Kidney diagnosis

[terrah_martin]

I am 17 years old and for the past 3 years ive had every test done possible to me to determine the reason for severe pain in the kidney area and blood in my urine. I had a urinalysis and they determined that the blood was coming from each kidney and there where no other abnormalities. They tell me that it can be one of two things, loin pain syndrome of the kidneys or berger's disease. Personally i do not think its the bergers disease because i am now passing kidney stones and the crystal level on my blood tests are coming back elevated. Any one have any thoughts?

[terrah_martin]

Yes that's what I meant.. I had that surgery/test done and they took a sample of urine from each kidney while in there and sent it off for urinalysis and seen that both had blood

[lindahand]

They can't tell from a urinalysis where the blood is coming from, and that there are no other abnormalities. For that you would need a test where they go up the ureter into the bladder and up to the kidneys with a specialized camera, or at the very least an ultrasound which will at least rule out things like cysts and detect stones. There is also the test where they inject a dye into the bloodstream that allows them to see the flow of urine by xray. I have had all these tests. I had a duplicate kidney that got infected causing a lot of pain. It eventually was removed.

If you have not had at least a kidney ultrasound I would be looking for a new doctor. Good luck. I hope you find some answers.

[warney]

Hi not sure how they tell from a urinalysis that the blood is coming from both kidneys!!! given yoiu say now passing stones, that is your answer