How do you know if it is a kidney infection rather than a urinary tract infection?

Answer 1

Usually with a kidney stone, the person will either experience pain the back that is dull and achy, or sometimes sharp and intense. Sometimes people who have kidney stones don't even have symptoms. Most of the time symptoms only occur when the stone has blocked something else. When you are experiencing this pain, you will know it. It is often compared to the pains of childbirth. You may also experience blood in your urine, feeling nauseated, feeling very tired, and have a fever.

With a urinary tract infection, the pain is a lot less severe, although still painful. The pain experienced with this will also be only when you urinate. You may also feel as if you cannot urinate because with the infection, the sphincters in your bladder will spasm, making it very difficult to pass the urine (as well as making it very painful). You also may experience blood in your urine with this, and if this is occurring it is usually a sign that the infection is quite advanced. This is something that must be treated before it turns into kidney infection. You also may experience nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, and fatigue with this. The best way to tell what you have is to see a doctor!! Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Do you have pain in the lower back around the kidney area? If so, then it's a good chance it is a kidney infection. With a bladder infection, the pain is more in the lower abdominal area, and you usually have to urinate more frequently, it's often painful to go, and can hurt while urinating. The pain with a kidney infection tends to be more severe than the pain with a bladder infection. But no matter which one it is, antibiotics are required to treat it.

Answer 3

The infection araising in the kidneys it self is known as nephrities and the infection occurring in any way path of the tracts of the kidney like ureters or urethra is called an UTI.