UTI

[disclaimher.livejournal.com]

I just got done with a three day regimen of cipro to clear up a UTI I had. Now, I just went to go pee, and I felt a dull ache on the left side of the middle of my back while urinating. Being the hypochondriac I am, I am worried that this is something that has crawled to my liver (despite the cipro) and is doing damage. It only hurt for about 15 seconds, and afterwards completely went away. Can someone reassure me, or tell me what it feels like when a UTI has spread to the liver, so I don't freak out anymore?
I am not running a fever or anything.

Comments

[owlslight.livejournal.com]

Don't you mean bladder or kidney, rather than liver?

Call your doc. Just to be on the safe side.

[carmen.livejournal.com]

I've had it get into my kidneys before - it's basically a pain in the middle-upper back. To me it feels kind of like dull period cramps. Never had a fever or anything for it either.

If you're not sure, I'd suggest going back to the doctor for them to do another urinalysis. Usually, if they put me on cipro they have to do it for 7-10 days, because it tends to get up into my kidneys.

[punk-is-so-dead.livejournal.com]

After my first UTI, I still felt a dull ache in my kidney area as well, (it had already spread to my kidneys). The antibiotics made it go away, but it was still a bit achey afterward. They treated the kidney infection the same way they would a UTI, I think it's just a longer course of anti biotics

[moveablefeast.livejournal.com]

If you aren't running a fever, chances are fair it isn't a kidney infection. One of the characteristics of kidney infection is a high fever - apparently spikes of 104 are not uncommon with kidney infections. You'd probably also be feeling more pain, and in my experience that pain tends to be more constant, and also sharper.

My last kidney infection came on very quickly and was excruciating, and my fever was pretty high and all I wanted to do was lay in front of the fan and sleep. I think I had it pretty bad, but in googling it, I found that those were fairly standard symptoms. I had no nausea nor diarrhea, though those are apparently also common.

My non-medical-expert advice would be that as long as you are not actually in pain, you'd do well to try to stay well hydrated, take cranberry and vitamin C, rest, and see how you feel in 24 hours and go from there. If you're still feeling the same pain, and you're concerned, it might be worth giving a call to the doc who prescribed the Cipro.