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I ( 52f) had kidney stones in 2018. I often have kidney infections. I have constant pain in my right flank area and have had a CT scan. Last CT showed hypercalcemia.

24 hr Calcium -10.48 mmol/L-high Alkaline Phosphatase- 125 U/L-high Albumin-31mg/L-high Creatinine-9mmol/L-high Albumin/Creatinine 3.4 mg/mmol-high Vit D-51- low eGFM-106 Leukocytes-125

Can someone explain what this all means? My doc is on vacation and it looks like I might have a kidney infection now. These are numbers over a month. I didn’t have the infection when all the other tests were done. My urine culture from yesterday show leukocytes at 125. I don’t have a fever or burning. Just aching pain.

My wife went on vacation with some friends, and she came back with a kidney infection.

She said it was because she was drinking too much alcohol and eating too much junk on her vacation. Does that sound plausible?

I can't find anything online that a kidney infection would be caused by drinking too much, but I could be wrong. As far as I know she never had kidney problems before or any problems since she took some antibiotics.

Female 42. Got pain in the stomach, went to get a CT scan. Found out my left kidney is almost not working, it had 2 infarctions, right kidney had one infarction on the top of it. Checked my results from December, they were all good. February 4th going to get a special scan. I’m on a diet right now. What do I need to do? Is my only option a kidney trabsplant? How long will I need to wait for a kidney?

Hi I am an 18F, i’ve had prior experiences with kidney stones gone wrong. My first kidney stone was when I was 17, it was 4mm but it was obstructed so my kidney was inflamed yadayadayada my 2nd kidney stone i had a raging kidney infection almost septic and a 5mm stone with a stent placed in. I now am having these horrible pains in my left kidney? All my lab work has came out normal, parathyroid is perfect, no infection, ct shows no stone except for the one currently in my right kidney. I had a little bit of blood in my urine when i went to the er this past week, my urologist isn’t really doing anything just telling me it’s back pain but I know the difference. Kidney pain is a type of pain you never forget. Can anyone help me out? Tell me your stories and your diagnoses please!!!!

I started having a persistent lower back pain on my right side, with some occasional abdominal pain a few days ago. I've always had an overactive bladder, but noticed having to urinate even more frequently as well. Went to urgent care yesterday and had a urinalysis that found trace protein and trace blood. Everything else was normal. The doctor didn't seem to think that it was anything to worry about and didn't think that the back pain was kidney related. I asked for a CMP (results below). I've had slightly elevated BUN levels for a while, which the doctor always has said it was dehydration, but this was the highest I've ever had and now have a lower creatinine level. I've read that the lower creatinine levels would likely mean CKD is unlikely, but with the symptoms, trace protein & blood and the higher BUN, am I right to be concerned?

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So my nephrologist has told me today that he’s putting in for a trip to the vascular surgeon to have a fistula put in my arm.

Right now I have the two tubes in my upper right chest area.

I looked up some pictures of what av fistula looks like and how it gets used and it doesn’t look like that’s any better than what I got going on right now. It looks horrifying.

So people that have the AV fistula tell me that it’s gonna be better than what I have now.

Female, 27, 108 lbs, No Current Medications (previously took: Nitrofurantoin, Cefpodoxime, Ciprofloaxin).

Wondering if anyone has insight to this:

3 months ago, I began experiencing symptoms of a UTI. I went to the urgent care the same day. They did a urinalysis and sent my urine for a culture. The urinalysis showed trace bacteria, no protein or blood. They prescribed nitro and the culture came back negative. The antibiotic didnt work, and my symptoms returned after finishing the course. This time, my urine was bubbly, and had a foul odor. I went back to the urgent care and the urinalysis had blood, protein, and some bacteria. They prescribed me cephalexin but said only take it if symptoms worsen. By the next morning, I was peeing visible blood and had some back/side pain (nothing crazy like a 2/10 scale). I went to the emergency, and they did the urinalysis + culture. The doctor punched my back a few times and ruled out a kidney infection. They prescribed me cefpodoxime. The urinalysis showed more protein, more blood, and more bacteria. The culture came back proteus mirabilis, which is resistant to nitro. I then went to my primary and explained the situation. She suggested finishing the cefpodoxime and ordered bloodwork, urine culture, and kidney ultrasound. My bloodwork was fine, normal eGFR and other kidney perimeters. My kidney ultrasound was perfectly normal. My culture was negative (although i was on antibiotics). Once I completed cefpodoxime, my symptoms returned again. The odor was less, but still very noticeable. I did not see visible blood this time, but immediately notified my doctor. She prescribed another culture, which continued to show large amounts of proteus mirabilis. She then prescribed me ciprofloaxin as a last resort. This definitely cleared the infection, and I’ve been urine symptom free for about a month. I also had a culture done which showed no trace of a UTI.

My back pain/ side pain has not healed. I experience it along with bubbly urine (although not as much as when I was actively experiencing the UTI. I ordered some dipsticks, and it showed trace bacteria, +protein, and +uric acid. Does this indicate damage to my kidneys? Maybe kidney stones? I’m definitely scared about kidney function due to the protein and uric acid on my dipstick. My tests were fine back in December, but could my kidneys have declined since then? Anyone have insight into what could this be?

a few months ago i hurt my kidneys a bit by taking a supplement called EDTA for a few months and they started hurting and i almost puked so i went to the ER and my EGFR was 75 and BUN was pretty high at 45. a week and a half later i got another lab test and my EGFR was back up to 101, and BUN was more normal. Creatinine was good too. I even got a kidney ultra sound and everything looked good. even my pee test checked out fine. the issue is that ever since then, when taking vitaimns, i get kidney pains and i start peeing more with discontinence. im afraid my kidneys are damaged and the tests missed them. is there anything i can request from a doc to get a deeper look into my kidneys?

Small stones to a sand level in both kidneys, any one experienced or know the cause , how about the pain from it?

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so for a few days i was noticing cloudy urine with no symptoms, then painful, then after a few days both of those symptoms went away and i have a dull aching in my mid lower back for the past 2 days. at this point should i see a doctor, should i drink cranberry juice, im far away from home for a few months and would probably need to go to an urgent care ?

I ended up going to the ER following an abnormal spike in blood pressure. I've always had normal blood pressure and just spiked to 180/110 for no reason. Earlier in the week i was experiencing abdominal discomfort and really fatigued and felt a little strange. They did blood work and urinalysis at the hospital and found my kidney function was trashed with a creatinine at 2.5 and eGFR at 30, protein and traces of blood, etc.

The only thing the nephrologist can think of was that I had recently began a weightlifting program while taking a low dose of rosuvastatin. They are thinking that me breaking down muscle tissue by lifting heavy combined with the meds may have caused this. I was taken off the statin and stopped working out and a week later my creatinine is now 1.7 and eGFR is 49 so it's improving. I'm now on BP meds but hoping that is temporary until kidney function improves more.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Just looking for answers and kinda frustrated if trying to get healthier made me more unhealthy.

a bit of context: maybe 13 years ago, I (38yo male) noticed my urine a bit foamy. I did go to the doctor, then did some blood work and did my first 24h proteinuria test: it came back with a result like 120mg/24h (so many years ago, can't remember exactly). Creatinine and other things ok. Then I saw a nephrologist anyway because I was worried: more bloodwork, urinalysis and the same 24h test; this time, it was like 160mg/24h; all other things normal. whith the results in hand, he managed to gaslight the sh*t out of me, saying that I didn't had anything, that any proteinuria under 200mg was meaninless, that I had no hematuria, which was a better biomarker for kidney disease anyway, and that if I did ever come back to his office, he would biopsy my kidney just for the sake of it. So, 13 years later, still with the foamy urine, but managed to pretty much ignore because the doctor made me fell like I was crazy for ever noticing.

So recently I did some check-up, doctor asked for a lot of tests: creatinine 1.03, urea 23mg/dl, urinalysis with +++ mucus (weird) but showing no traces of protein, blood or whatever. Doctor just adjusted my hypothyroidism medicine/complained about my cholesterol and that was it. But because I never got over the foamy urine, and because I am a little ashamed to bring it up again, I managed to get an out-of-pocket proteinuria 24h exam. It came back with 208mg/24h -- the lab method considers normal any results between 42 and 224mg/24h.

Right now, after years of anxiety, I am kinda glad because, if I have some illness at all, it didn't progress very much in 13 years, But the result is not that reassuring, considering the normal guidelines. And of course I do not have any answers if it is albuminuria, if my GFR is OK, or even about how much my doctor would hate me for getting lab test on my own and bringing it to him.

Should I try a nephrologist again? I am worried about spending a pretty penny (they are a expensive bunch in my country) and hearing the same kind of thing that the first one said -- dude thereatned me with a biopsy, lol. On the other hand, of course I am worried about ignoring and making everything worse.

Hi seeing if anyone has ever experienced something like this, I have a kidney stone that has caused hydroureteronephrosis. I’m 22 weeks pregnant and in excruciating pain to the point where I’m doubled over hysterically, crying, sick & shaking. I was given pain medication for emergencies and admitted to the hospital over the weekend. I’ve had to take a pain med for the last four days and I’m really concerned about that, but I don’t know how to handle this pain I feel like I am truly dying.

End-stage renal failure/dialysis and everything that entails but not only do I have dietary restrictions but everything I put in my mouth either tastes like nothing or tastes like pure horse-shit.

So, on Dec 21st i noticed cramping, a slight fever and blood in my urine. I didn't go to the hospital cause I thought I was on my period. The next day the cramps were more intense same with the fevering and again blood in my urine, but now I was also throwing up. So I go to the hhospitaland there I found out I had an infection somewhere, they did a CT scan and found my kidney was inflamed and infected so they sent my sample to be tested, and gave me a 3 day round of Ciprofloxacin. I finished that and go back to the hospital because I wasn't feeling any better and they let me know that the bacteria they found was e.coli. the dr prescribed 7 days of amoxocilin 2 times a day. After 3 days of that I was starting to feel better, I was able to eat again. But on day 5 I started to fever again so I finish that round of antibiotics and go to a different dr and he did the tests for infection. Sure enough it's still there and prescribed 5 days of sulfatrim 2x a day. I'm currently on day 3 of that and I suddenly feel fatigued and achy and noticed a slight burning when I go pee. The dr called and extended the sulfatrim for another 5 days. I'm beyond anxious about how long it's been. Has anyone gone through this? What helped?

I went to a spine specialist who took an X-ray of my spine and showed me that one of my kidneys was white. He suggested it may be a cyst and to follow up with pcp. I’m a female, age 29. I’m worried about this and not sure what could show up as “white” on a regular X-ray? Do cysts show up white? Kidney stone? Mass or tumor? Anyone experience this before?

Hi! i do not hve a habit of always staying hydrated. I know my fluid intake is bad. I have a dull flank pain very dull and sometimes when i go to pee in the start i notice like something is mixed in it or its like whitish but not white its really hard for me to explain but when i hydrate myself n maybe have a glass of cranberryjuice my pee would look clear im just so concerned about it i discussed it with my mum and she said its cause of leukorrhea as it's just in the begnining. Im freaking out please help.

I have a 15mm pyelocalyceal ectasia, probably from birth, and at 27 years old my kidney function is still good. The issue is that nephrologists tell me to have surgery in case something happens to my right kidney, but I saw 3 urologists and they said no. Tocarian than non-operator. I don't know what to do. Has this happened to anyone?

The test was checking the ratio between creatinine and albumin (sorry if I spelt that wrong)

The ratio couldn’t be done as ‘albumin was lower than reference limit’

But the urine creative was 11.4mmol/l which converts to 250mg/dl

The test was taken with first morning urine (as requested) and for reference I am a 28 year old female.

The test says normal but just want to check as I’m a worrier x

The test was for the creatinine and albumin levels ratio (idk if I spelt that right I’m sorry) But the ratio couldn’t be done as the albumin in my urine was below the reference limit.

The urine creatinine was 11.4mmol/l which converts to 250mg/dl

I am a 28 year old female if that helps. Google is giving me conflicting answers.

The test says ‘normal’ but just want to check