Earlier in the day my brother who is 20 started having lots of pain in the lower side of the stomach area, and the pain kept increasing every few minutes. (that was around 9am) About 10am, he couldn't handle the pain anymore and I ended up calling 911 since he said he cannot even move from the pain, so we went to ER, took about an hour for a nurse and doctor to come in (the emergency is a joke in the US IMO) and gave him lots of morphine for the pain and injected an IV for fluids. The pain decreased so after about 2 hours they did a CT scan and found that he has a stone the size of 2x4 mm (millimeters), which shouldn't be that much trouble to pass, but very painful though. (thats what the doc said) So we're home now, he has been ordered to take lots of fluids and they said the stone will pass in the next 72 hours. (they prescribed percoset for the pain) So does anyone here at S2 have any experience with kidney stones or someone that you know in the family, etc.?
Also to add, he's very healthy and plays soccer for the local community college. (they won the tournament here in Mass actually lol)
Yeah it was very bad, he was screaming the whole time, couldn't stand or sit or stay in any position.
I know that when he "Passes" the Stone he will be in absolute Agony, Also I thought only Older People got Kidney Stones. Apparently not
That's what I thought as well Max. Seems like 1 out of every 20 men will have this painful experience. (according to a web source)
They didn't give him the stuff that dissolves it? If they gave him the stuff that dissolves it, it will come out I believei n pee, with small chunks, which are noticeably irritable, but not pregnant woman pain. If he is passing that sucker whole, he is in for a world of hurt.
Apparently it's not big enough to cause any trouble so they said just drink lots of fluids and it'll come out that way. (lots of pain but it should work) We actually asked for that medicine and other options but they recommended this way.
I had kidney stones a couple of times when I was younger. The best way to describe it is as if someone grabbed one of your testicles and twisted really hard. That's what it felt like the whole time until the stone passed. This is why it's hard to sit and why it hurts so bad... But when it passed, the pain stopped immediately.
One of my family memebers who is 27 is also dealing with the same thing. They said he was flapping like a fish. Just imagine how much pain that would be. I'm really sorry to hear this about your brother, and hopefully, everything will be just fine and as much pain-free as possible. Also I heard it happens if you eat too much of junk food or something like that, not really sure.
wat kind of shit is this? kidney stones? 1 in 20? wat kinda fucked up world is this? i feel bad for your bro, extremely bad. he should find something that he can bite on. and learn how to block pain.
Thank you umair. From reading on the internet it was saying dehydration could also be a factor, now he plays soccer so not sure how that works, but he takes a lot of liquids daily, mostly regular water (and at times fitness water), then beer and alcohol at parties, etc. Also it said that it could run in the family, which it might be true since my uncle (my fathers brother) and my grandmother (my fathers mother) both had the same problem. He doesn't have any pain today, woke up about an hour ago, just laying down watching tv. edit: Again thanks to everyone for the nice comments.
