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Is It Bad To Smoke During UTI And Kidney Pain?
i have been given nitrofurantoin tablets to take 4 a day for 2 weeks due to a bad urine infection and kidney and abdominal pains. i have no other pains other that bad neck pains and a head ache. i am a smoker and i haven t smoked since i fell ill which was a week or 2 ago and i want to know if i m able to smoke without making anything worse.
Fri, 21 Aug 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i must advise you to stop smoking as quickly as possible.
Smoking causes the blood to reduce in different parts of the body, and the pains you've at present, will get aggravated.
The cause for the kidney pain must be found, to advise proper treatment and for preventing recurrence.
If you do an ultrasound scan of the abdomen, with urine routine and culture test, and urea, creatinine, and PSA, if you're above 40 years age.
You can get expert advice, by sending a copy of reports here, in my name.
Dr.Matthew Mangat.
As an Urologist, i must advise you to stop smoking as quickly as possible.
Smoking causes the blood to reduce in different parts of the body, and the pains you've at present, will get aggravated.
The cause for the kidney pain must be found, to advise proper treatment and for preventing recurrence.
If you do an ultrasound scan of the abdomen, with urine routine and culture test, and urea, creatinine, and PSA, if you're above 40 years age.
You can get expert advice, by sending a copy of reports here, in my name.
Dr.Matthew Mangat.
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