Kidney infection

I have no advice as I have never had a kidney infection but I hope you feel better soon ?

I take it you are on antibiotics? Did you provide a sample? If you arent feeling better after having 48 hours of antibiotics I would assume they arent working. Unfortunately you wont get your urine results back until next week now.

I feel your pain. I had a kidney infection over the weekend - it really, really hurt! but it cleared up very quickly with antibiotics - in about 6 hours the pain had pretty much gone (though that may have been down to the nurofen plus I was taking too).

? Hope you feel better soon.

No, she wouldn't give me any ?as she said I should go and drink plenty of water and it would 'pass'. The anti sickness tablets worked as I was sick just after I had them but haven't been again. I did give a sample but she just tested it to see if I was pregnant.

i would be shouting for antibiotics if I were you (this is exactly what I did on Sunday, at A&E)

I knew she should have given me something, Ive been in pain now since tuesday night ? Right, Im going to make an appointment with another doctor. Humph.

I feel for you I really do, my first year at uni I had one every 3-4 weeks and ended up in hospital. They are horrible things.

I really would have thought you'd have had antibiotics, but if they haven't given you any just try and stay warm, sleep lots and drink plently. ?

I found a hot water bottle really helped with the pain, that and nurofen plus.

Hot waterbottle is attached to my back as we type, Ill ask H to brink home some more tablets, even an emergency appt at the docs won't be until tomorrow morning :-(

A kidney infection just does not 'pass'.

I've had water infections before (uncomfortable), kidney infections (painful but bearable with painkillers), and a kidney stone (agony and ended up on morphine for the pain).

I've be shouting for anti-b's as the pain will only get worse. Trust me!

If you get any worse call them out

Right, dragging my ass back to bed now, thank you for all the advice and help ?

I definitely agree with this.

I couldn't even walk when I had a kidney infection (it was a bad one, but then my kidneys are damaged unfortunately ?).

The doctor will be able to give advice over the phone, and make a judgment call as to whether to come to you, or get you to go to him.

Hope you feel better soon xx

If you are still not right this evening, you get yourself to A&E. The longer you leave it, the more it will take hold if you are not careful. They make you feel absolutely wretched. You have my hugest sympathies.

I can't believe the doc didn't give you anti-bs.

Put your feet up and let H look after you. including taking you to A&E if necessary!

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Can you drop off a sample and get a telephone appointment? They should be able to do a dip test for nitrates (nitrites? cant remember which) which indicate bugs present.

Hope you're feeling better soon. I've had a kidney infection and had to have antibiotics. It wouldn't have improved otherwise. I was in agony at work and went into my bosses office and burst into tears asking to go home ? Not my finest hour but seeing as it was a bloke he just looked uncomfortable and nodded and I fled from his office.

Sadly the antibiotics were so strong they ended up giving me thrust so went from one problem to another ☹️

Hope the next Dr you see is more sympathetic. OK water infections can pass if you drink lots of cranberry etc but not kidney infections. Am quite narked on your behalf.

Yup, definitely get yourself to another doc. Three days with a kidney infection is no fun at all - it's *not* like cystitis and will not pass on its own. Sorry you're suffering, they're horrid things but whenever I've had them the correct antibiotics usually sort itf within half a day.

Hi

Shocked that you weren't given any antibiotics - kidney infections, as someone has said, do NOT just pass. I am nearly 8 months pregant and have had 2 infections so far and got given antib's each time, so there's no excuse for not giving you any if they'll dole them out to the likes of me! Just try and keep as much liquid down as possible - prefereably water but I find that when I am poorly, water makes me worse and a very weak cordial can help. Try and eat a little but as long as you stay hydrated, the appetite will return when it's ready. Ice lollies maybe?

When you're a little stronger, try the cranberry juice - not sure whether it works in terms of flushing out infections but the sugar will start getting you back to your old self.

Hope you're feeling better soon. Kidney infections are just soul destroying.

Jas