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Symptom: Flank pain
- Introduction: Flank pain
- Causes (33 conditions)
- Misdiagnosis
- Diagnostic Guides (Online)
- Drug causes (16 listings)
- Videos
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- Stories from Users
Introduction: Flank pain
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 33 causes of Flank pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
» Review Causes of Flank pain: full list
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
See full list of 33 causes of Flank pain
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Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
- Abdominal pain (1057 causes)
- Chest pain (536 causes)
- Pain (2979 causes)
- Digestive symptoms (2165 causes)
- Abdominal symptoms (1358 causes)
- Common symptoms (4552 causes)
- Breathing symptoms (1427 causes)
- Chest symptoms (598 causes)
- Sensations (3178 causes)
- Respiratory symptoms (1878 causes)
- Nerve symptoms (3463 causes)
- Breath symptoms (1371 causes)
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 (1057 causes)
- Side pain (32 causes)
- Flank pain (33 causes)
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
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Misdiagnosis and Flank pain
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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.
- Severe Left Flank Pain
- Undiagnosed Right Flank Pain
- Flank pain & Dehydration/body fluid regulation
- left flank pain for 8 years
- Flank(kidney?)pain & severe headaches
- Right Flank Pain (Kidney)
- flank pain
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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
See full list of 16
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
See full list of 33 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 33 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
- 32 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 33
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 (742 causes), Chest pain (380 causes), Pain (2930 causes), Digestive symptoms (2151 causes), Abdominal symptoms (1337 causes), Common symptoms (4525 causes), Breathing symptoms (1397 causes), Chest symptoms (587 causes), Sensations (3151 causes), Respiratory symptoms (1751 causes), Nerve symptoms (3442 causes), Breath symptoms (1344 causes)
Symptoms related to Flank pain:
Abdominal pain (742 causes), Side pain (17 causes), Flank pain (14 causes)
Flank pain as a disease:
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