it's time to pay the piper! The thing is tho is that it used to happen to me in high school and went away! I'm 39 now and maybe two months ago that same pain came back and has been here since! I remember it clearly tho and it's the same now for me (both sides)... it does go away during the day but it's usually what wakes me up! I've never been sick in my life so it is something I worry about! I'm positive it isn't stress! I've seen and been through some of the worst things this world can dish out pretty much 10th grade is when I remember it started and it came back and forth on and off then I remember it stopped and through life I thought what the hell were those pains back then and never came back till probably 6months ago! Both sides lower back and the pain feels awful... wakes me up once I get movin tho it's gone

Well more like 6 months ago

I've the same problem n have been looking for answers. The doctors don't give a damn anymore there's a lot if good doctors but iyd a crying shame that we only get 5 mins at most ( NHS) I pay tax just like everyone else and I notice a load of ppl end up in sites like this to find out wots going on but as you no already the truth is in the docs diagnosis NOT! next time I'm in I'm going to record everything she says I want answers from my doc n not have to look up website to find out every1 is looming for the same answers ty

Can I ask what you mean when you say, 'If you drink cranberry juice and the pain gets worse see a doctor'. What do you think that would indicate?
T.I.A. :)

Hi Rebecca93105,

I have this same condition with my left kidney and it took a number of different scans/tests to have it diagnosed and monitored. This included initially x-ray, CT scan, Nuclear Medicine Study etc. The condition is called Hydronephrosis (where the kidney is enlarged and holding on to urine because it can't drain properly) and there can be a number of different causes. I have been told that, in the section where the ureter connects to my left kidney, that the muscles in the ureter may not be working properly.

Over the last couple of months I have also experienced all of the same symptoms that others have mentioned. Years ago I would only get the pain occasionally and it was only in my left kidney (this was before it was diagnosed as Hydronephrosis). The pain was excruciating - so bad that I couldn't sleep at night and I would try digging my thumb into my back to try and alleviate the pain. I never knew that that was the same location as my kidney and I always wondered what it was.

It wasn't until around April of 2014 that I had really bad pain in both kidneys, I was really concerned about it, and I started having all the tests etc and eventually got a diagnosis. I had numerous visits with the doctor and started seeing a Urologist. I did have a urinary tract infection around the same time that I was having really bad kidney pain in 2014, and after asking the doctor if there was a more natural way to treat the UTI, I drank (I think) 2 litres of cranberry juice, and that bad pain in my kidneys subsided and the UTI went away. I was still visiting the Urologist and he told me that I could have surgery where they would remove a section of the ureter and connect it up again, but that (for me) there was no guarantee that the surgery would be successful. At that stage I wasn't really having any pain at all in my kidneys. I asked the urologist if there were risks in not having the surgery and he said that some people live with hydronephrosis all of their life. He asked me if I was in pain and at the time I wasn't so I asked if we could just monitor the hydronephrosis instead of having surgery straight away. Both the Urologist and the doctor were fine with this and I have been having yearly DTPA Nuclear Medicine Scans and visits with the Urologist.

I have always felt really unhealthy (what I would describe as a 'toxic' type feeling in my body) and have been wondering if this is due to the fact that my kidney is not draining - so recently I have been possibly considering having the surgery. I have my next DTPA scan in a weeks time and visit with the Urologist 2 weeks after that so I will decide after that.

Hopefully the info about the hydronephrosis helps others.

Please let me know if any of that was confusing.

Arvarna

HI BK, what did the results yield? Hope you are feeling better by now but this seems to be the way this disease presents itself. NO symptoms till its too late!