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Question: My 17 year old daughter has suffered with kidney infections for the last year, she had her appendix removed on the 30 September, she was re admitted 9 days later with an infected blood lot . She was treated with IV antibiotics. Since then she has been unwell every day. She feels sick all the time, totally exhausted, wants to sleep all the time and has pains in her lower back. She is very pale, almost a greyish tinge.
Brief Answer:
Side effect of prolonged antibiotic therapy
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Since your daughter had kidney infection and was treated with IV antibiotics for infected blood and now is feeling exhausted and sick it could be due to side effect of the antibiotics with which she was treated previously.
Fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins group of antibiotics cause fatigue and exhaustion as side effect.
I will advise you to give her a glass of milk with honey and licorice every day for her exhaustion.
I will also advise her to take Vitamin B12 and B complex vitamins with doctors advise.
She can take paracetamol tablets twice daily for lower back pain.
She can take caffeine drinks such as tea, chocolate, coffee and herbs like kola nut and yerba mate which will provide her with temporary energy boost and she will not feel to sleep all the time.
Since she is very pale i will advsie her to do a complete blood count blood test to check for her haemoglobin level in blood and rule out anaemia.
Regards
DR DE
Side effect of prolonged antibiotic therapy
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Since your daughter had kidney infection and was treated with IV antibiotics for infected blood and now is feeling exhausted and sick it could be due to side effect of the antibiotics with which she was treated previously.
Fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins group of antibiotics cause fatigue and exhaustion as side effect.
I will advise you to give her a glass of milk with honey and licorice every day for her exhaustion.
I will also advise her to take Vitamin B12 and B complex vitamins with doctors advise.
She can take paracetamol tablets twice daily for lower back pain.
She can take caffeine drinks such as tea, chocolate, coffee and herbs like kola nut and yerba mate which will provide her with temporary energy boost and she will not feel to sleep all the time.
Since she is very pale i will advsie her to do a complete blood count blood test to check for her haemoglobin level in blood and rule out anaemia.
Regards
DR DE
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Hi, she has also started leaking urine. She has had an ultrasound done on her kidneys and this was clear. Why is she suffering with persistent kidney infections and kidney pain? Thankyou
She is not anemic
She is not anemic
Brief Answer:
Urinary tract infection is the most likely thing here
Detailed Answer:
Hi
She may be having persistent kidney infection and pain due to urinary tract infection.
As she is leaking urine i will advise her to do a urine culture test.
If an growth is found in the culture then sensitive antibiotics has to be started with doctors advise.
If you have no more clarifications then please rate the answer and close the thread.
Regards
DR DE
Urinary tract infection is the most likely thing here
Detailed Answer:
Hi
She may be having persistent kidney infection and pain due to urinary tract infection.
As she is leaking urine i will advise her to do a urine culture test.
If an growth is found in the culture then sensitive antibiotics has to be started with doctors advise.
If you have no more clarifications then please rate the answer and close the thread.
Regards
DR DE
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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