Kidney Infection?!


Question:

Kidney Infection?

I saw a dr. about a month ago because I was peeing blood, and a lot of it. He said without doing any test, that it was probably a kidney infection. I took his word for it, because I have had one in the past and it felt the same. I have no reason to believe its a bladder infection. Anyway, he gave me antibotics and sent me home. I finished all 10 days worth of the pills and everything seemed to get better but now my back has been killing me and I have serious cramps that feel like menstrual cramps, but they are not. Also I'm peeing like a very light reddish-orange color. And sometimes I feel sick to my stomach. Does this sound like the kidney infection never went away? I'm in some pain but don't really want to go to the er.
Thank you for all the help.


Answers:

Known medically as pyelonephritis (PI-low-nef-RI-tis), kidney infections usually start in the bladder. If your resistance is low, germs from the bladder can travel up the tubes (ureters) that lead to the kidneys, take up residence, and multiply. An acute kidney infection starts suddenly with severe symptoms, then quickly comes to an end. A chronic kidney infection develops slowly, grows steadily worse, and hangs on. The chronic variety can lead to kidney failure.

Causes
Conditions such as pregnancy, diabetes, cancer, kidney stones, and abnormalities of the urinary tract can lower your ability to fight off the bacteria that cause kidney infections. Foley catheters (tubes inserted through the urethra to drain the bladder) can also lead to infection if left in place for extended periods. Women sometimes contract kidney infections when bacteria get into the urinary tract following sex.

Signs/Symptoms
Usually symptoms come on very fast. They include fever, chills, pain, upset stomach, low back pain, vomiting, a constant need to urinate or an inability to urinate at all, blood in the urine, and pain or a burning sensation during urination.

Care
The doctor will send a sample of your urine to a lab for tests. Whether you need to be hospitalized or not depends on how sick you are. Either way you will need to take antibiotic medicine to fight the infection. If this is an ongoing problem, you may need additional tests to find the cause.




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