Kidney Stones Pregnancy Pain. The kidney keeps producing urine but it can t get rid of it. This causes a back up of urine that causes the kidney to expand painfully.
Curhan gc willett wc knight el stampfer mj. Arch intern med 2004. This process called hydronephrosis is what often causes the pain of kidney stones.
Arch intern med 2004.
Accord ing to the national health and nutrition examination survey nhanes data the self reported prevalence of kidney stones has increased from 5 2 to 8 8 from 1994. Pain in kidneys during pregnancy. Kidney stones are a painful condition for a relatively normal person. This process called hydronephrosis is what often causes the pain of kidney stones.