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Kidneys, bladder and urine: find the right page
The pages on this site for the kidneys, the bladder and urine were spread out: across the long list of tools and the list for a baby or child. This page puts 14 of them on one list, sorted by what is going on. Pick one and it opens. Each line below is that page’s own description.
If you think someone’s life is in danger, call 911 now. This page is a list. It cannot tell one pain from another, and it cannot tell you how serious something is.
Our bladder infection page passes on that, untreated, a bladder infection can spread to the kidneys, and it names those signs: fever and chills, nausea or vomiting, or back, side or groin pain. Our kidney stones page says when to see a professional right away, and when it is the emergency room or 911.
Type a word or two, like burning, stone, dialysis or child. Nothing you type here is kept or sent.
Burning when you pee, a bladder infection, or a kidney stone
Both were written about adults.
- Bladder infection (UTI) in adults: the signs, when it is the kidneys, and antibioticsFor any adult with burning when they pee, needing to go often, lower belly pain, or cloudy, bloody or strong-smelling urine. Keeps nothing.
- Kidney stones: the signs, when it is an emergency, passing a stone, and preventing the next oneFor any adult with sharp pain in the back, side, lower belly or groin, pain that comes in waves, or pink, red or brown urine. Keeps nothing.
Leaking urine, or a sudden need to go
Written about adults. For a child who wets the bed, see the group below.
- Bladder leaks (urinary incontinence): the types, when to get care, and what helpsFor any adult who leaks urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing or lifting, after a sudden, strong urge, at night, or with no warning. Keeps nothing.
Kidney disease, dialysis, or kidneys no one has checked
This page is also for people with diabetes or high blood pressure who have never been told how their kidneys are.
- When it’s your kidneysFor people who have kidney disease, who have diabetes or high blood pressure and have never been told how their kidneys are, or who are facing dialysis, and the people beside them. Keeps nothing.
A child with a bladder infection, or a child who wets the bed
Both were written for anyone looking after a child.
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) in a baby or child: the signs, the urine test, what helps, and when to callFor anyone looking after a child who may have a bladder infection. Keeps nothing.
- Bedwetting: what helps, what doesn’t, and when to callFor anyone looking after a child who wets the bed. Keeps nothing.
An infection that is not getting better, bladder leaks, high blood pressure or diabetes
These four are about something else. The sepsis page is for anyone with an infection that is not getting better; the menopause page has a part on bladder leaks; the kidney page above names diabetes and high blood pressure.
- Sepsis: the signs, acting fast, who is at higher risk, and getting better afterFor anyone with an infection that is not getting better, anyone looking after someone who has one, and anyone home after sepsis. Keeps nothing.
- Menopause, and the years around itFor anyone going through perimenopause or menopause, and the people beside them. Keeps nothing.
- When it’s high blood pressure: what the numbers mean, a very high reading and when to call 911, checking at home, medicines, salt and food, pregnancy, and what to askFor people who were told their blood pressure is high (hypertension), people who just got a very high reading, and the people beside them. Keeps nothing.
- When blood sugar goes too low or too highSomeone with diabetes is shaky, sweaty, confused or has passed out; blood sugar is very high, or you are sick and can’t keep anything down; you have just been told you have diabetes; you are worn out by it; you can’t afford the insulin; or you are beside someone who has it. Keeps nothing.
Before you call or go in
These four are for anyone’s appointment, call or medicines. They were not made for the kidneys or the bladder.
- Symptom diary: write it down, show your doctorWrite down what you notice when it happens, with your own number from 0 to 10. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- Get ready for your appointmentTen minutes before you go: what has been happening, your medicines, your questions and what helps you, on one page to hand to your doctor, therapist or psychiatrist, with room to write down the plan. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- Call script: know what you will say before you dialA phone call you keep putting off? Write who you are calling, the sentence that says what you want, what to have ready and what to ask. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- My medicines: a list and a daily check“Did I already take it?” Write down what you take and when, tick each medicine as you take it, and the page keeps the time. What you type is kept only in this browser.
No page on this list matches those words. Try one word, press Show all, or search the whole site.
Good to know
What these pages are
- All 14 were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast. No doctor, nurse or pharmacist has reviewed them.
- The health guides pass on what named public sources say, such as the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each guide names the sources it was built from.
- Every line on this list is copied from the page it points to when this list is built. This list adds no health facts of its own.
- Being on this list does not mean a thing is catching, or that it is serious. This list does not sort anything by how bad it is.
- They are for the United States: the phone numbers and the offices are U.S. ones.
What this page can’t do
- It is not medical advice. It cannot tell a bladder infection from a kidney stone or anything else, or tell you whether to wait or to go in.
- It does not have every subject. There is no page here yet for the prostate, or for blood in the urine on its own.
- Some of these pages were written about a child, and some about adults. The names on the list say which.
- It does not replace a doctor, nurse line, pharmacist or clinic. If something feels wrong to you, call them.
Pages that go with this
- A baby or child: find the right page: the longer list for anyone looking after a baby or child.
- An upset stomach, heartburn or constipation: find the right page: the list for throwing up, diarrhea, heartburn, constipation and belly pain.
- All the free tools, and search.
- The phone list: the helplines the guides lead with, on one page.
- Pass it on: any of these pages as a code to show or a slip to print.
This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). The names and lines of the 14 pages are read from the pages’ own descriptions when this page is built. The page was checked by programs, not yet used by people. It runs no analytics or tracking (privacy). Also in Spanish: Riñones, vejiga y orina. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].