A stone hurts now. The plan can start now, too.

What a stone can feel like.

• An ache or sharp pain in your side or back, between the lower ribs and the hip, sometimes reaching the groin
• Pain that surges, eases off, then surges again
• A flank ache that keeps coming back
• Stinging or spasms as you urinate, or needing to go more often
• Fever or chills, a sign infection may be involved

Some stones cause no pain at all. Flank pain usually suggests a stone, but other kidney problems are checked for too.

Imaging and labs in the same building.

The Roswell office has ultrasound and laboratory testing on site, so your first assessment doesn’t depend on booking imaging somewhere else first.

Had more than one? Let’s look at why.

Stones build from minerals in the urine. If you have formed stones before, understanding your own pattern is part of the treatment plan, not a separate errand, and the goal includes lowering the chance of the next one.

See Advanced Urology on kidney stones and shock wave lithotripsy.

Fever with stone pain is an emergency.