The causes of unbearable back pain are muscle or ligament injury, strain to the back from lifting heavy objects or spine injuries.
Other causes of unbearable back pain are sciatica poor posture, lack of regular exercise, sitting too long, prolonged lying down, sleeping in an uncomfortable position or other back injuries.
If you're experiencing unbearable or excruciating back pain you can apply some heat or ice to the area.
Use ice for the first 48 to 72 hours and then use a heating pad.
You should also take some pain relievers such as Advil, Motrin or Tylenol.
If the medicine and heat or ice does not help your back pain or it gets worse you should see a doctor.
The red flags of back pain are back pain that lasts longer than 6 weeks, back pain in people younger than 18 years or older than 50 years, back pain that radiates below your knee, a history of major trauma, constitutional symptoms such as atypical pain which occurs during the night or unrelenting back pain.
You can tell if your back pain is kidney related because kidney related back pain occurs deeper and higher up in the back.
Kidney back pain can be detected by knowing where the back pain is coming from.
With Kidney back pain the back pain occurs deeper and higher up in the back while muscle back pain typically occurs lower and less deep in the back.
When you have a kidney infection both sides of your back will usually hurt although if your left kidney is infected then your left side of your back may hurt and if your right kidney is infected then your right side of your back may hurt.
Back Pain from kidney infections occur mostly deeper and higher up in the back.
Pain from the kidneys is felt in the sides, or in the middle to upper back (most often under the ribs, to the right or left of the spine).
Signs of a kidney infection include.
Strong, persistent urge to urinate. Burning sensation or pain when urinating. Nausea and vomiting. Pus or blood in your urine (hematuria)
Kidney back pain will feel like regular back pain but unlike regular back pain the kidney back pain is deeper and higher up the back.
The kidneys are located underneath the ribcage, on each side of the spine.
Pain from the kidneys is felt in the sides, or in the middle to upper back (most often under the ribs, to the right or left of the spine).
Kidney stone pain will feel like sharp pain in the lower abdomen, typically on one side and also a burning sensation or pain while urinating.
You might also be urinating frequently.
Kidney pain can go away on it's own if it's nothing serious.
Although if you do have kidney pain and it lasts longer than a few days you certainly should see a doctor as it could be something serious.
When your left kidney hurts it can be caused by kidney stones, urinary tract infection, kidney infection, an injury or kidney cancer.
The same is true if it's your right kidney that hurts.
If either of your kidneys hurt you should see a doctor to have tests done because it may be nothing serious and then again it could be something serious that needs medical attention.
You can check your kidneys at home by using an at home urine test kit.
You can buy at home urine test kits online and then take a test of your urine at home to detect protein in the urine or other problems with your kidneys.
Many of the tests used by Walk-In-Lab's home kidney testing kits use either a blood or urine sample collected at home.
Your collection kit will include the supplies you need and instructions for collection.
Blood spot tests require only a fingerstick with a lancet.
Although you should still see a doctor if you think something is wrong with your kidneys as kidney problems can be bad and if your kidneys are failing then you need dialysis or you can die.
The signs that something is wrong with your kidneys include swollen ankles, swollen feet protein in your urine, puffy hands, feet, ankles, legs, or a puffy face.