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Kidney Infections

Is anyone else plagued by these?

I have a horrible one at the moment. If i have to go back into hospital (which i am fighting), it will be my 5th admission in the last 2 years. I've had it about a week but was learning to manage it at home with antibiotics from my consultant.

I missed so much work last year, i was lucky to pass. I hate being at uni (i.e. away from home) when i've got a kidney infection, it just makes everything worse.

On my way to the doctors now. Its only 10 mins away but its gonna take me at least 20 mins to walk.

I'm just feeling sorry for myself i know :frown:
Sounds like there's something missing from your diet or you need a super killer dose of antibiotics. The Americans often get prescribed per day what we get prescribed to take in a week... I had to have a super dose to kick this virus I had had for four months solid. Seemed to do the trick! Good luck!
Reply 2
Sounds really nasty. I dont know what to advise. Maybe drinking more water or cranberry juice as kidney infections sometimes start of as infections in the bladder or urinary tract.
Reply 3
me but aint had one for a while(touchwood) had them since i was younger mainly because 1 kidneys bigger then the other and still hasnt grown as big as the other

when i was 15 i had a bad one didnt tell anyone till 6months my dr thought i would have damaged one and said "its ok you can live with one kidney" i went home crying :redface:

get better soon drink plenty of water(i drank barley water)
Not quite the same but I have a urinary tract infection right now - effing killing me!!!
Reply 5
is your signature true
if so your really sad
and for all that intelligence u cant spell twenty

I won't embarass them by exposing who sent me that.

lol, are you sure this person wasnt joking
My dad got this recently and has been plagued ever since. It seems to be a recurring sort of infection. One of his friend's says it only controls it with cranberry juice! Once he stops the juice, the infection comes back pretty quickly. Weird, but true.
Reply 7
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I take cranberry tablets, as the extract in that is stronger than the juice. And i drink ****loads of water. I'm resistant to certain antibiotics which makes things even worse. :frown:

And to the person that was enquiring about my sig, no they weren't joking. That was just an extract of what they sent me, i edited it. :smile:
Reply 8
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Sounds like there's something missing from your diet or you need a super killer dose of antibiotics. The Americans often get prescribed per day what we get prescribed to take in a week... I had to have a super dose to kick this virus I had had for four months solid. Seemed to do the trick! Good luck!


Antibiotics don't work for viral infections, but thanks for the advice. I am on superstrong antibiotics, lets hope they do the trick.
Reply 9
I had one awful kidney infection where I couldn't lie on my back or sit down or stand up-constant pain. I was peeing blood (SO scary) and being a fool I stopped eating and drinking thinking it would stop the strain on my body. It came on well quick though, I went out for drinks then stayed with the guy I was seeing at the time and had to piss all night. Then just ignored it and didn't eat or drink for 4 days past the needed.

My doctor told me to take antibiotics and go to hospital if the pain didn't go within 12 hours but I just slept loads and kept taking painkilllers til the pain went away after a couple of days. I can remember in a confused state calling NHS direct at 4 in the morning and they asked something and I said that my urine was pink (blood) but I wouldn't admit to them that it was blood so they could send an ambulance, I kept saying I'd drunk lots of cherryade and was fine. Sorry to be graphic but I find that story funny, it's how like delirious I was at the time.

Since then I have been plagued with cystitis, I've had it about 7 times since September which is horrid. I also get the first syptoms but can just drink heaps of water to flush it. It is the most annoying thing in the world spend half your life waiting for the moment you get ill again and the other half being ill.

Damn my lame immune system.