Kidney On Left Side. Kidney pain is also called renal pain. A doctor can help determine the underlying cause of left kidney pain and provide specific treatment.
Other more serious problems such as hardening of arteries supplying blood to the kidney blood clots in the kidney s veins and hemorrhaging into the kidney also cause pain. There are a pair of adrenal glands each located on a kidney. The image shows the location of both kidneys.
Depending on the underlying cause kidney pain may occur on the left or right side.
These bean shaped organs filter. Each kidney is about 4 or 5 inches long roughly the size of a large fist. There are several types of kidney stones but the most common are formed with two main components. Severe kidney lacerations can cause abnormal blood pressure and pulse and shock.