Kidney facing the wrong direction

[WingedOne]

well I learned something interesting recently, my left kidney is facing the wrong direction. apparently that is the source of a lot of my problems, at least as far as getting infections with no reason and the pain that I experiance on that side is also a result of the kidney not being where it's supposed to. i'm just not sure that it explains everything, I'm very confused now. Has anyone else ever heard of something like this? thank you!!

[SharonA]

Very interesting. No, I have never heard of that. We do have a member who was born with 3 kidneys.

[traceann]

Wow, that is interesting, and I too haven't heard of that one. But, my husband's are fused together in a horsehoe-type shape and located in the front of his abdomen, instead of back....

[Sarojini]

Just about anything can happen inside during development in the uterus... while I don't know anyone with that condition, I know people who have hearts that are on the right rather than left, and one who has a stomach turned the opposite way.