I have a lower back pain to my right side only--almost like the kidney area--not sure and when I wipe, I see blood on the tissue.  I went to the Doctor on Friday of last week and he advised that I had a bladder infection and placed on me on a course of antibiotics named Ciprolet 500 mg.  However, instead of the symptoms getting less, they are getting more--in fact that was when the lower back pain started.  What might that be?  How serious is that?
Hi, thanks for using Chat Doctor Urinary tract infections can involve any aspect of the urinary tract (the bladder, urethra, ureter or kidneys). It would normally present with discomfort on urination, frequency, urgency, malodorous urine. It may also be associated with abdominal pain, fever, vomiting. It is possible that the blood in the urine and pain could be related to an infection. If there has been no response to the antibiotics given then it is possible that the bacteria present may be resistant to the antibiotics used. Your doctor may consider sending a sample of urine to the lab to determine if there are a bacteria present and which antibiotics it would best respond to. There are other causes of blood in the urine, if the urine test does not show infection then investigations would be conducted to check for these. I hope this helps