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How long does kidney pain last after antibiotics?

I finished taking antibiotics for a kidney infection yesterday. I still have pain. How long does kidney pain last after antibiotics?

2 Answers

Can be a few weeks.
Is it really kidney pain? What is kidney pain in your case? Is it UTI? was UTI truly documented? If so, is the specific bacteria recovered on urine culture truly sensitive of the antibiotic?
Do you have alternative causes of so called "kidney pain" such as kidney stones, blockage to kidney drainage? Has an Ultrasound been done to rule out other structural causes of kidney problems? Could this be skeletal pain? I am not sure about your age, but age matters to the differential diagnosis of health problems. Always when you ask a question, you should state your age, and sex.