Comments on: I have peachy colored urine 2 weeks after being treated for UTI/poss kidney infection. Should I go back?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

I am almost sure you have kidney stones. You can go for an Ultrasound examination of the kidney’s which is much less expensive than a CT scan. I don’t think you had an infection of the kidney’s in the first place. Lack of fever, No pain on micturation all are against an infection.
I think you have to get an Ultrasound done and if they find a stone in the ureter causing a block and your kidney showing hydronephrosis you should have some treatment to remove the stone. Either manual removal or lithotrypsy. You may lose the function in one of the kidneys if it is really causing a block in the ureter. Go back to ER.

By: Ella F

Ella F — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

you should just go back and get a free blood test to see if anything is wrong..

By: tim g

tim g — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

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By: sunflowers

sunflowers — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

The low back pain could be sciatica from one hip higher than the other hip. Take two bathroom scales and a helper. Stand with one foot on each scale. The weight should be 50% on each foot or at least no more than 5lbs difference. Or else that would mean that you are putting more weight on one foot than the other (meaning that hip is lower than the other hip). Caused from muscle imbalance from repetitive one way movement (ie carrying a child on one side, chopping/splitting wood, work movements, carrying a heavy bookbag over one shoulder, etc) and/or from soft bones due to low calcium (osteopenia). When the calcium gets low in the vertebra, then they can have a hard time holding the back in its place and the sciatic nerve can get pinched. This leads to lower back pain, pain in one buttock and shooting pains down the back of one thigh.

Urine should be yellow or amber color. Diluted urine should be light color, whereas not drinking enough fluids leads to dehydration and darker color of amber.

Try eating some cranberries or drinking some cranberry juice to help prevent urinary infection. Also try to always wipe in a way that you are not getting BM germs and pulling them forward with toilet paper across the urinary area. Best to wipe from front to rear, not vice versa, but at least try not to pull BM germs forward by going too far back to wipe.

If you don’t have insurance, call the public health department and ask about free or low cost doctor or dental clinics.

Free or low cost meds can be found at
http://www.pparx.org and
http://www.copays.org

Microscopic blood in the urine or hematuria can be from urinary tract infection, from kidney stones or from possible cancer of the urinary tract. Most likely is UTI (urinary tract infection. If you get insurance, go to a urologist if this is a repeating problem.