Uti/kidney Infection? Me, Not My Daughter This Time

I urge you to call your doctor and talk with the advice nurse or the doctor on call right away. Actually, I think I'd go to Urgent Care or the ER tonight. Two weeks with continuing serious pain after taking antibiotics is a very bad sign. And you first had symptoms a couple of months ago. You've had this infection much too long.

I see that you have also waited to have your daughter seen. Why do you put off seeing the doctor. If it's because you don't have insurance, find a low cost clinic. Figure out why and fix it. It sounds like both you and your daughter are in need of timely medical care. Do not risk yours and your daughter's health.

And...in the future call your doctor before your antibiotic prescription is completely finished. You should be symptom free before you finish the prescription. Waiting 2 weeks is much too long to consider that the infection isn't gone.

My cousin's wife died from an untreated UTI. The infection went to her kidneys and then into her blood because she didn't go to the hospital until it was already that far along. She was unable to get out of bed by the time she went to the hospital. She didn't like doctors. You aren't that seriously ill but you could be in just a day or two.

After your SWH You are not a doctor. Do not expect to know what you have before you call him. It's the doctors job to figure out what is wrong. Now you know that, when you get sick, your symptoms are subtle. Call sooner next time. An advice nurse can help you figure them out.

And...... don't allow yourself to feel bad about calling him this late unless feeling bad will help you call him earlier next time. His job is to be on call. You're paying him for it.

You need immediate care. Either go to the ER tonight or urgent care first thing in the morning. UTI's are not something where you ever want to delay treatment. Tell them that you have already received one round of antibiotics and let them know what it was. Your doctor may want to do a urine culture, in addition to the quick test, as that will tell them what antibiotic will be more effective. They'll give you something for right now, as the results on the culture will take a few days. Also, are you up to date on you GYN exams? You may want to check with your GYN for an exam, as there could be something (i.e. - infection) going on that is contributing to the UTI or reinfecting you. That would require a separate treatment. While you're at your GYN, they can do a urinalysis to check whether you are cured. SInce your antibiotics did not work the first time, you should anticipate that any doctor you see is going to want you to have a urinalysis after treatment to verify that you are cured. Most important right now is that you get medical attention asap.

Update:
The blood could just be a symptom of the infection. If there is no infection, there should not be blood in the urine. DId the pills he gave you turn your urine blue or flourescent orange? That's always kind of freaky. I still recommend going to your GYN, as they often are better at treating UTI than a primary care dr. Imaging can be pretty costly...if they show that you have totally cleared the infection with a urinalysis, I wouldn't push it. If you haven't cleared the infection, you probably need to talk to your GYN and possibly a urologist.

I drink a lot of cranberry juice and I do believe it helps.

It is good that you called your Dr., maybe he can call in an RX for you since you pretty much know what it is.

Personally, I would not go to the ER but if my pain was bad enough, etc, I would certainly go to one of the 24hr Dr places like CareNow, etc. They can test your urine and prescribe an RX as well.

Hope you feel better soon. UTI's are no fun.

Oh my. Listen to the ladies, NJD. I also have a friend who passed out before she even realized she had a UTI. When she fell, she hurt her foot. It damaged a nerve in her foot, and she has had more pain than any person should have to go through in the past 3 years. It has caused "dropped foot" and she can barely walk.

GO TO THE DOCTOR.

Dawn

Cranberries, blue berries and cherries all have an enzyme that prevents an infection from being able to stick to the linings of the urinary system. It doesn't hurt to drink the juice or eat the fruit now but you need an antibiotic. Make sure you are drinking real juice and not a fruit juice cocktail or beverage. Those contain added sugar and the bacteria will feed on the sugar. Actually eating the fruit is better than the juice.

The simple prevention for UTI's is drinking a lot of water all the time. When you get rid of this infection start drinking more water during the day. Other liquids can be substituted such as coffee and tea but water is best.

Call your doc in the morning. Kidney infections present themselves with a high fever, chills, and pain so it does not sound like you have a kidney infection. Definitely call doc tomorrow. Feel better. I

Go to the ER-they'll know what to do

CranActin and Goldenseal....maybe 2 of each 5 times per day for 7 days. Works everytime....AND completely gets rid of the infection. I'd add PB8 or Oregano oil in capsules to balance out the yeast after the antibiotic.

Ibuprofen puts stress on the kidneys, part of the urinary tract. I'd think twice about this.

LOTS of water. No caffeine.

I'm writing late here but I sure hope you went to the ER or urgent care. Kidney infections are something to be concerned about. My daughter has vesicoureteral reflux (grade 3) of her right bladder so after she goes potty, her urine is backing into her kidney's. I spent 4 days in the hospital in the pediatrics department due to her having a severe kidney infection and put on 2 different antibiotics along with a 105 fever that progressively went down over the days in the hospital. Now she is on a low grade antibiotic every day until February 2013 and she will be retested to see if the reflux is fading.

I only state that it needs to be taken care of because kidney's are vital organs and once infected, scarring can happen and if never taken care of then transplant. Now do I think this is your case? Probably not but I had vesicoureteral reflux when I was 2 and had surgery to correct the problem at 3. I have slight scarring on one of my kidneys and they said had my parents waited to get my surgery, I would have been waiting in line for a kidney transplant.

Get to an ER if possible. Let them test you and request something on your kidney's like an ultrasound. My daughter had that done and that's how they found out she had a severe kidney infection.