My daughter has been having several episodes of pain in her left kidney.  Does not ever have symptoms of UTI;s but has had 6 incidental findings of UTI because we have gone to doc for pain in her kidney.  she is having this pain daily.  it has been so severe we have gone to ER only to be sent home because they give her a antibiotic for a UTI that they think is coming on.  Could she have something serious in her kidney?
Hello Tracy, Usually when there is recurrent kidney infection/pyelonephritis/UTI then other underlying diseases conditions should be investigated notably kidney stones or urinary system abnormally or malformations especially in child Chat Doctor.  If an adolescent or adult, then underlying conditions like diabetes, vaginal infections etc. should be checked further. Antibiotics might not get rid of the pain if there are kidney stones. It might get rid of the bacteria infection but not the pain as it will be caused by the stones. At this point it will be advisable to run an image scan (ultrasound or CT scan) to find out if there are stones. In addition to your antibiotics you should encourage your daughter to 