Depending on their location the stones may cause different symptoms. The stones which are inside the kidney do not cause any major symptom as long as they do not block urine flow. They can cause symptoms like light pain in the lumbar area which increase with physical actvity, colour change in urine (red urine due to hemorrhage).
When the stones are somewhere between the kidney exit and urinary bladder, they block the urine flow heavily or lightly and can cause severe pain. Typically these pains sometimes get lighter, sometimes get more severe, but they never cease (colic pain). Mostly, symptoms like hemorrhage in the urine, nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling and gas, pulsation in the kidneys accompany.
When the stones reach the lower parts of the ureter, they may cause pains in the pelvic area, urge to defecate, continous urge to urinate, burning and stinging feelings during urination.
Once the stone falls to the urinary bladder these symptoms are mostly reduced. There may be urge to urinate often, burning pain during the last part of urination, hemorrhage in the urine, blocking and hesitation to urinate.
When the stones which are somewhere in the kidneys and urinary tract cause infection, fever, chills, perspiration, fatigue, pulsating pain in the kidneys, severe burning feeling during urination, muddy and sometimes malodorous urine occur. These symptoms may show early stage of a simple urinary tract infection but also can show a very severe and serious condition called pielonephritis (kidney infection). Immediately consult to your doctor in sucah a case.
Since the stones is a fascilitaing factor for urinary tract infection, there will be relapses as long as the stones are not removed.
