Can Water Retention Cause Kidney Pain. Jonathan i m so sorry to hear of your kidney diagnosis. Kidney stones often cause the most pain typically centered in the flank and radiating to the abdomen and groin in waves.
Pains subsided until recently and i now also am experiencing generalized fluid retention. These are usually a short term option however as they can cause side effects such as dehydration increased water retention and kidney damage. Edema or water retention may be caused because of many reasons but it is very common because of kidney problems in patients.
This is called reflux and can damage or scar the kidneys.
This causes abdominal edema. Excess salt in the body causes water retention which then leaks into the interstitial tissue spaces. Water loss happens through sweating vomiting diarrhea or too much urine. Kidney damage sometime urinary retention can cause urine to flow back into the kidneys.