I am having strange symptoms, could it be my kidneys?
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About a month ago I started getting random bouts of extreme itchiness. This itchiness absolutely could not be ignored. It didn't come with a rash or hives and there was no consistent trigger. My GP put me on a anti-histamine which hasn't helped.
I also started having cloudy urine. Sometimes its just a little cloudy, sometimes its completely opaque and you can't see the bottom of the toilet bowl through it. It isn't affected by how much water I drink, and it isn't overly dark in color either.
I have also been having trouble with healing. I had a small cut that took over a week to heal and left a disproportionate scar. I also have a bruise that hadn't improved at all in almost 2 weeks.
All this culminated in an awful experience I had yesterday. I went to hospital for a pelvic ultrasound to investigate chronic pelvic pain I have. I arrived with a full bladder as instructed, and because the department was running behind, I was made to wait over 40 minutes for the scan. By the time they called me back, I was in extreme pain, both in my bladder and deep in my mid back (like kidney pain). I was unable to lay still for the scan and I almost fainted from the pain. After I was allowed to relieve myself, the back pain continued for about half an hour.
Now, I have had to hold my bladder many times. I am known for needing to pee often and on road trips and such this often means I need to hold my bladder to very uncomfortable levels. But I have never experienced anything like this. It was severe pain, the worst I have ever felt, and it wasn't immediately resolved when I was allowed to pee.
Could all these symptoms be related? Could they point to a problem with the kidneys? For background, I am currently seeing specialists for chronic chest pain, abdominal pain, and pelvic pain, and I am being treated for migraines. Could these new symptoms point to a new problem with my kidneys? Or could they point to something else?
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eric31962 marta52434
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Taking any kind of medicine is likely to create a colouration effect on your urine output. I'm amazed that you don't ask at the hospital . Because, that's the first thing I would do, is to ask questions. secondly,ask at the doctors or friendly nurse. You can buy Urine test strips (which cost almost nothing). I chatted up the nurse at my local doctors and she gave me a test strip (which was negative) and a few to go home. But really why worry ? If there is something wrong it will make itself obvious and you can deal with it then.
The chances are we are just under the gloom of an awful winter.
Hospitals deal with questions every day, don't be afraid to ask they are used to worries and anxieties.
Regards, and good health, E