Kidney Stone Pain Vs Heart Attack. Gall bladder attack pain vs. Kidney stones and heart attacks strokes or chf congestive heart failure the link between kidney stones and heart disease and stroke is being increasingly established by research.
In the moment by all means respond as though it may be a heart attack. Pain from the kidney usually has other symptoms associated with it. A trip to the er and an x ray confirmed it a kidney stone was just exiting my right kidney at the ureter the tube that moves urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Speaking as somebody who has had both the kidney stones were more painfu but the heart attack wasn t pleasant either and it compliacated the removal of my stones considerably because of having a stent put in.
Over half a million people in the us arrive at the emergency department each year with renal colic from kidney stones and about 9 of the population will experience a kidney stone in their lifetime. A trip to the er and an x ray confirmed it a kidney stone was just exiting my right kidney at the ureter the tube that moves urine from the kidney to the bladder. Michael miller and diabetes patient anna norton. My cousin had a kidney stone attack.