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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on dealing with a kidney infection.

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Dr. Craig Smith answered

Specializes in Urology

Ignore: Need medical evaluation. Identify potential kidney structural causes as a risk factor.

Answered 5/5/2014

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: Infections are bad. Medications can help you. Take them as prescribed.

Answered 6/18/2014

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Ignore: Don't delay treatment. Always get a urine sample. Take all pills prescribed.

Answered 6/30/2014

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Ignore: Pain in side, severe— antibiotics will clear more water and rest.

Answered 5/8/2015

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Ignore: UTI . . drink plenty water to help flush kidneys.

Answered 7/16/2014

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Dr. James Lin answered

Ignore: Often patients are unnecessarily treated for a kidney infection when it's a bladder infection.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Ignore: If recurrent or culture shows certain organism radiologic or cystoscopy may be indicated.

Answered 12/14/2014

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