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Another kidney infection

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Sallywally1 Thu 21-Nov-19 11:33:35

Am just recovering from yet another horrendous kidney infection with fevers, severe back pain, pain on urinatin. I was in bed for four days and could not go to work it follows on from one back in the summer which never really went away I had low level cystitis for sever months despite prophylactic antibiotics.

I am now terrified of what might happen next. Is there anything I can do to help myself. I have my reduced to alcohol use to 14 units as recommended, drink pints of waster and try to eat healthily. I should exercise more, but with a full time job this is difficult.

Any ideas?

aggie Fri 22-Nov-19 21:52:19

Pot Citrate wont cure an infection , just mask symptoms

StMary Sat 23-Nov-19 11:27:08

I thought I was getting constant urine infection , month after month i would have these dreaded feelings of a infection ..This lasted for 2 years and then the dr sent me to Malton one stop clinic ..where i had ultrasound and they said id got a simple Cyst on the kidney ..Theses urine infections lasted another year , Ring dr and they would send me antibiotics through to the chemist , then they decided best get these urine samples checked out ..Some would come back id got a infection and other times there wasn't , so ..after another few months of bladder pain and pressure down below i took myself to Hospital , they took me in for 3 days and did all the checks and referred me to a Urologist , there he said he would do a Bladder stretch and Biopsy ..He said I'm sure you have interstitial cystitis ..So 9 months after this , the GPs decided to do another ultrasound ..They said the Cysts had gone ,but got scarring on the kidney , the kidney function was fine and left kidney is on the wrong place , but working ..4 weeks ago i went and had the Bladder stretch and Biopsy , put to sleep .. great i can now sleep , because id had years of constant weeing through the night .No sleep ..After the op they gave me a letter and sent me home ..there it says ..Atrophic Vaginitis , Interstitial Cystitis ,Bladder lays fine , urethra fine ,some inflammatory on the bladder due to the urine infections some U Os He had burnet off the blisters / cysts in bladder ..I had to wait 3 weeks for the Biopsy and like you i was scared to death I'd got cancer ..I opened the letter and it said ....Nothing of concerns , see you in Jan at the Clinic ... So Please don't be scared ..It takes over your life i know ..Hope they put your mind at rest and you can get this awful Urine infections or none infections sorted ..Remember I C is big in women and ask for hrt vaginal cream , that will help also , good luck Honey x

pinkquartz Sat 23-Nov-19 11:30:54

In addition to the helpful suggestions already made by posters I would add try herbs.....form a good herbalist.

I did battle with those infections and used herbs plus many of the above suggestions.
It is hell but you can come out the other side.
I have to be careful all the time because my immune system is impaired so I still take herbal remedies form a Herbalist from time to time.
Plus Potaasium Citrate. D Mannose. Pearl Barley water .