Kidney Infection

If you find yourself suffering from lower back pain on one side or the other, it could mean that you have a kidney infection and can be very painful. Pain in the lower back does not always mean that you have a kidney infection because lower back pain can be caused something as simple as stretching the wrong way or slouching. If you find you are suffering from an uncomfortable pain in your back, lower or mid area, and nothing seems to help alleviate the pain then it might be time to see your family doctor, especially if you have had the pain for several days.

Some other signs of a possible kidney infection could be blood in the urine although that is not always visible. You may also experience burning when you urinate and you may also run a fever or be nauseated. The only way to know for sure if you have a kidney infection is to have an urinalysis done to check the white blood cell count at the doctor's office. If you have an elevated white blood cell count this is usually an indication of an infection in your body. If you do have a kidney infection the doctor will normally put you on a regimen of antibiotics for ten days.

Kidney infections are normally caused by bacteria that has gotten into your bladder and moved to your kidneys. You can suffer from two different types of kidney infections which include an acute infection of strong pain, but short duration or chronic infection of gradual pain over a long duration period. Sometimes people can get a kidney infection from having too much caffeine in their system. You should always make sure that you are drinking enough water daily, and either take a cranberry supplement daily or drink cranberry juice to flush your kidneys.

You need to make sure that you get a kidney infection treated because if you do not you are taking the chance on damaging your kidneys. You should make sure that you also finish the whole treatment of antibiotics even if you start to feel better within a few days. If it happens to be a severe kidney infection they doctor may not only give you a treatment of antibiotics, but also an antibiotic shot in the office. The pain in the lower to mid back will go away once the kidney infection is gone. To help with the pain, you can use a heating pad a couple of times a day.

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