I had the ESWL procedure on on June 10. On the third day after the procedure the stent moved leaving me incontinent for two days until the stent came out on its own. I called my doctor’s office, but they seemed unconcerned, and said that it was normal for this to happen sometimes. I went back to my urologist June 24 for a two week follow up after the ESWL – time that I had spent at home recovering. The urologist did another x-ray and the stone was smaller, and had moved into the upper part of my kidney. The doctor assured me that the stone should not give me any further problems, to come back in 3 months, and cleared me to go back to work.

I worked two shifts on June 27 and June 28. On June 29, I woke up feeling fine, did some errands, and then made my and my son’s lunch around 2pm. Within just a few hours after that my temperature shot up to 103 degrees, I was vomiting, and felt very sick. I was having shooting pains down the outside of my right leg. I felt like I had terrible indigestion, and I was in pain.

I went to the ER, and initially the doctor did not know what was wrong. After several tests including two CT scans, and other x-rays, I was diagnosed with a kidney infection – my left kidney where the stone was had filled with pus, along with an infection in my bloodstream. I was put on a heavy duty antibiotic, and I had to have a procedure done to insert a new stent in my left kidney to get the pus out, and draining into the catheter. I spent 6 nights and 5 days in the hospital, and I was released yesterday on June 5.

I keep feeling that none of this had to happen if the stent had been inserted correctly the first time during the ESWL so that the stent did not move around. I want to know if what happened to me was a case of human error and avoidable. From what I have been told, I am now at a higher risk of this happening again which scares me. I don’t want to feel again like I did last Tuesday night.

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I went to my local ER the other night bcause I was having really terrible back pain and felt like my whole body was going to explode when I peed. I thought for sure it was a kidney stone. While I was there they did a cat scan and told me it was a stone and a kidney infection. I was given some antibiotics and pain meds then told to see my regular doctor as soon as possible. So I went to my family dr the next day and she told me that a kidney stone was not the only thing they saw on the CT. It also says in the report that the right ovary has several large cycts. My dr told me to see my gyno within a week, and now I can’t get an appiontment that soon. I have noticed before they told me about the cysts that I have pain during and after sex, a lower backache all the time, and I constantly feel like I have a bladder infection…that really awful buring sensation. Are those symptoms coming from these cysts? What should I expect when I do get to see my gyno?

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I went to the doctor because I was feeling sick to my stomach and shaky and dizzy and I hadn’t eaten in 3 days. She took my blood and told me I had a UTI. From what I read on line it seems more like I have a kidney infection. She prescribed me antibiotics and they are not helping. What should I do?? Thanks.

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I was in the ER twice in the last week, first they diagnosed me with a kidney infection and put me on antibiotics… that did NOTHING and I was in so much pain in my back and side that I wanted to fall over and die… The second time I went back they diagnosed me with pelvic inflammatory disease, the pain has gone away but I still have some symptoms that haven’t. AND I don’t think have anything do to with PID:

Itching beyond belife (bug bite like things all over me)
Stop and go peeing, cloudy urine, takes me about 10 minutes to start peeing.
I am severely bloated
And the classic sign, I have this metal taste in my mouth, (also i kinda smell metal sometimes I don’t know if that is a normal part)

They did do an ultra sound of my kidneys and they said no stones and no swelling… could I still have something wrong? Because I don’t think all these things go with PID

Also I am cold all the time, and I am dizzy!

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I went to my local ER the other night bcause I was having really terrible back pain and felt like my whole body was going to explode when I peed. I thought for sure it was a kidney stone. While I was there they did a cat scan and told me it was a stone and a kidney infection. I was given some antibiotics and pain meds then told to see my regular doctor as soon as possible. So I went to my family dr the next day and she told me that a kidney stone was not the only thing they saw on the CT. It also says in the report that the right ovary has several large cycts. My dr told me to see my gyno within a week, and now I can’t get an appiontment that soon. I have noticed before they told me about the cysts that I have pain during and after sex, a lower backache all the time, and I constantly feel like I have a bladder infection…that really awful buring sensation. Are those symptoms coming from these cysts? What should I expect when I do get to see my gyno?
Crysti: So, what you are saying is that the cysts are what causes you to have a period…(wrong.) If I have several of them, then they will pop them and tell me how to not get them again…which in your describtion would mean I won’t ever be getting a period again, right? Let me educate you on a period. Periods come from the lining of your uterus shedding itself if the egg your ovary produces does not get fertilized with sperm and implanted into that lining. But, at any rate thank you for trying.

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I have a VERY bad UTI/kidney infection. I started a high powered antibiotic today and was wondering how long it’s going to take to start feeling better? I’m drinking plenty of a water and cranberry juice and sitting on my butt.

I swear this hurts worse than labor and the kidney stone I had a few years back COMBINED. All I can do is sit back and cry and let the Tylenol take the edge off it. I feel like I’m dying I swear!

I was showing all the symptoms of having a UTI for the past 4 days but I didn’t realize it. It wasn’t until I woke up with a fever of 102 this morning and was doubled over in pain that I went to get checked out and realized it was a UTI. I’m almost 38 weeks pregnant so I thought a lot of my symptoms were just from the being pregnant (peeing more often, pelvic pressure/pain, pain in my abdomen ect.) mixed with being what I thought was a flu like bug.

I can barely type right now I’m in soo much pain but I need to do something to keep my mind off it. If you have any experience with a UTI while please tell me. I need to know there is light at the end of this stupid tunnel. Are my antibiotics going to start working soon or am I going to feel like this for the next few days?

Sorry for being such a big baby. Maybe it’s just cause I’m soo pregnant but it makes me feel better to type all this till my hubby can get back to our house with more cranberry juice and bottled water.
Just to add the baby is doing fine. She’s a tough little cookie.

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back in october, i passed my first kidney stone. a month later, i passed another. a week and a half ago, i developed a bladder infection and it has been off and on since then. i took some azo and an antibiotic i found for a sinus infection and a lot of the pain would subside and my urine wasn’t cloudy or smelled anymore. but then a few days later it come back. i noticed yesterday i still had pain when i was done peeing.
now i’m experiencing sharp pain below my bellybutton and in my lower back, but i’m not sure if my bladder infection has turned into a kidney infection or if i’m possibly passing another stone. i actually have a doctor’s appointment today at 10 AM for a physical, but what could be going on?

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I had my first kidney stone that had to be surgically removed on April 15.. just over a week ago. Before I could have surgery, I had to have a severe kidney infection and urinary tract infection clear up. They cleared up before my surgery. I also had a ureter stint put in that was removed on April 20. I took my last pain medicine (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) and my last antibiotic on April 20. Since then I have significantly increased my water intake and completely dropped drinking caffeine and cola soda.

My questions are:

Is it OK for me to drink quite a few alcoholic beverages tomorrow to celebrate my friend’s birthday so close after having a kidney infection and having non-invasive surgery (they went up my penis). The doctor said I had no restrictions and I am no longer have any pain at all.

Secondly, if I was to drink tomorrow night, could that one night cause me to have another stone? Meaning could I have no stone at the moment, but if I have 5-6 alcoholic drinks walk away with having a kidney stone in the next few days as a result? This may sound stupid, but I have anxiety about having another kidney stone because the pain of having one was so excruciating. Thanks!

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Everyday all my 19 yr old female friend eats is plain turkey sandwiches, donuts, soda, and always at LEAST one fast food meal a day(size med) she is on the skinny side as of now, because she only usually eats once or twice a day…but she has been having lots of abdomonal pain, (lower and back) and just had a bladder infection….she is also constipated and may have IBS..and may now have a kidney infection or kidney stones. I try to tell her its from the food she eats but she is just like no its not health probs run in my family blah blah. Any ideas what to do? I know that diet pretty much affects a person’s health. She thinks vegetables and fruit and water are "yucky"

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My left kidney area is incredibly sore around the side, and edging towards the back a bit, and also edging somewhat to the front of torso. I also am very hungry but have no desire to eat, however i have an exam in a while so i had to eat something and immediately i am feeling sick. The nausea seems to be very acidic.

i recently had a kidney infection 2 months ago, after which the doctors discovered i had a kidney stone in the pelvic area after doing an X ray (not injected with dye though), also had an ultrasound but they could not see my left kidney properly which was where all my pains were during the infection. My treatment for this is not to begin until 8th may.

I had difficulty sleeping last night due to an uncomfortable pressure sensation on the left side. My left flank area also seems to be swollen and more risen than the right side.

Any helpful advice (apart from go to doctors, will do that after exam!)? Thanks

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I have a VERY bad UTI/kidney infection. I started a high powered antibiotic today and was wondering how long it’s going to take to start feeling better? I’m drinking plenty of a water and cranberry juice and sitting on my butt.

I swear this hurts worse than labor and the kidney stone I had a few years back COMBINED. All I can do is sit back and cry and let the Tylenol take the edge off it. I feel like I’m dying I swear!

I was showing all the symptoms of having a UTI for the past 4 days but I didn’t realize it. It wasn’t until I woke up with a fever of 102 this morning and was doubled over in pain that I went to get checked out and realized it was a UTI. I’m almost 38 weeks pregnant so I thought a lot of my symptoms were just from the being pregnant (peeing more often, pelvic pressure/pain, pain in my abdomen ect.) mixed with being what I thought was a flu like bug.

I can barely type right now I’m in soo much pain but I need to do something to keep my mind off it. If you have any experience with a UTI while please tell me. I need to know there is light at the end of this stupid tunnel. Are my antibiotics going to start working soon or am I going to feel like this for the next few days?

Sorry for being such a big baby. Maybe it’s just cause I’m soo pregnant but it makes me feel better to type all this till my hubby can get back to our house with more cranberry juice and bottled water.
Just to add the baby is doing fine. She’s a tough little cookie.

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Kidney and gall bladder problems run in my family (specifically in the women). My mom was recently diagnosed with a kidney infection and was told she has gall bladder stones. She’s so sick she has been on bed rest for a month.

Only a few months ago my grandmother was also in the hospital being treated for both (she had surgery to remove the stones).

Although genetically unrelated to me, my father-in-law passed away 8 years ago from kidney failure, so needless to say it’s a serious problem that’s been on my mind…especially when I think of the risk my children may be at, having a history on both sides.

I’m still pretty young (28) and in good health, but are there any steps that I can take now to try and prevent myself from having these health problems in the future?

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My left kidney area is incredibly sore around the side, and edging towards the back a bit, and also edging somewhat to the front of torso. I also am very hungry but have no desire to eat, however i have an exam in a while so i had to eat something and immediately i am feeling sick. The nausea seems to be very acidic.

i recently had a kidney infection 2 months ago, after which the doctors discovered i had a kidney stone in the pelvic area after doing an X ray (not injected with dye though), also had an ultrasound but they could not see my left kidney properly which was where all my pains were during the infection. My treatment for this is not to begin until 8th may.

I had difficulty sleeping last night due to an uncomfortable pressure sensation on the left side. My left flank area also seems to be swollen and more risen than the right side.

Any helpful advice (apart from go to doctors, will do that after exam!)? Thanks

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My left kidney area is incredibly sore around the side, and edging towards the back a bit, and also edging somewhat to the front of torso. I also am very hungry but have no desire to eat, however i have an exam in a while so i had to eat something and immediately i am feeling sick. The nausea seems to be very acidic.

i recently had a kidney infection 2 months ago, after which the doctors discovered i had a kidney stone in the pelvic area after doing an X ray (not injected with dye though), also had an ultrasound but they could not see my left kidney properly which was where all my pains were during the infection. My treatment for this is not to begin until 8th may.

I had difficulty sleeping last night due to an uncomfortable pressure sensation on the left side. My left flank area also seems to be swollen and more risen than the right side.

Any helpful advice (apart from go to doctors, will do that after exam!)? Thanks

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I recently had my gall bladder removed for gallbladder stones.I’m 17 and a female.I went into the hospital in wy and they diagnosed me for kidney infection.When i got back home i went back to the hospital for the same symptoms .Which are middle and lower back pain.It’ s very sharp and sometimes burns.i feel like i’m gonna get sick all the time.At the hospital they said it wasnt a kidney infection that i had a cyst on my right ovarie and i had gall bladder stones i had the surgery on the 7th of febuary everything was fine till like a week ago i started having the back paiin and wanting to throw up all the time.I’m not pregant!But not sure what it is? i cant just go in to the doctors i have to go to the er do you think it is something that could be bad?

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it cause you to sleep a lot too ?
Its actually my Mom who is suffering right now. She thinks she passed a stone at work yesterday, and she pretty much did a 180 and was wide awake for half of today when she has been sleeping a lot. I should have mentioned that she is an insulin diabetic and her sugar has been running really high most of this past week, like 500 high and now she has it stable at 250 give or take.
Well the last time she had a kidney stone "attack" her sugar was out of control. But never this bad. She does not have a doctor (No health Ins.) but she said she will be going to the E.R. tonight and hopefully they can help her.
My mother was just admited to the hospital with sever kidney infection. They have her on pain killers and I am assuming a strong antibiotic. They said that they should be able to clear out the infection, but if it doesn’t clear out she might have to dialysis. I tried to get her to go Friday night to the hospital but she kept holding it off because of no insurance, but I hope it is not too late for her.

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I’m uninsured. And I’m suffering from multiple UTIs. I think I started having a kidney infection since I had mild on and off fevers, cloudy + bloody urine, lower left back pain. I drank a lot of water/cranberry before my doctor’s appointment since I was getting really paranoid. The doctor suspected a possible kidney stone?? I also had a urinalysis done and was prescribed to get an ultrasound which I figure is COSTLY. I took cipro for 3 days, symptoms went away but joints started aching, started having hives. Didn’t finish the 1 week course of cipro. Went to visit the doc to get a different antibiotic, but since the urinalysis grew no culture (probably cuz I drank a lot) she just prescribed me pyridium, which is sure no antibiotic and just pushed me to get an ultrasound again. She thought I might’ve passed the stone already. But.. the lower back pain is coming back again since I’m not on any antibiotic. It’s really frustrating. I really don’t want to get an ultrasound just to show I don’t have a kidney stone. I really don’t think I have a kidney stone when I have a history of UTI’s…

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I went to the doctor today for a U/A for a possible kidney infection but it was negative. He did tell me he was concerned because I was spilling protein in my urine. I had a x ray today too to rule out kidney stones. He told me to come back Friday and if I am still spilling protein I will have to do a 24 hour catch.

I wasnt to worried about the protein because a possibility of kidney stones. Now after reading what spilling protein means I am nervous.

My blood pressure was up in the office too which is a symptom of kidney disease.

My question is what can I do to stop spilling protein in my urine? Is there something I can drink or something I can do to stop it?

I am only 30 I shouldn’t be having these problems right?

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This is my problem.. Last monday I woke up with quite a bit of right side pain in the kidney area with some blood in my urine so i finally went to the doctor last friday and the doctor did an urine test and a blood test and a xray and said their might be a couple smaller stones in their but the xray was totally conclusive. he gave me flomax and ciprofloxacin just in case I have an infection. It seems now that I have one day of moderate pain in my kidney area and one day of relatively pain free. It also slightly burns to urinate. Does this seem more like a kidney infection or a kidney stone? and if its a kidney stone would the pain be moving toward my groin if the stone was moving or could the pain jus stay in my kidney area even though the stone isnt in that particular area.

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has any one had them? or a kidney infection??
my doctor said i may have them . they did an ultrasound of my kidneys and didnt find anything. but he said he is not 100% certain there are no stones.they said i do have a uti. this is my 3rd one since i have been pregnant. either that or its still the same one that hasnt completely cleared… can that cause pains similar to kidney stones?? i have been havin horrible lower back pain.. left side. seems to come and go every other day.. and now today my left leg seems to have this weird cramping/numbing pain down the back of my thigh! what is that!!??
i go back to the doc on monday. i was just there on thursday.. they sent me to the hospital and i stayed there overnight…. got out friday afternoon….
they gave me antibiotics… thats all
i started takin the meds on saturday and it seems the symptoms i have been havin have gotten worse … not better… i know it can take a couple days for them to work.. but sheesh!!

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4 weeks ago I began to experience right side abdomonial pain. A urinalysis revealed blood & bacteria & I was diagnosed with a kidney infection. I took Levaquin for 10 days. Symptoms improved but did not completely go away. After 2 weeks another urinalysis indicated blood but no infection; an x-ray showed kidney stones. I was referred to a urologist & had an ivp. After reviewing the x-ray & ivp results, the urologist advised that I had a kidney stone that was too big to pass & recommended lithotripsy…but this kidney stone is on the LEFT side…not the source of my pain! The pain that have been feeling has progressed & is occurring every night. I am virtually painfree during the day…but after about 4-5 hours of sleep…the pain awakens me from a sound sleep. After resting in a reclining position for 1-2 hours the pain subsides. I have made no correlation to eating habits & my OB/GYN ruled out anything in the pelvis…not surprising as the pain is up higher under the ribcage.

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Around this same time last year I had a kidney infection that lasted about 2 weeks. The only thing that really felt wrong then was I had a lot of pain in my lower left side of my back so I went to the doctor and did a urine test and they said there were white blood cells found. They said it could either be an infection or kidney stones. They prescribed me some Bactrim and Oxycodone. Less than a week into the medication I felt completely better.

This time I have the same symptoms – pain in my lower left side of my back. It’s been a total of 2 weeks and 4 days since the symptoms surfaced. The pain is much worse this time. I also feel like I have a fever off and on, I have almost no appetite, and I feel nauseated often. I went to the doctor again and they prescribed me the same drugs but 2 weeks later I am not feeling any better whatsoever. On top of that, the pain killers I think are causing my nausea. I have to lay down almost constantly and sitting in a chair is agony. I went back to the doctor and got Ciproflaxacin and almost a week into that one… still not better. I wake up in the middle of the night in so much pain even last night. The pain killers don’t last long enough during the night to let me sleep. I just feel terrible all the time now.

I’m beginning to think this is more than a kidney infection. The doctor prescribed a CT Scan but I don’t want to fork over the funds to do that if it is just an infection and I’m being impatient.

How long could/should a kidney infection last when taking all of your medication correctly?
How long should I wait before I go to the hospital to get a CT Scan?

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I have a long history of stones plus 2 surgeries. I recently ended up at the ER with left flank pain suggesting possible stone, the ER Doc gave me only Ketoralc then got a CT which showed a stone in the top left lobe. The ER Doctor told me & my Mom she didnt know what was causing the pain & that she was 100% sure that it wasnt from the stone because she said that stones in the kidney do not cause any pain! I explained to her that I have had lots of stones, UTI’s which always turn into a full blown kidney infection & I’ve had 2 kidney surgeries & the ER Doctor still told me there was no way the stone was causing the pain. Please give me your input!

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I’ve been showing symptoms for about two days now but normally my drs surgery is very busy and at times j have to wait like a week for an appointment? So how long does it take to progress into a kidney infection?

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My husband recently has been reporting pain around his right kidney, extending from his back towards the front of his body and downward. Our first thought was kidney stones, but he has since been to the doctor, who had an ultrasound done and no kidney stones were found. It is definitely possible that he already passed a stone, but the kidney pain has gotten worse since then. It is probably worthwhile to mention that blood was detected in his urine (prompting the ultrasound) but he has no fever or other signs of infection.

They prescribed him hi strength Motrin for 3 days (followed by ‘as needed’) to calm any inflammation. He is on day 3, and the pain has only gotten worse and he says it now extends up his back to his arm and down his leg. Again, no fever or anything but we have no idea what this could be and his doctor won’t be in until Tuesday (she hasn’t really been that much help so far…) Any ideas? I’m worried sick…
Thank you Nicholas but he has no fever and has been suffering from this for a while. I actually had a kidney infection myself so severe that I was hospitalized for 5 days with intravenous antibiotics running a 102 fever…I would think that if it was an infection he would be running a fever by now??

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