Kidney Stone Pain Nhs. The nhs website the nhs 111 service walk in centres or your gp. Some are like grains of sand while in rare cases others can grow to the size of a golf ball.
Renal colic this is a severe pain which comes and goes and may spread down into your groin. Kidney stones are usually found in the kidneys or in the ureter the tube that connects the kidneys to your bladder. A kidney stone that blocks the ureter the tube that connects your kidney to your bladder can cause a kidney infection.
It is caused by the ureter.
But even small kidney stones can be painful although the pain usually only lasts a couple of days and disappears when these stones have cleared. A kidney stone that blocks the ureter the tube that connects your kidney to your bladder can cause a kidney infection. Calcium stones the most common type of stone. This is because waste products are unable to pass the blockage which may cause a build up of bacteria.