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Q:
My mother has now suffering from swollen right kidney and I want to know what can be cause of kidney swelling. Before the swelling, she has taken high dosage of antibiotics for long time to help control her kidney infections. Other symptoms that she has now include fatigue, diarrhea, poor appetite, loss of body weight. Can you help me figure out the cause of her kidney swelling? Many thanks!
A:
The kidney size is one important item reflecting the kidney function conditions. For the swollen kidney in your mother’s case and according to her illness history of long time kidney infections and the take of antibiotics, it is most likely caused by infections of the kidneys.
Among the many causes of kidney swelling, kidney infection is a major factor. Pyelonephritis is one type of kidney infections that can be caused by infections in the bladder, blood or any part of the body. Inflamed kidneys can be swollen, aching and patients can feel kidney pains, tenderness on the lower back, fever, chill, frequent urination, cloudy urine or even blood in urine, etc.
Swollen kidney can also be the side effect of taking antibiotics. It has been found that long term intake of certain drugs including antibiotics can cause potential renal damages. Antibiotics that are used to control infections can result in interstitial nephritis and kidney swelling.
For kidney infections, antibiotics are most widely used. It can not be denied that antibiotics have quick and obvious relief of kidney infections, but the curative effect usually can not last for long time. What is more, antibiotics is not recommended for high dosage and long term use.
There are many Chinese herbal medicines that have natural antibiotics properties such as cranberry, therefore your mother can try some natural herbal remedies which are safe and cause no pains or side effects to her.
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