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Can anyone tell me the signs of a kidney infection?

I have had back pain for a week now. It is in the centre of the left side below the waist.

I have been taking Ibuprofen but they're not helping. I keep breaking out in a sweat, and it hurts when I turn or bend. It even hurts if I breathe too deeply.

Rang surgery but as usual I have to ring back tomorrow if it's not a medical emergency!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Here are some warning signs of a kidney infection:

    -- burning during urination. This is also a good sign of a UTI (and untreated Urinary Tract Infections can lead to kidney infections). Don't confuse the burning with the itching/burning of a yeast infection. This burning is painful and will sometimes bring tears to your eyes.

    -- a pain in the lower back, right around the waist. It could feel like a dull ache. It could be a sharp stabbing pain. It could feel like someone

    punching you repeatedly. Any pain concentrated to that small corner of the lower back could indicate kidney trouble.

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  • 1 decade ago

    One of the main signs of a kidney infection is an ache of pain in the lower back as you have described. You may also experience pain when passing urine, a high temperature, shivering, fever and nausea or vomitting. The best thing to do would be to book an appointment with your GP.

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    http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?...

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Pain in the back is a big sign of kidney infection you might feel you have to pee more often and that your urine is darker or smelly or even pain when you pass urine and usual signs of infection with sweats and feels shivery try drink lots of fluid to flush it out.

    Good luck with the doctors

  • 1 decade ago

    The symptoms of pyelonephritis (Kidney infection) usually develop over just a few hours, but they can come on very suddenly.

    They may include:

    pain in the lower side of your back, on either side or both sides,

    fever,

    shivering,

    feeling sick,

    vomiting,

    diarrhoea,

    blood in your urine,

    your urine turning cloudy and smelling unusually bad,

    pain when you pass urine, and

    needing to go to the toilet more often than normal.

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    5 years ago

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