Hi there, I was diagnosed with a urine infection a couple of days ago and my Dr put me straight on antibiotics while we waited for the urine culture. It came back as an Ecoli infection ...... is this serious? I have been on the AB s for 2 days now and have just developed excruciating pain in my lower left abdomen. Could this be related. I also just remembered that a couple of months ago when having a ultra sound for Gall Stones they found a couple of stones in my left kidney. Could this be the cause?? Thanks
HiT hank you for asking ChatDoctorI have gone through your query. Your Urinary tract infection is most likely due to existing kidney stones. Antibiotics should be started after routine urine examination and culture and sensitivity should be sent and change antibiotic if necessary after culture report. If you wait for culture report to start antibiotics infection and pain will become worse than happened in your case. I also advise in such conditions with urine alkalinizes like sodium citrate or potassium citrate and urinary antispasmodics like favorite. I also recommend them to take barley water or cranberry juice which are also good urine alkalinizes. Hope this may help you. Let me know if you have any further query.