kidneypains
03-11-2008, 04:53 PM
I'm trying to diagnose myself but am young with no experience in kidney problems. Hoping some of you here can help me understand the problem...
I'm 22 years old. Whenever I wake up in the morning my lower back (kidneys) are in slight pain until I urinate. Once I urinate, there is no more pain during the day UNLESS I drank alcohol the night before.
If I drink 3-4 beers tonight, then tomorrow when I wake up they will have a "sore" feeling and be sore for the rest of the day until the night.
I've stopped drinking for 3 days and have drank nothing but water everyday for the past 3 days. BUT, yesterday I had only water, no alcohol, and when I woke up this morning I had more discomfort and slight pain in my lower back/kidneys until I urinated. While laying down it feels like I don't have to urinate. When I stand up and walk around it does (a little), but when I go to urinate it is a lot.
I'm 5'11, 120lbs, very skinny and small.
My urine was a healthy yellow color this morning. brightish yellow/clearish yellow.
Am I in the first stages of kidney failure? Kidney stone forming? Swollen kidneys?
It feels better when I urinate, the pain goes away after.
It is only in the morning when I wake up though - UNLESS I drank alcohol the night before. Then they are a "sore" feeling the entire day and night after I wake up, even after I urinate.
I'm 22 years old. Whenever I wake up in the morning my lower back (kidneys) are in slight pain until I urinate. Once I urinate, there is no more pain during the day UNLESS I drank alcohol the night before.
If I drink 3-4 beers tonight, then tomorrow when I wake up they will have a "sore" feeling and be sore for the rest of the day until the night.
I've stopped drinking for 3 days and have drank nothing but water everyday for the past 3 days. BUT, yesterday I had only water, no alcohol, and when I woke up this morning I had more discomfort and slight pain in my lower back/kidneys until I urinated. While laying down it feels like I don't have to urinate. When I stand up and walk around it does (a little), but when I go to urinate it is a lot.
I'm 5'11, 120lbs, very skinny and small.
My urine was a healthy yellow color this morning. brightish yellow/clearish yellow.
Am I in the first stages of kidney failure? Kidney stone forming? Swollen kidneys?
It feels better when I urinate, the pain goes away after.
It is only in the morning when I wake up though - UNLESS I drank alcohol the night before. Then they are a "sore" feeling the entire day and night after I wake up, even after I urinate.