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Suggest Treatment For Severe Kidney Infection In A Child

my son is 21 and when he was a baby he had a severe kidney infection which caused damage to his kidney. This left with about 15% of the function in that kidney. at 5 years old he had a procedure to correct a problem with his bladder, which was allowing the urine to flow back into his kidney, and since then has been fine. about 2 weeks ago he became unwell, pain passing urine, pain in his flank, tired and with sweats. his doctor gave him a course of anti biotic but the flank pain, while it has eased, has not gone away. Should he be referred to hospital? how long does an infection take to clear and is it more serious because his kidney is already damaged?
posted on Sun, 8 Feb 2015
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Hi...I suggest you need to get him evaluated in a specialty center with good expertise in dealing with chronic kidney diseases. Courses of antibiotics like this is going to give only temporary relief.
The duration taken for the infection to clear is not based on the remaining function of the kidney. It depends on the virulence of the organism and the patent's resistance power.
I suggest you consult a nephrologist for this.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Kidney Infection In A Child

Hi...I suggest you need to get him evaluated in a specialty center with good expertise in dealing with chronic kidney diseases. Courses of antibiotics like this is going to give only temporary relief. The duration taken for the infection to clear is not based on the remaining function of the kidney. It depends on the virulence of the organism and the patent s resistance power. I suggest you consult a nephrologist for this. Regards - Dr. Sumanth