PLEASE READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING . IMPORTANT !! My guinea pig has been peeing blood and
her # 2 is diarrhea . She also has
been really quiet and isn’t eating or drinking except for some lettuce . We took her to the vet this
morning , they gave her an x-ray and what I thought was a urinary tract infection was a kidney stone
blocking her bladder.We have 3 options . A. Give her antibiotics and let the kidney stone stay there , letting my poor Rosie suffer . B. Do nothing (Not an option ! ) C. Give her surgery. Either way , my guinea pig may die . The anesthesia involved may kill her . She may never wake up . She may die of shock also . We cannot dissolve the kidney stone either .

Please pray for Rosie that she will survive . I am just a 13 year old . I don’t know what to do ! I’m really in need of some comforting words .Thank you .

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3 mm stone Dx 2 months ago when abdominal CT was done for vomiting. Last night started with Lt flank pain, nausea, vomiting and temp of 101. Thought it was the flu but checked again the results of the CT and sure enough it was on the Lt side. Saw the Dr today for multiple reasons and had + blood in the urine but no pain at that time. I just caught the Dr prior to 5P and she is ordering antibiotics. I also have severe abdominal bloated feeling and 7/10 pain when palpated flank or abdomen. Temp now 100.6. Here I am an ICU nurse asking if I should go to the hospital but this is my first kidney stone. Of course I have to work 2 -12 hour night shifts this weekend to top it off.
Anyone with remedies when the SEVERE pain comes that you can’t even hold still??? Karen

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He was peeing blood and we got him a urinalysis and they said he had a kidney stone so they gave us antibiotics and s/d dog food in a can for him they said to put him on it for 30 days so we did and I havnt seen any blood in his urine so yeah he finished the diet about a week or two ago and so he’s back on regular dog food ( iams) so yeah do you think he is better ??? The vet just says " we can’t say anything you have to make appointment blah blah"

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Okay folks, let me start from the beginning. A week ago yesterday mother nature had already come for a visit (aka, my period) and also in addition to that I had experienced my first Kidney Stone ever…

I am a 32 year old woman, so I didn’t know what was what, I kept feeling pain at first but passed it off as a menstrual cramp. Nothing I was taking helped. The pain would come and go in waves until Tuesday of last week I had had enough and went t the ER. They Catscan’d me and all that good stuff, they said they couldn’t see the stone but saw evidence that it was there. They gave me morphine and a script for Vicodin and sent me home.

less that 18 hours later, I experiment pain VERY differently and I was SCREAMING, almost called 911.. went back to the ER at 3 AM and they said I had a kidney infection and was shocked and floored that the doctor during the first ER visit did NOT put me on antibiotics… for 3 hours there bey 6 AM they had apparently flushed out the infection with was apparently in it’s final stages.. and sent me home.

Now, everyone, I am left scared here, I never want to have to go through that again… even after the 2nd ER visit, after the infection and stone were declared gone, was still SORE and sleeping round the clock for almost 3 days, thanks to Vicodin.

So, first I do not understand why I was in sore discomfort even after the stone and infection were gone… It blew my mind… why?

and 2. I don’t want this to happen again, everyone told me it was NOT my fault it had occurred but told me to help prevent another by drinking more water. They told me kidney stones are made of Calcium, so okay, I have MS and my doctor has me on a Vitamin D/Calcium supplement, and I wonder now… by me having to take THAT for my MS, am taking more calcium, could that have been the cause of the kidney stone since I was told that they are formed of calcium…?

It is as easy as drinking water to help prevent another stone…?

Was it my fault that I had one cause I didn’t drink enough water?

Why was I hurting with soreness after stone and infection were gone…?

And do taking Calcium supplements encourage the production of stones?

This is a long involved question and I am sorry if anyone gets confused… but my mind won’t stop racing with these thoughts, can anyone put my mind at ease?

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I took my cat to a vet who is supposed to be really good because my cat was passing kidney stones and a crystal had passed through his bladder and was stuck in the urethra. The vet put a catheter through and had to flush out his whole system because my cat was in REALLY bad shape.]: So i got my cat back on the 23rd and have been giving him antibiotics the doctor gave me every 12 hours. Now my cat is going back to his painful lethargic state he was in BEFORE we ever took him in the first place! We payed OVER 1,300 dollars which we really don’t have right now (we don’t have animal insurance either). So we called to the vet again to tell them how he is in pain again and really lethargic etc. and they said theres really nothing they can do about it. I know for a fact that is BULL SHIT because this kind of thing happens to humans all the time. I have family in the medical fields nurses, surgical technologists etc and i know that when this happens to a human they don’t just let people die. I understand people are different but they take care of it and they don’t go back to the same conditions 3 days later. Most wouldn’t understand but my two cats are my favorite things in the whole world and i have the strongest love for them I couldn’t bare to let one go. Please I need some help on what to do and why his first treatment of being in the hospital for FOUR days didn’t work. Please help.
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Also they said he is NOT supposed to be lethargic really at all anymore. I have him on a special diet he needs to be on for at least 3 years. And is there nothing I can do since he was not treated properly? I cant pay another 1400 dollars but I will try payment plans. Why is it they say there is nothing they can do?
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Also my kitty isn’t very old he only just turned 3 years old.

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For almost 3 weeks now, I’ve been having the symptoms of a really bad kidney infection. But testing my urine, nothing came up. I’ve been in and out of the doctors almost every day. There’s horrible pain in my lower back on both the right side, and left side. Just normally, they feel about the same, but when the doctors push on my kidneys, the right side is almost unbearable, and the left side is a bit more tolerable. They’ve tried using antibiotics, but only the very strong IV medication has helped, and only for two days. When I have to go to the bathroom, my pelvic area cramps up and I need to go right then. When actually going, I cramp up even worse. It’s take a few minutes to actually start going to the bathroom, so I sit there all cramped. My lower back pain hurts a lot worse in the morning, and feels a bit better as the days goes on. I’ve puked twice now, and I’m always either freezing cold, or boiling. I’ve gotten an ultra sound, but nothing showed up. There’s not blockage, no stones, nothing that looks alarming to the doctors. I’m bruising very easily, and cuts are healing very, very slowly. I don’t have the urge to eat, and I’m constantly tired, even after having a nice 10 hour nights sleep. At night when the pain in my back is keeping me awake, I get a very bad headache and my whole face feels really cold. Then when I put on a sweatshirt I get really hot and start to sweat. I have white blood cells in my urine, but no blood and no bacteria for a UTI. The doctors are coming up with nothing, and I refuse to take Vicodin anymore. Does anyone know what it could be? If I have something to suggest to the doctors, maybe they can go off that and go into more tests to try and figure out what’s going on. Thank you for any help.

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about 3 weeks ago i started having a uti and i took antibiotics and drank alot of water and cranberry juice and it went away within 2 day. the problem is that it keeps coming back within the same month. i cant handle it any more and i do not want to go to the doctor because i do not have medical insurance. is there an effective home remedy that i can perform that will aid and cure my urinary tract infection. . . i am desperate!!!!!!

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Well i was admitted in Children’s hospital for 9 days for
kidney problems ( Possible infection/stone ) I was given
a I.V. Antibiotic every 12 hours, As well as other I.V. medications
for other problems and pain. I was released two days ago,
at my 7th day at the hospital i began to start a fever – 99.8
8th day 99.6 – 9th day 99.8. they still however, released me.
Well now i’m still having a fever (goes up to 101.8) headache, swollen
glands in my neck mostly on the right side **I have had the gland on the right side
surgically drained due to cat scratch fever disease a few years back.** My sinuses are fine-not stuffed up. My throat hurts – hurts like hell when i swallow.
i noticed tonight there are these little lines up and down in the back of my throat. ( i do not have my tonsils. ) Also i have a bad cough (loud barking sound, last for a few minutes, i gasp for air during the coughing fits.) i cough up Brown/Rusty colored stuff (in big amounts) i have no wheezing. Vomiting (ive threw up 4 times today.) My parents are now starting to get my symptoms.
What is this? I was on antibiotics while in the hospital but is there
still a chance i caught something from being around other sick children?
P.S. THE DOCTORS SAID MY KIDNEYS ARE FINE NOW AND
THERE WAS NO INFECTION WHEN I LEFT – AND THEY SAID
THEY DIDNT SEEM TO CATCH ANY STONES BUT THEY STILL
PUT ON MY RECORD POSSIBLE STONE THAN A INFECTION

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I started drinking copious amounts of cranberry juice, water, and took AZO almost immediately after I realized I had a urinary tract infection. It never burned when I used the restroom and my urine is completely clear. I’m already feeling much better and the actual symptoms appeared only about a day ago. Is it necessary for me to make a trip to the doctor if the problem seems to be clearing up without antibiotics?

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Yesterday i went to the e.r and had a kidney stone and later found out i had a kidney infection I was peeing blood in my urine. It was the most unbearable pain I had ever experienced in my life.They sent me home with antibiotics and painkillers and said i should drink more fluids and rest because that will help me heal.do you guys have anymore tips because I will probably not be back to my old self for another 2 weeks.

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I’m 16 and I have severe pain in my lower back/sides of back and I used the symptom checker on Web MD and it suggested that I may have kidney stones. I recently had a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) and I got antibiotics, but I’ve read that if you don’t get a UTI treated quickly enough, you could get a kidney infection or kidney stones. Could someone explain to me what this could possibly be?

Also, when you have kidney stones, do you get the back pain first or do the actual stones come out first?
I’m also feeling nauseous and have a stomach ache.

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My girl has a mild UTI and she’s going to the doctor tomorrow to get some antibiotics. We just aren’t sure if we have to stop having sex or what. Since it only effects the urethra I would think it’s OK to continue…but the meds have to be taken for like 3-5 days so it would really suck to stop for that long.
Yo…she says she feels up to it. And I’ll have to use a condom since she’s on BC.

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I have a friend that has been experiencing pain in her back as well as pain on urination and blood in her urine.She just had a kub ultrasound done yesterday. The Doctor said there was nothing of concern showing up in her kidneys other than 1 small kidney stone. The doctor told my friend that the stone could easily be gotten rid of by taking antibiotics (which she has already done twice prior to the ultrasound with no improvement). Could it be that she was not given the proper antibiotic for removing kidney stones but one for UTI instead (which was the preliminary diagnosis)? I myself have a very large kidney stone in my left kidney which my urologist has been monitoring for the past 4 years with an annualy Xray. It has never given me the least bit of trouble and I have never seen blood in my urine. If it’s true that kidney stones can be gotten rid of with antibiotics why wouldn’t my urologist have already prescribedthem for my stone? He said the only solution is to do one of 2 procedures, one which involves going up through the urethra and into the kidney breaking up the stone into small pieces that would still have to be passed with urination …VERY painful! The other choice would be something called lithotripsy which is a laser type method used to break the stone up also and the small pieces would still have to be passed through urination ….. again VERY PAINFUL!
My question is NOT how to avoid getting kidney stones but whether antibiotics can get rid of them.

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Long story short i had a kidney infection in my right kidney and was put on antibiotics. The kidney pain came back so i got switched to a stronger antibiotic. It cleared everything up and my urine was even clear. I didnt miss a dose but after six days of feeling fine the pain returned in my left kidney. I feel fine otherwise but before pain was the initial symptom and then i got a fever. I got checked for kidney stones last week and i dont have any. What could this be? Is it the infection again?

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my period is almost 3 days late and i have a urinary tract infection. its basically gone away but im stil on antibiotics for a few more days. is it possible that im late because of the uti?

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right.. im 14 years old and for as long as i can remember i have been urinating blood for about 1 week at a time , around 2 times a year, every year.. not good..

i never went to the doctors because i thought it was NORMAL to be peeing red every now and then! now im older and have matured i realised its not normal so went to the doctors ( i have been about 4 times befor for this problem).. they took a urine sample and said it was an infection.. 3 lots of antibiotics later and it still hasn’t gone..yesterday morning ( around 7 ) my mum rushed me to hospital because i was having the most horrible pain where my kidneys were and i was crying coz it hurt SOOO much. . . they did loads of blood tests and samples and ex-rayss and the doctor said that there were dark shadows on my kidneys so i have to go for an ultrasound scan on friday so its more detailed..

i was just wondering.. cothank youey stones of really lasted about 5 years ?! and don’t you think i would of pee’d them out by now ? also i thought kidney were for older people ?

im confused lol..

thankyou guys xx

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I have a friend that has IC and also gets kidney stones a lot. She has been to doctors and they do very little to help her. She takes elmiron for the IC but the doctors don’t give her anything else. When the pain in unbearable she can’t tell if it’s kidney stones or an IC flare up so she goes to the ER but they usually just tell her she as a UTI and send her on her way with antibiotics. Sometimes she gets pain meds but it seems like the doctors don’t know what to do with her. She has a hard time working because of pain. She is only 32 years old and it seems like the doctors think she is too young to be having problems like this. I have been with her many times and seen how she gets treated and I just don’t understand how they could be that way. It seems like they don’t know anything about the disease or that she is making up how bad she hurts. She just needs help if anyone has any advice. She just went to the doctor the other day and he just blew her off basically and once again gave her a script for an antibiotic for a UTI. She has been diagnosed with IC about 2 years ago, but she has had problems with kidney stones since she was about 18. We have looked on the internet for info on IC and read everything there is to read, but if anyone has any info on maybe what meds she needs to ask about or something. Hopefully she can find a doctor to listen to her so far she hasn’t had any luck with that. Please only serious answers this is a serious question.

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(I am a woman, if it matters)
The other day I had the most excruciating pain, turns out it was a kidney stone, They said I have 2 tiny stones. After a lot of pain med through an iv, they sent me home, lots of pain after it wore off. I was given antibiotics and oxycodone and ibprufen. I havent needed the pain meds since Sunday, 7pm. But now the other side of my back hurts… no severe pain in my belly yet.

I was thinking the other stone is in the other kidney? Anyway, is it possible this other one will pass soon? Or months later? What can I do?

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My doctor told me to start taking the antibiotics today (Tuesday) and stop taking tthem on Sunday. Is it ok to have sex on Saturday?

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42/female/5 ft tall & 130 lbs
For the last two months I have had a pain in my lower left pelvic/groin area (almost where upper leg and body meet on left side) and sometimes radiating up hip and into left flank. It almost *always* hurts when I am sitting, and is better or gone when standing or lying down. Not bad enough for pain meds, but it hurts. Pain just started one day – hasn’t gotten any worse, but still there.

In the last two months I’ve had:

UTI test from PCP – positive, so given antibiotics.
Annual blood work-up – normal.
UTI test 10 days later-negative, but hurting. Sent for abdominal/pelvic CT scan with oral contrast.
CT scan showed 2mm and 1 1/2mm stone in left kidney.
Referred to Urologist – UTI test positive again, so 10 days antibiotics & a strainer.
2nd urologist appt – still positive. More antibiotics.
3rd urologist appt – No uti. Scope of bladder – normal, but he didn’t do another xray.

OB/GYN – pelvic and pap – results normal. OB said "Classic kidney stone pain. Kidney stones are horrible". He mashed around on my ovary – no pain or sensitivity and he said didn’t see a need for ultrasound to check for cyst since I just had a ct scan.

So… I was supposed to have another urologist appt tomorrow, but they rescheduled it for end of month. I think I’m just getting depressed, and haven’t passed either stone as far as I know.

If you have had kidney stones, does this sound like normal pain? Are there any other tests I should have at this point? A different doctor? I’m not sure, and I just feel helpless and a little hopeless at this point. Thanks for any help or direction.

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So this morning I had symptoms of a UTI such as urgency and discomfort. I recognized it because I had a UTI 3 months ago. A few hours later I saw blood, which is what I saw during my first UTI that cleared up after taking antibiotics. I went to the Dr. immediately after I saw the blood and when I had to pee in the cup, there was so much blood that I freaked out. She said there were pieces in it as well which usually means a kidney stone but most of my pain is near my urethra, not in my back or anywhere else. She gave me a 7 day course of Cipro which I just started taking about an hour and a half ago and the blood is less. I have to get a sonogram in the morning and then see a urologist. Could this just be a really bad UTI? I’m scared it’s something more serious. I’m 20 and female by the way. Thank you.

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a 16 yr old girl whos on the xc team had anorexia:
we all know that was real cuz she lost weight..but she recovered for a while then it happened again?
she had an appendectomy (that was real) but then got an infection from surgery and her antibiotics made her hyperventilate after a meet.
at first the pains she thought she was experiencing was kidney stones but it turned out to be the infection)
hairline fracture on her wrist (wore a brace instead of cast) – could still lift weights…hmmm
after almost every meet she claims to be dizzy and lightheaded..to a point she cant walk.
all this happened in one year..it could be real but idk..
so after a while she was healthy again but after a couple of months it started back up again.
shes dizzy a lot but she doesnt complain alot..she keeps it to herself but we notice.
she told her coach it was low potassium..no drs note b/c she could still workout?
oh yea..she goes to the doctor a lot..lots of blood tests too.
what do you think? faking.
she was on the team a year before..everything was normal until symptoms of appendicitis.
like do you find it weird that she has all of these medical problems?

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I have had problems with my kidneys since i was about 8 years old and am now 20, kidney stones, kidney infections, badder and UT infections. I literally have a kidney infection about every 2 months, and between infections i get antibiotics, which normally cures the pain within my 4th pill or so..but they always come back a few weeks to a months later. Well, my symptoms are normally achenes in kidneys, no energy, pain when i pee..that’s about it. This infection i have now is different. Ive had it for about 3 months and went to the doctor the other day, not for the infection, but because i was running a fever of 102 and literally felt so weak, i thought i was getting the flu or something. She said i had an infection, so she gave me some pretty strong antibiotics. Ive been taking the antibiotics for about 4 days, and every day the pain in my right kidney will switch to my left and so on. It hurts like a muther to stand up, and my pee is like brown. Why aren’t the antibiotics working like they normally do this time..and what should i do?

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a 16 yr old girl whos on the xc team had anorexia:
we all know that was real cuz she lost weight..but she recovered for a while then it happened again?
she had an appendectomy (that was real) but then got an infection from surgery and her antibiotics made her hyperventilate after a meet.
at first the pains she thought she was experiencing was kidney stones but it turned out to be the infection)
hairline fracture on her wrist (wore a brace instead of cast) – could still lift weights…hmmm
after almost every meet she claims to be dizzy and lightheaded..to a point she cant walk.
all this happened in one year..it could be real but idk..
so after a while she was healthy again but after a couple of months it started back up again.
shes dizzy a lot but she doesnt complain alot..she keeps it to herself but we notice.
she told her coach it was low potassium..no drs note b/c she could still workout?
oh yea..she goes to the doctor a lot..lots of blood tests too.
what do you think? faking.
she was on the team a year before..everything was normal until symptoms of appendicitis.

does it sound like shes faking?
she complains a lot..but it could be real.
it just sounds so unlikely b/c nobody else has problems.

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Ok so i am 17 weeks pregnant with a UTI and were prescribed antibiotics. Ive taken manly all of the pills and still have the urge to pee alot and yet nothing barley comes out. Do i still have a urinary tract infection or is it still taking more time to get rid of? Please help i dont see my doctor until next month.

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