Kidney Infection...maybe Stones?

[angel-jd1]

Last week I was feeling miserable. I was diagnosed with a kidney infection. I took 7 days of antibiotics and am still not feeling so great. I am having some extreme pain and am thinking it might be kidney stones!! OUCH!

I was reading up on kidney stones and infections and such and it says that people with disorders of the stomach, intestines etc are more likely to get these?!?!

Does anyone else have trouble with this....and/or have more research on the subject of a link here?

Thanks!

-Jessica

[Guest jhmom]

Jessica:

So sorry you are feeling bad , I have never had kidney probs (knock on wood) but I have heard it is very painful. Take care of yourself and drinks lots of water and cranberry juice.

Did your doc give you anything for pain? I have a friend that has a lot of probs with kidney stones and she takes pain meds for it. I do hope you are better soon!!!!

[tarnalberry]

If the pain is very bad, I would suggest getting to your doctor, or even the emergency room quickly. I had what was suspected to be either kidney stones or gall stones my freshman year of college, and the pain was excrutiating. It was a challenge to remain conscious. But you want to make sure it's nothing else that's gone wrong too. Good luck, and I hope you're feeling better soon!!!!! Let us know!

[angel-jd1]

Thanks to you both. I am going to try to get an appointment for this afternoon. I have to go student teach today (2nd graders) and I really can't miss that, wish I could so I could see the dr. Hopefully they can get me in after school!!!

It is disappointing that I just had a week (my spring break ha) on antibiotics and it doesn't seem to have totally cleared things up. That is why I am suspecting stones...well that and the PAIN! ha

I was just curious if anybody had heard of the link before...it was new news to me.

-Jessica

[gf4life]

Hi Jessica,

Sorry to hear that you have been suffering. I don't know if this helps at all, but my mother (who I most likely got the celiac gene from) suffered for more than 2 decades with recurrent kidney stones and infections. She passed away in her 40's due to another illness, and was never even tested for celiac disease. I do wonder if the celiac disease had anything to do with the kidney stones. My older sister has many sysmptoms of celiac disease also and she also gets kidney infections/stones. Sometimes her infections last for more than a month and she has to take many different kinds of antibiotics to get rid of it. The last one she suffered terribly from. If your pain is not going away on the antibiotic, then please get back to the doctor as soon as you can. If you need to, it might be a good idea to ask them to check for stones. They can break them up with lasers if they are large and that makes them easier to pass. But it may not be stones, it may just be a bad infection.

I hope you are able to get in to see the doctor today and start feeling better soon.

God bless,

Mariann

[plantime]

Jessica, remember to keep drinking lots of water! DH and DS both get them, and the doctor recommended strong tea, cranberry juice, and LOTS of water to help flush them through. If they are too big, maybe a laser treatment will be called for. I wish you the best and speediest recovery.

[angel-jd1]

I went to the Dr. this afternoon. It seems that the last round of antibiotics didn't TOUCH my stupid infection. Instead it has just had 7 days to get worse

SOOOOOoooo I'm on yet another antibiotic......this one had better work. She said I will have to go to the hospital for some tests if it doesn't . I have been poked and prodded enough in my life ha .

I have been drinking lots of water and cranberry juice. I went and bought some yogurt today. I Don't want a yeast infection from all these antibiotics haha

I am completely and totally worn out. Teaching second graders and feeling like poo are not a good mix. I hope to be back to full speed soon. Thanks to everybody for their kind words.

-Jessica

[Karina]

Jessica,

I am not yest sure if I have celiac disease (waiting on biopsy results), but I have had a few kidney problems. When I was pregnant I got hydronepehrosis and a stone--I guess it passed--it did get better. Afew months ago I got a terrible kidney infection that almost put me in the hospital--it did take a good week to start feeling normal again. I can tell you if i don't drink enough, I can start to feel flank pain--so my advice is HYDRATE! Water is good, but I have heard that some tap water can have minerals in it that contribute to stones so maybe filtered? I don't know if there has been made any formal link to kidney probs and celiac disease.

Hope this helps.

Karina

[angel-jd1]

I went back to the Dr. today, I still wasn't feeling very good after 3 days on the new antibiotics. They did a test and I still have the infection. BLEH!! It wasn't clearing up like she thought it should be, so .......I am on yet another antibiotic!!!!!!

That's right folks, I am now on 2 antibiotics at the same time!! I take one kind twice a day and another high powered one once a day. This had better kick this stupid kidney infection. I am in so much pain and I am so run down. I can't keep up this pace and be sick.

I have to teach three days a week, and take college classes 2 days a week. I work evenings and weekends and I AM WORN OUT!!!

Sorry had to vent....I am just very frustrated that I can't seem to kick this infection. I hope the new antibiotics work. If they don't I guess, according to the dr, I get to take a trip to the hospital for some tests . I hate being poked on!!

-Jessica

[Karina]

Jessica,

Wow, I am so sorry to hear you are not kicking the infection. You are on a lot of antibiotics, so that means the good AND bad bacteria is getting killed off. You may really want to consider taking some acidophilus. You would want the kind from a health-food store that is refridgerated and had 1 million organisms/(I don't know what). I wouldn't think this would be contraindicated with celiac disease, but of course you will need to make certain it is gluten-free. You can eat yogurt too, but it will not provide therapeutic amounts of acidophillous/lactobacillus. You can get into some pretty yucky yeast overgrowth if that good bacteria in your tummy gets killed off too much. Just a thought. I hope you are feeling better soon!

Karina

[tammy]

Jessica,

Venting is fine, and you need to keep your strength up. I agree with taking acidophilus however not until the antibiotics are finished since it would be counter productive while taking antibiotics. I take them three times a day when I anticipate antibiotics.

Ironically, I just had a CBC from my internist and he asked If I ever had kidney stones I shrieked! He did see an infection. Not something else wrong, I thought, but I don't feel any pain. SO he dismissed it for now. May I ask which tests were done to diagnose your infection and what symptoms are you having? My doctor said to hydrate myself and get exercise.

I do take high doses of calcium prescribed by both my Nutritionist and Doctor.

Do you have a bottle of water for school? 8 glasses a day.

[angel-jd1]

I am not having symptoms anymore......that was a month ago.

The test that I had was a urine test. They look for red and white blood cells in your urine. They can also checked for ketones which were present because I was throwing up and not eating. Those are usually found in people with diabetes, or people with illnesses. A blood test, like you were talking about would show an elevated white cell count, which signals an infection.

I was on heavy antibiotics to get rid of the infection ( 2 different ones at the same time to be exact) I ate yogurt like crazy and got lots of rest. Even after finnishing my meds. I was EXHAUSTED. I am finally getting better and all that good stuff. I hope you start to feel better soon also!!

-Jessica

[tammy]

Jessica,

Thanks for the reply. I realized afterwards that it was probably a month ago that you were feeling ill. It must be such a relief to feel better. It seems amazing to hear that it took two antibiotics to get rid of the infection.

Typically, do you keep yourself well hydrated? Do you take a daily high potency calcium with vitamin D? I hope to find out how I got this to begin with, my diet has changed. I think the diet change and low hydration is a big part of my problem.

Be Well.

[Kyu Duki]

Jessica,

I'm glad you're feeling better. I too have battled with kidney infections and stones. Regarding the stones I have to say you will know, without a doubt, when it's a stone. The pain is excruciating. I couldn't even speak due to the pain. The first time the stone became stuck in my Ureter. In the valve that empties to my bladder. I had that thing for seven horrid weeks! The pain from kidney infections can also be debilitating. But if it's a stone you wouldn't be walk around or go to work. I have been reading all kinds of new info regarding the link between Celiac disease and kidney infections/stones. They say that because your body doesn't absorb the calcium you ingest(when you eat gluten) it then gets passed on to your kidneys. So now your kidneys are filled with calcium and then the stones can form.

I have noticed that my infections occur shortly after I have accidentally consumed gluten. I am extremely careful but it's usually due to cross contamination or maltodextrin.

One last thing. You should always have your urine tests cultured. That way they can tell you exactly which antibiotic will work for the specific kind of infection that you have. They can be different every time or the same every time. The culture may cost a little more initially but it will save you a lot of time, pain, and useless antibiotics that over time your body can build up an immunity to. Hope this helps!

Kyu Duki

[kareng]

Jessica,

I'm glad you're feeling better. I too have battled with kidney infections and stones. Regarding the stones I have to say you will know, without a doubt, when it's a stone. The pain is excruciating. I couldn't even speak due to the pain. The first time the stone became stuck in my Ureter. In the valve that empties to my bladder. I had that thing for seven horrid weeks! The pain from kidney infections can also be debilitating. But if it's a stone you wouldn't be walk around or go to work. I have been reading all kinds of new info regarding the link between Celiac disease and kidney infections/stones. They say that because your body doesn't absorb the calcium you ingest(when you eat gluten) it then gets passed on to your kidneys. So now your kidneys are filled with calcium and then the stones can form.

I have noticed that my infections occur shortly after I have accidentally consumed gluten. I am extremely careful but it's usually due to cross contamination or maltodextrin.

One last thing. You should always have your urine tests cultured. That way they can tell you exactly which antibiotic will work for the specific kind of infection that you have. They can be different every time or the same every time. The culture may cost a little more initially but it will save you a lot of time, pain, and useless antibiotics that over time your body can build up an immunity to. Hope this helps!

Kyu Duki

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