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Kidney Infection Pain Costovertebral Angle Acute Formed Side

Front Where might a kidney infection cause pain?
Back It might cause pain in the costovertebral angle, which is the acute angle formed on either side of the human back between the twelfth rib and the vertebral column.

Tags: 16, emergencies, gastrointestinal, urologic

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