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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about a kidney infection.

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Dr. Craig Smith answered

Specializes in Urology

Ignore: How do I know that this is a kidney or bladder infection? Like hood of recurrence? Perform imaging?

Answered 5/5/2014

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: One must mention to the doctor any current ,or previous ,serious infections.

Answered 6/17/2014

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: Ask what can help prevent kidney infections, including the best genital hygiene for prevention.

Answered 6/18/2014

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Ignore: Ask how this infection happened. Ask how long to take antibiotics. Ask how to prevent another.

Answered 6/30/2014

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Dr. Jose Prieto-hernandez answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Ignore: Ask your Doctor to do a dipstick or Urinalysis frequently when you have burning on Urination !

Answered 3/14/2017

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