After a Kidney Infection

Anon please.

A few weeks ago, I got cystitis that then turned into a kidney infection. I had it for about 5 days before I could go to the Doctors so it got pretty bad. I was really ill with it and given antibiotics for 2 weeks. It's been nearly 2 weeks since I finished them and I can still "feel" my kidney if that makes sense. It's not really a pain, but I'm aware of it and it's just a kind of underlying niggle, sometimes it can be slightly painful but usually it's just that I'm aware of it.

Is this normal? Anyone else had the same?

My parents want me to go to the doctors again but I'm worried they'll think I'm just wasting their time if this is normal after an infection. I'm also on my period and part of what they look for when diagnosing a kidney infection is blood in the urine which there obviously would be.. I've got another 4 days till it'll be finished so I could probably wait till then.

Like everyone is saying, you should go back to the doctor. You won't be wasting their time; it's their job and they're paid for it, and you have a genuine concern. It could just be that the infection hasn't fully gone away, in which case they'll probably put you on another course of antibiotics until it clears. (I had to take antibiotics for almost a month with a chest infection... remembering to take them sucks, but it's nice to be well in the end).

Whilst waiting, have you tried using a hot-water bottle to try ease the pain a little? My mother gets kidney infections quite often, and it's how she eases the symptoms. I'd maybe avoid taking painkillers as well as they might aggravate it a little.

Anon please.

A few weeks ago, I got cystitis that then turned into a kidney infection. I had it for about 5 days before I could go to the Doctors so it got pretty bad. I was really ill with it and given antibiotics for 2 weeks. It's been nearly 2 weeks since I finished them and I can still "feel" my kidney if that makes sense. It's not really a pain, but I'm aware of it and it's just a kind of underlying niggle, sometimes it can be slightly painful but usually it's just that I'm aware of it.

Is this normal? Anyone else had the same?

My parents want me to go to the doctors again but I'm worried they'll think I'm just wasting their time if this is normal after an infection. I'm also on my period and part of what they look for when diagnosing a kidney infection is blood in the urine which there obviously would be.. I've got another 4 days till it'll be finished so I could probably wait till then.

I have to disagree with the painkiller comment. When I had a kidney infection I was in EXCRUCIATING pain until I had taken painkillers, and then the pain would reduce by about 90% and actually allowed me to get around and do things. Without painkillers I would have been curled in a ball in pain for 5 days unable to do anything!

Um...being on your period would not give you blood in your urine. It may look that way when you go to the loo, but you should be able to get a clean urine sample,esp if you use a tampon. Mention when you go to the dr that you're on your period (they'll prob ask) but don't let it put you off going. A slight pain remaining does not sound normal, it sounds like it hasn't completely gone, and will probably come back when you stop the antibiotics. You might need different antibiotics - when you went to the dr originally you prob had to give a urine sample - by now they'll hve tested it and KNOW which antibiotics will work, rather than guessing and giving you the most common ones as they would have done last time

Like everyone is saying, you should go back to the doctor. You won't be wasting their time; it's their job and they're paid for it, and you have a genuine concern. It could just be that the infection hasn't fully gone away, in which case they'll probably put you on another course of antibiotics until it clears. (I had to take antibiotics for almost a month with a chest infection... remembering to take them sucks, but it's nice to be well in the end).

Whilst waiting, have you tried using a hot-water bottle to try ease the pain a little? My mother gets kidney infections quite often, and it's how she eases the symptoms. I'd maybe avoid taking painkillers as well as they might aggravate it a little.