Causes of left flank pain
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Overview
Left flank pain refers to pain that is located below the ribs and above the pelvis and on the left side. Flank pain is often a sign of kidney problems, but it can also point to other pathologies arising from descending colon, small intestine, peritoneum, abdominal muscles and on rare occasion pancreas. Women experience flank pain more commonly than men because of increased risk of urinary tract infections.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Acute kidney injury
- Acute pancreatitis
- Adrenal hemorrhage
- Eclampsia
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Ketoacidosis
- Malignant hypertension
- Mesenteric artery ischemia
- Perforated gastric ulcer
- Peritonitis
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary infarction
- Renal abscess
- Renal artery dissection
- Traumatic splenic rupture
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Common Causes
- Abdominal muscle strain
- Acute kidney injury
- Chronic constipation
- Exercise
- Gastroenteritis
- Idiopathic
- Nephrocalcinosis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pneumonia
- Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Pyelonephritis
- Urinary outflow obstruction
- Urinary tract infection
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