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Horseshoe Kidney Problems

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Hello,

My family doctor recently sent me to have an IVP done because I have been getting one UTI after another after another for a long time. I would have to say about 6 years or more. I would take antibiotics and then as soon as I get off them I would get another UTI.

The results came back from the IVP normal, except they have found out that I have a horseshoe kidney. From what I have read on the internet, having a horseshoe kidney doesn't really mean you will have problems.

I have been having a lot of back pain mainly on my right side and some pain on my right front side. This has been going on for about a month and some odd days. I have also been having a fever on and off, itch skin, burning during urination, and fowl smelling urine.

I went to one Urologist who did a urinalysis and only found blood in my urine. He did not seem too concern which kind of made me mad because I was in so much pain. I was on antibiotics at the time, that my family doctor had put me on over 2 or 3 weeks ago. He told me to stop taking the antibiotics and to schedule another appointment with him for 3 weeks later. He wanted to get the infection back so he could culture it. This makes sense to me but 3 weeks seemed like a long time.

As soon as I stopped the antibiotics my back started hurting hurt more and I had more symptoms of a UTI. I get these UTIs/kidney infections sometime without any cause at all. I know all the causes and trust me they are not what has been causing them. I'm concerned that I keep getting these UTIs and I don't feel like the doctors are really listening to me. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

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  1. try asking your doctor about ditropan, thats what i take, but i take it for an overactive bladder, oh and im pretty bad at getting kidney infections but ditropan really helps that too... its for other purposes youll just have to ask your doctor if that would be good for you... i might not have been of any help but i have trouble with my kidneys to so i just wanted to help someone in a similar situation i know how bad it can hurt..

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