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- Flank pain: Introduction
- Causes (34 conditions)
- Misdiagnosis
- Home Diagnostic Testing
- Diagnostic Guides (Online)
- Drug causes (16 listings)
- Videos
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- Stories from Users
Flank pain: Introduction
Flank pain: A feeling of distress and agonycaused by the stimulation of pain nerve endings in the flank. See free access online books about Flank pain below. See detailed information below for a list of 34 causes of Flank pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Flank pain:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Flank pain.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Diabetes
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Pyelonephritis
- Pancreatitis
- Peripheral nerve trauma (see Nerve symptoms)
- Peripheral nerve compression (see Nerve symptoms)
- Sciatica
- Cold
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Calculi
- Acute cortical necrosis
- Obstructive uropathy
- Acute papillary necrosis
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Acute pyelonephritis
- Renal infarction
- Renal neoplasm
- Renal trauma
- Renal vein thrombosis
- more causes...»
See full list of 34 causes of Flank pain
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Causes of Types of Flank pain:
Review causes of types of Flank pain in more specific categories:
- Flank pain in pregnancy (14 causes)
- more types...»
Review causes of more specific types of Flank pain:
- Acute Flank pain (9 causes)
- more types...»
See full list of 2 types for Flank pain
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Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
- Abdominal pain (2377 causes)
- Chest pain (918 causes)
- Pain (5505 causes)
- Digestive symptoms (4279 causes)
- Abdominal symptoms (3027 causes)
- Common symptoms (7552 causes)
- Breathing symptoms (2769 causes)
- Chest symptoms (1019 causes)
- Sensations (5742 causes)
- Respiratory symptoms (3410 causes)
- Nerve symptoms (6069 causes)
- Breath symptoms (2659 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Flank pain
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Flank pain:
- Abdominal pain (2377 causes)
- Side pain (31 causes)
- Flank pain (34 causes)
- Diabetes (213 causes)
- Peripheral neuropathy (286 causes)
- Pyelonephritis (23 causes)
- Pancreatitis (58 causes)
- Peripheral nerve trauma
- Peripheral nerve compression
- Sciatica (29 causes)
- Cold (728 causes)
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Calculi
- more symptoms...»
Diagnostic Guides for Flank pain
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Flank pain from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Flank pain. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Flank pain
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Flank pain: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
- more undiagnosed conditions...»
Hospitals & Clinics: Flank pain
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Misdiagnosis and Flank pain
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of "good" bacteria that aid digestion, and...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal...read more »
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps, particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes. However, there are also various other causes. See causes of leg cramps or misdiagnosis of diabetes....read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see ...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, or GERD. Other...read more »
Lack of early signs in renal cell carcinoma: Renal cell carcinoma lacks early warning signs and makes a much generalised presentation. Hence the chances of it being misdiagnosed are higher. It has...read more »
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Flank pain: Related Rare Diseases
Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
- more rare diseases...»
Home Diagnostic Testing and Flank pain
Home medical tests possibly related to Flank pain:
- Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
- Nerve Neuropathy: Related Home Testing:
- Digestive-Related Home Testing:
- more tests...»
Stories from Users for Flank pain
Real-life user stories relating to Flank pain:
- severe left flank pain
- Flank(kidney?) Pain & Excruitating Headaches
- Right flank pain since last year and no dianosis.
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Medications or substances causing Flank pain:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Flank pain as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Ascorbic Acid
- Ascorbicap
- Cecon
- Cee-1000 T.D
- Cetane
- Cevalin
- more causes...»
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medications causing Flank pain
Detailed list of causes of Flank pain
The list below shows some of the causes of Flank pain mentioned in various sources:
- Acinic cell carcinoma - flank pain
- Acute cortical necrosis
- Acute papillary necrosis
- Acute pyelonephritis
- Calculi
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Cold
- more causes...»
See full list of 34 causes of Flank pain
How Common are these Causes of Flank pain?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Flank pain. Of the 34 causes of Flank pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2 causes are "very common" diseases
- 0 causes are "common" diseases
- 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0 causes are "rare" diseases
- 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 33 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 34 causes of Flank pain
Conditions listing symptoms: Flank pain:
The following list of conditions have 'Flank pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Causes of Flank pain Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Flank pain based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Classifications of Flank pain:
Medical Conditions associated with Flank pain:
Abdominal pain (2052 causes), Chest pain (761 causes), Pain (5444 causes), Digestive symptoms (4251 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3004 causes), Common symptoms (7505 causes), Breathing symptoms (2720 causes), Chest symptoms (1008 causes), Sensations (5701 causes), Respiratory symptoms (3201 causes), Nerve symptoms (6033 causes), Breath symptoms (2612 causes)
Symptoms related to Flank pain:
Abdominal pain (2052 causes), Side pain (16 causes), Flank pain (16 causes), Diabetes (182 causes), Peripheral neuropathy (75 causes), Pyelonephritis (6 causes), Pancreatitis (17 causes), Peripheral nerve trauma, Peripheral nerve compression, Sciatica (2 causes), Cold (717 causes), Cerebrovascular accident, Calculi
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Flank pain
Medical research papers related to Flank pain include:
- Urinary stone disease. In: Guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Urolithiasis
- Urological Trauma
- The Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections
- Dilatation of the upper urinary tract (ureteropelvic junction and ureterovesical junction obstruction). In: Guidelines on paediatric urology.
- Dichlorphenamide reduced the severity and frequency of attacks in the primary periodic paralyses
- Modes of administration of antibiotics for symptomatic severe urinary tract infections
- Are there any recorded cases of endometriosis presenting with oral (gums bleeding) symptoms and intracranial(migraine) symptoms?
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