Question 1

kidney infections symtoms?

Accepted Answer

Several: A kidney infection is different from a bladder infection (cystitis).  It has gone higher up the urinary tract.  For this reason, symptoms my be different.  This is usually quite serious and may cause fever, chills, pain on the affected side in the upper back, nausea and vomiting and pain with urination.  One may have pain inn the flank and along the gutter of the abdomen. Don't delay, get seen now.

Question 2

signs of a kidney infection?

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Fever and pain: Fever, nausea, vomiting, pain with urination, back pain, abdominal pain, blood in your urine, chills.

Question 3

simptoms of kidney infection?

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UTI's: Pain with urination.
Frequent urination.
Odor in urine.
Blood in urine. 
Pelvic and possibly flank/back pain.

Question 4

why do kidney infections occur?

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Via urine or blood: Kidney infections are most commonly due to bacteria entering the bladder and work their way up to the kidney. In children commonly due to faulty bladder valves permitting urine to back up to kidney. Many bacteria have hair-like tenticles allowing them to crawl thru bladder valve + up to kidney where they multiply. Less often bacteria can reach kidney via blood stream from skin infection or abscess.

Question 5

i think i have kidney infection?

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Signs of kidney infx: A kidney infection is a urinary infection which has spread beyond the bladder to the kidney. An "ordinary" bladder infection makes you feel like you have to pee all the time yet only a little bit may come out. Sometimes it hurts to pee and sometimes you see blood in the urine. If the infection gets up into the kidney you may also feel pain in your back, have a fever, and even shaking chills.

Question 6

how do you get kidney infections?

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Starts bladder: Starts bladder in some infection progresses to kidney. Some because of anatomical event causing urine to reflux to kidney.

Question 7

what is causing kidney infections?

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Many possible causes: Infections start in bladder & ascend due to urinary reflux or bacteria able to pass thru bladder valve. Could be due to bladder full & not urinating after sex, bubble-bath +/or tub baths rather than showers, thongs +/or non-cotton underwear, not  wiping front to back or keeping thighs together + trapping urine in vagina with voiding, chronic constipation, menopause.

Question 8

how painful is a kidney infection?

Accepted Answer

Will vary.: Kidney infections are serious and require prompt treatment with the right antibiotic. Flank pain is the most common symptom and can range from mild flank discomfort to severe flank pain with fever, nausea, and vomiting. If you think you have a kidney infection, see your physician as soon as you can for evaluation and urine culture.

Question 9

how serious is a kidney infection?

Accepted Answer

Extremely: Antibiotics are not causing the fever, the infection is. They might be making the nausea from infection worse, which can sometimes be helped if take w/food. If vomiting up all food/drink, then will need hospitalized for IV antibiotics. Untreated kidney (or other) infection can spread, cause sepsis and death--that is why they are treated.

Question 10

what is a double kidney infection?

Accepted Answer

Pyelonephritis: Refers to infection in both kidneys.

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