Each kidney typically has one vein that carries blood filtered by the kidney into the circulatory system. These are called the renal veins. Usually there’s one on the right and one on the left.

Nutcracker syndrome is a rare condition that happens when the vein that drains your left kidney gets squeezed between big blood vessels in your belly. It can be very painful, but it's usually not ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When a major highway gets blocked, it usually means headaches on surrounding roads, too. It's the same for our circulatory system when a vessel gets blocked. For a young ...

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Lower back pain, fatigue, and nausea. Symptoms that could be caused by any number of illnesses, but they’re also the hallmark signs of a serious condition called nutcracker syndrome -- where the veins ...

A WOMAN has spent years "in constant agony" due to a rare condition called nutcracker syndrome - she "can't imagine" what it would be like to not feel pain. Katie Shalka, 28, has had flank pain for ...

A woman who has spent years “in constant agony” due to a rare condition called nutcracker syndrome is trying to raise money for life-changing surgery. Katie Shalka, 28, has had flank pain for nearly a ...

A 43-year-old woman who struggled with chronic pain since her childhood has baffled doctors after being diagnosed with five rare medical conditions. Alexandra Bucille, from Versailles, France, was ...