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Kidney infection, not better after 5 days of oral antibiotics. actually a little worse..should i go back to the er?
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Yes, if it a real: Kidney (not bladder) infection, you can get quite ill rapidly with septicemia. Or it could be something else, such as kidney stones or even appendicitis.
Answered 3/22/2020
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