Re: Better article about Impetigo-kidney infection too!

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--- Caitlin wrote:

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> And my Dr. didn't catch it when he diagnosed the impetigo which really

bothers me to no end. I have spent years building a relationship with

this man and he can't be bothered to do a urine test, when I told him I

had mid/lower back pain, was exhausted etc. and he did nothing. I'm so

frustrated.

Hi Caitlin

I'm certainly glad you went to the walk in clinic. That was ridiculous that your

doctor didn't listen to you.

Next time, ask the nurse right away to do a urine test, so it will be ready for

the doctor. Sometimes we have to be a bit sneaky. <g>

Actually, once you finish your course of antibiotics, it would be a good idea to

have a follow up urinalysis.

Take good care of yourself. Drink plenty of fluids.

Kaylene

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I totally sympathize with you about the undiagnosed UTI thing. I was treated

for back muscle spasms, and when that didn't work, they treated me for

depression, and when that didn't work, I finally found a doc who ran a

simple urine test, and from there, they did more tests.

They then found that I had a double ureter with two separate entries into

the bladder, and kidney stones, which resulted from two thin ureters instead

of one normal one.

It was like my normal kidney was draining normally, with a one-way valve,

while the stone-filled kidney was draining from a ureter narrow as a half of

a coffee stirrer, and sending old urine back up to the kidney through the

second half of the coffee stirrer. Neither of the narrowed ureters had

one-way valves.

I was having bouts of reflux, caused by old urine draining into the bladder,

and the other ureter sending it back up to the deformed kidney, and the only

symptom I had was back pain, with only one UTI every 10 months or so, and

this went on for about 10 years.

During all this time, the doctor I so much trusted only assumed that the

presence of blood in the urine suggested an infection, and " women just get

those because their bodies were so poorly designed " . Forget intuition, that

is a product of emotion. What do we know? We didn't go to med school.

I could have been spared so much pain and torment if that doctor had been

more interested in really helping me. The second doctor was more interested

in solving the mystery of what exactly was causing me so much pain. I wished

all doctors were more like that.

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I was scared that it was affecting my kidneys so I went to a walk-in clinic

last night and found out I have a rampant UTI infection that has gone from

my bladder to kidneys, thus the major back pain I've been having.

Weird thing is, I didn't have ANY symptoms expect back pain and being tired

so I just thought I was having a flair up. So I've been walking around like

this for more than 3 weeks!

I have spent years building a relationship with this man and he can't be

bothered to do a urine test, when I told him I had mid/lower back pain, was

exhausted etc. and he did nothing. I'm so frustrated.

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