Kidney Failure Side Pain. You may feel it in the upper half of your back not the lower part. Kidney renal failure acute or chronic occurs when the kidneys no longer function well and the end stage of kidney failure.
This pain and pressure is often due to the kidneys inability to excrete excess fluid from your body which leads to swelling in the hands ankles legs feet and face. Causes of acute and chronic kidney failure include medications cancer and cirrhosis. But pain in these areas is often unrelated to your kidneys.
Some people have symptoms of kidney failure while others do not.
Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs one on each. But pain in these areas is often unrelated to your kidneys. Kidney pain also called renal pain refers to pain from disease or injury to a kidney. You might feel kidney pain or discomfort as a dull one sided ache in your upper abdomen side or back.