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#1 Survivor25

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 10:41 PM

Okay, maybe somebody on here can give me some needed advice, since it seems like all of my doctors have different opionions on this problem.

I have a severe urinary tract infection, the fever started on Saturday, almost 6 days ago. Went to the emergency room on Sunday to my parents urging, and they told me it was not a bladder infection, but a case of sinusitis.

They called back on Wednesday and said, oops we were wrong, it is a bladder infection, and you need to start a different antibiotic within the next hour. Started it and they said withing 24 hours the fever should be gone.

ITS NOT AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED.

But I don't know if I should go back to the ER or not. It did finally break last night, and now it is dancing around 101.5 or 102.5 again, depending on it's mood, I guess.

Anyway, if anyone has any advice as to when it is time to start panicking about my kidneys, please respond ASAP

chrissy :lol: oh, yeah, the back pain had eased off, now it is raring its head again.
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#2 bubbleandsqueak

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Posted 25 May 2006 - 11:41 PM

i would surely go to the er.
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 06:42 PM

I'm probably a little late with this but if the ER you went to cannot tell the difference between a sinus infection and a UTI or bladder infection then I think you need a new ER to go to.

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:08 PM

View Postmrhoopermd, on May 26 2006, 06:42 PM, said:

I'm probably a little late with this but if the ER you went to cannot tell the difference between a sinus infection and a UTI or bladder infection then I think you need a new ER to go to.

No shit. Doctors my ass, I wonder what mexican "school" these flunkies are from.

Survivor25, If you have a fever you should be in the hospital. Not the ER, a hospital. If you are still sufering from fever have your GP admit you pronto. Period. It’s not your kidneys you need to worry about, it’s a systemic infection and are normally treated with IV antibiotics, not something you swallow.

Edited by In The Wind, 26 May 2006 - 09:11 PM.


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Posted 27 May 2006 - 06:17 PM

View PostIn The Wind, on May 26 2006, 09:08 PM, said:

No shit. Doctors my ass, I wonder what mexican "school" these flunkies are from.

:angry: I guess someone has to graduate at the bottom of the class in med school, huh? Perhaps we should start demanding to see our doctor's GPAs. :helpme:

Edited by Joed, 27 May 2006 - 06:18 PM.

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Posted 27 May 2006 - 06:31 PM

"No shit. Doctors my ass, I wonder what mexican "school" these flunkies are from."

HAHAHA

My rehab doc at HealthSouth in Austin, Texas was a guero (white boy) with a MD from la Universidad de Monterrey Mexico - I think he specialized in poor note taking and clichés.

Oh and do what they suggested...

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 09:16 PM

View PostSurvivor25, on May 25 2006, 03:41 PM, said:

Okay, maybe somebody on here can give me some needed advice, since it seems like all of my doctors have different opionions on this problem.

I have a severe urinary tract infection, the fever started on Saturday, almost 6 days ago. Went to the emergency room on Sunday to my parents urging, and they told me it was not a bladder infection, but a case of sinusitis.

They called back on Wednesday and said, oops we were wrong, it is a bladder infection, and you need to start a different antibiotic within the next hour. Started it and they said withing 24 hours the fever should be gone.

ITS NOT AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED.

But I don't know if I should go back to the ER or not. It did finally break last night, and now it is dancing around 101.5 or 102.5 again, depending on it's mood, I guess.

Anyway, if anyone has any advice as to when it is time to start panicking about my kidneys, please respond ASAP

chrissy :ranting: oh, yeah, the back pain had eased off, now it is raring its head again.
Chrissy,

Just wondering how you are recovering from the UTI?? Granted I'm nearly a month behind in reading this board but a good friend of mine has gone through (and still battling) this same type of situation.

Hope things are cleared/clearing up well for you!
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