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What is leptoispirosis?
Leptospirosis is an infection caused by the Leptospira bacteria. If left untreated it can cause kidney failure, bleeding from the lungs, and death.
Is it safe for urinary tract infection to be left untreated for 3 weeks as your PCP is doing although you lost one kidney to a UTI?
Seriously?! No!
Is a bladder infection bad?
It can be very bad if left untreated. It makes the sufferer very sick. You want to clear it up, with medical help, as soon as possible to avoid it becoming a kidney infection.
Can kidney infections cause kidney failure?
Depending on how serious the infection is it can cause disease, however if it is caught early, as they usually are and treated there are few risks. If it escalates it can lead to issues as bad as a failed kidney. That is worst case scenario however and not very likely.
How long do you have to have the urinary tract infection before you can die?
UTIs are usually treated well with antibiotics. They only turn fatal if the bacteria causing the infection spreads to the kidney and the bloodstream, but this only occurs if the initial infection is left untreated.
What happens is pleurisy is not treated correctly?
If left untreated, a more serious infection may develop within the fluid, called empyema.
What happens with pyelonephritis?
Left untreated or unresolved, it can progress to a chronic condition that lasts for months or years, leading to scarring and possible loss of kidney function
Have to pee but it just dribbles out?
See a doctor. Sounds like a UTI, however if left untreated the infection travels up the uretha and infects the next thing there..kidney. From exeperience, believe me, you do not want a kidney infection!
Mastoiditis can occur when an infection in what area of the ear is left untreated?
Mastoiditis may occur due to the progression of an untreated, or undertreated, middle ear infection.
What happens to you when you have a eating disorder?
If left untreated it can kill you.
Can severe trouble with numerous kidney stones at a relatively young age cause eventual kidney failure?
If left untreated kidney stones can cause permanent damage to your kidney
Will a Yeast infection cause infertiliy?
If left untreated any infection in the vaginal or urinal tracts can cause infertility.
