In March 2004, I woke up one night with excruciating pains in my left flank area as well as frequent urination – 40-60 times daily 8-10 times nightly; extreme fatigue “flu – like feeling”; shortness of breath; chest pain; palpitations, abdominal discomfort/pain; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation intermittently; numbness on feet; abdominal pain/bloating along with muscle pain & tenderness.
They said I had a UTI and treated it with Levaquin, but I kept having these problems and all of my testing says nothing is wrong - also, my blood tests are completely normal. I don't feel like I have UTI's but feel like something wrong in my kidneys with frequent flank pain, mainly L side but R side sometimes also.
I've had Abdomen - Ultrasound, Transabdominal and Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound, Ultrasound - Right upper Quadrant, IVP w/Nephrotomogram.
The results said I had a linear area of lack of contract enhancement involving the upper pole infundibulum of the right kidney which is not persistent – possible crossing vessel; Enlarged Liver; diffusely echogenic; pancreas was not and distal aorta visualized due to bowel gas.
My urinalysis have shown:
Name 11/23/2004 9/26/2005 11/28/2005 3/13/2006 11/21/2008 8/27/2009 3/11/2011
Epith 10-20
WBC TR 2+ - 1+ (lt. cloudy) - 2+ (20-40)
BLD Tr lysed
PH 6.0 6.0 - 5.5 7.0 6.0 7.0
SPGR 1.015 1.015 - 1.025 1.005 1.015 1.008
Ketones + - - - - - -
Urobilogen - - - 0.2 - 0.2 (Bacteria – Moderate)
In 1997 I developed Group Beta Streptococcus; which turned septic and wonder if this is related? What could be wrong with me, any ideas? Bladder, kidney ...uti problems or something else?