Does Urinary Tract infection lead to kidney failure?

I had UTI symptoms which first surfaced on 03rd July 2006. Subsequently, I had to be hospitalised and creatinine levels shot up to 486. Infection was brought under control after changing the antibiotic(through IVF). After 9 days creatinine levels came down to 174. Since then the creatinine levels almost stopped dropping. Oral antibiotic was continued for a month. The creatinine dropped to 101 when I last tested on 25 Sept 06. I had occassional pain in my left kidney for almost the entire period. However, now the pain has vanished but discomfort can be felt rarely. There was no accumulation of fluid in the body throughout. My Cholesterol, BP went out of control and I am currently on medication (Lipitor 20 mg and 25mg BP tab). Now I am a bit wary. When I urinate now.....I can feel an incomplete feeling at the end. If I try.....another 2-4% will flow out with difficulty. I have done MRI, Ultrasound, Xray, CTscan etc. No prostrate or other problem was detected. Is this chronic?

If you have symptoms of a lower urinary tract infection your healthcare should be notified with what's going on. If you have symptoms of an upper urinary tract infection involving your kidneys you should go to the emergency room if your doctor cannot see you the same day. If you are having symptoms of a lower urinary tract infection and experiencing any of the following: vomiting and inability to keep down fluids or medication, not better after the second day of starting your antibiotics, if you are pregnant, have diabetes, A.I.D.S, or any other disease that affects the immune system,
and if you are taking anyy medications that supresses the immune system. You should also know that Ibuprofen, motrin, any medication related to Ibuprofen also puts you at greater risk of kidney failure, even when taken without having a U.T.I. Because urinary tract infections are very common among women, you should always drink plenty of water. Cranberry juice helps as well and if you don't like cranberry juice they
also sell cranberry pills, usually found at any supermarket with the vitamins. Quite often it takes a couple rounds of experiencing antibiotics until the doctor finds the one that worked. You are most likely to damage your kidneys if this is left untreated. Best of luck.....................

BUN and Creatine levels are used to evaluate renal function. A UTI can lead to a kidney infection, and I suppose if it was bad enough, it could lead to renal failure. What about your thyroid, I'm pretty sure that if it is out of whack long enough, it can cause renal failure. Do you have a history of kidney stones? That could be to blame also. Hope this helped

UTI's usually lead to bladder infections leading to kidney problems if not rememdied. You really should see a urologist or two. Some people may have chronic UTI's but there is some underlying problem. Could be diet or other diseases, medications. Really should be persistant in your follow ups. Good luck.

just ask a doctor about it.
when i urinate with difficulty i just drink a salt solution.

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Not much can be made out from the limited information that you have provided. Crucial information includes your age, gender, results of the tests that have been conducted particularly urine microscopy and cultures. A single episode of UTI does not result in elevation of creatinine & blood pressure to the degree that you have mentioned. Repeated episodes may result in kidney dysfunction. Kindly get yourself examined by a Nephrologist & be under his follow up. Nuclear scans (DMSA, DPGA) may help in detecting the effects of infection on the kidney tissue.

Q. Does urine infection lead to kidney failure? Other than urine infection what leads to kidney failure and what are its symptoms?

A. Urinary tract infection (UTI) can be classified as lower urinary tract infection and upper urinary tract infection. Lower UTI involves bladder/prostate and urethra. Upper UTI involves parts of kidney also known as pyelonephritis. Recurrent pyelonephritis invariably leads to some form of kidney damage and may culminate in varying degrees of kidney failure. Individuals susceptible to pyelonephritis include diabetics, elderly and those with kidney stones. Lower UTI generally doesn't result in kidney failure. Recurrent lower UTI especially in case of reflux

disease (due to back-leak of urine) and enlarged prostate can result in pyelonephritits and thus result in kidney failure.

Other than UTI, some of the most common causes of kidney failure include diabetes, hypertension, dehydration, blood borne infections or sepsis, variety of medications, certain herbal medications and immunological diseases like lupus.