Oh Yunea, I am so glad you caught it so soon! I had one that I ignored as my usual back pain and nearly died. 3 days in the hospital. Not fun!

Zomb, that sounds awful! Must have been a lot worse than either of my cases, and I shudder to think how that is like. I'm glad you made it alive!

It doesn't take much to knock me down actually. Hahaha, our cases sound exactly the same, I just crashed a lot quicker.

Hehe, we're, like, totally alike with our kidney problems (Ohh, I must stop calling you Zomb! That'll be weird!)

I really hope I never get this again. I must take even more precautions in the future. Apparently the antibiotic I was prescribed is known for making depression symptoms worse, too. Uh, hooray. A good thing is I'll know what's going on if I get super anxious despite taking my other meds.

Aw so sorry to hear this.  I have had UTIs but not kidney involvement.  You might want to get a referral to a Urologist to have it investigated with x-rays and other tests, because there could be an anatomical problem, such as urine refluxing back up to your kidneys.  Its not normal to have kidney involvement.

When you need antibiotics you should tell the doctor they upset your stomach, because there are various antibiotic options and some have fewer stomach side effects than others.  Find out which ones you have had and what side effects they caused, so you can tell them.  You might even need anti-nausea pills to take at the same time.

And yes, a grumbling tooth infection will make you more susceptible to other infections.  So will stress.  

Good luck!

I hope you don't either. You don't need all the extra stress and medication from the sound of things, Yunea. And like FreeThinker said, you definitely might want to check out your options next time with everything you are describing. I hope you recover quickly.

You might want to get a referral to a Urologist to have it investigated with x-rays and other tests, because there could be an anatomical problem, such as urine refluxing back up to your kidneys.  Its not normal to have kidney involvement.

Oh? Now that is making me think. There might be a bit of something, because I was hit by a car when I was ten (broke a bone, had to learn to walk again after that) and I had a gigantic bruise at my lower back. Back then it was determined that since I was apparently able to pee normally, my kidneys didn't need further looking at. My dad was saying, "How is it possible that there's no damage?" but it was left at that. Thank you very much, I'll try to get my left kidney (the one that got infected both times) looked at.

When you need antibiotics you should tell the doctor they upset your stomach, because there are various antibiotic options and some have fewer stomach side effects than others.  Find out which ones you have had and what side effects they caused, so you can tell them.  You might even need anti-nausea pills to take at the same time.

 

And yes, a grumbling tooth infection will make you more susceptible to other infections.  So will stress.  

 

Good luck!

I did tell him, and he just told me to be ready for it and to take Lactobacillus supplements. I found a kind at the pharmacy that is designed to be taken with antibiotics, and so far my stomach is okay, but I'll take them as faithfully as I do the meds through my courses.

Thank you! My tooth operation is actually on Monday! Ah, I'm so ready for an even healthier mouth.

I hope you don't either. You don't need all the extra stress and medication from the sound of things, Yunea. And like FreeThinker said, you definitely might want to check out your options next time with everything you are describing. I hope you recover quickly.

Thank you <3