Abdominal Pain
In any case, significant pain in the abdomen can signal kidney stones have formed. This is because when a stone begins to form, it first goes through a period when it is stuck in the kidney. It may cause some minor discomfort, but once it starts moving down the urinary tract towards the ureter and then out into the bladder, it then causes greater and greater pain as it passes through smaller and smaller passageways.
While there are many possible symptoms, one of the most common ones is pain in the lower back or side that radiates to the lower abdomen or groin area. In some cases, sharp pain may also be felt below or around one side of the ribcage (the upper abdomen). In addition, many people complain that there’s like a knife stabbing them in their abdominal area, and they also experience nausea.
The pain can become so bad that many people have difficulty doing anything except lying in bed. The worst part is that the pain can last several hours or even days. It is not uncommon to feel the pain in your lower back or side start to fade, only to have it come back again with renewed intensity.
