Why do kidney stones hurt at night?

Kidney stone pain at night may be related to body position changes, urine concentration, pain perception and other reasons.

1, body position changes

at night sleep, this posture change may lead to changes in the position of kidney stones easy to stimulate the surrounding tissues, and then cause pain.

2, urine concentration at

night the body metabolism slows down, urine excretion decreases, can lead to urine concentration, which minerals and salts easy to crystallize into stones, while the concentration of dissolved substances in urine increases, can stimulate kidney stones, causing pain.

3, pain perception

at night attention is more concentrated, for pain perception may be more sensitive, so the above performance will appear.