What to do?
If there are over longer time again and again disturbing kidney pains so a physician should be visited. Before this is necessary, however, an attempt can be made to reduce the pain through various measures. First of all it should be checked if the pain does not possibly come from the back.
If this is the case, a new mattress and/or a new pillow can help. The application of heat is also often helpful, especially if the pain comes from muscle tension. Heat can be applied with a hot-water bottle or a cherry pit pillow, and a warm bath is also a way to relieve the pain. If symptoms such as chills, fever or severe colicky pain occur, a doctor should be consulted as soon as possible. Which could also be of interest to you: Kidney pain: what to do?
Duration
How long kidney pain lasts depends on the cause. If the pain comes from the spine or the muscles, it can disappear after a few days and nights, but it is not uncommon for regular heat application and physiotherapy to be necessary to provide lasting relief. If an inflammation of the kidney is the cause of the pain, antibiotic treatment is usually necessary to treat the cause.
After starting antibiotic treatment, the symptoms usually subside significantly within a few days. If kidney stones are the cause, acute renal colic usually lasts from a few minutes to a few hours. However, colic can occur again and again if stones are repeatedly formed. Therefore, a doctor should be consulted to decide how the stone formation can be prevented or to what extent it is necessary to remove the existing stones.
