Urinary and Back problems?

[troubled?]

I have been suffering from lower left back pain, trouble with urinary issues like hesistancy, burning sensation sometimes. I did have a prostate exam (digital exam) urinalysis, and blood work all which showed normal.. I also had a cystoscopy and no sign there either.... The next step is an IVP test.. I havent scheduled this yet and very frustrated with these problems. Anyone have any suggestions...Also, if my bloodwork and Urinalysis came back Ok. Can there still be possible kidney infection..?

[DCP]

when i had trouble urinating and then severe back pain.. it took a while for the doctors to find the correlation. i had a kidney infection.. ask your docors about this....

[Bry C]

The CT IVP is probably to check for kidney stones.. .that's what it sounds like to me... back pain and urinary issues can be a result of a stone blocking the urine from leaving the kidney... there still can be a kidney infection but the other thing may be a lesion or a mass on your kidney.... the CT IVP will tell the doc a lot about what's going on... It doesn't hurt...and it's a good diagnostic tool.