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15 Signs That Your Kidneys Aren’t Working Properly

3. Side pain

Young man in shirt suffering from backache and looking painful.
Young man in shirt suffering from backache and looking painful.

Kidney stones, which are hard deposits of salt and minerals that form inside the kidney, can be extremely painful when they pass through the ureter and bladder. In fact, according to Los Angeles-based urologist S. Adam Ramin, MD, the pain is often “compared to [that] of childbirth.” The Mayo Clinic says that you’ll know the pain you’re experiencing is from kidney stones when it’s in your side and back and comes in waves, not unlike a kidney infection.

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