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How Can Flank Pain Be Treated?

I have Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. I was recently in the hospital diagnosed with a kidney infection that had spread to my lungs. It was of the E. Coli family. I was given doxycycline and released. Two days upon completion, the whole right flank hurts. I can hardly walk and gave a hard time focusing. What should I do.
Fri, 8 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
The back pain in your case could be due to muscular spasm secondary to inflammation in kidney.
For this pain I recommend anti inflammatory pain killers and muscle relaxants regularly for 7-10 days and reducing the dose as the pain reduces.Use of Lumbar belt may help.
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How Can Flank Pain Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The back pain in your case could be due to muscular spasm secondary to inflammation in kidney. For this pain I recommend anti inflammatory pain killers and muscle relaxants regularly for 7-10 days and reducing the dose as the pain reduces.Use of Lumbar belt may help. Thanks