Could oral contraceptives be the cause of my kidney infection?

I am an 18-year-old woman. I have been taking oral contraceptives for about 8 months. I am not sexually active, I use them for severe menstrual pains. The first time I was on birth control, I experienced intense itching sensations on various parts of my body. I switched to this new brand tthat I am on now after about a year of being off the pill. I have not had any problems with it other than it has very much affected my moods, but I am becoming concerned now as I was just in the hospital yesterday for a urinary tract infection that lead to a kidney infection. I have had bowel problems recently that could have caused this, but I am wondering if I should cease use of the pill. The doctor said that I do not have to, but what worries me is that there is no way to know if I was the rare case in which my infection was actually caused by the pill. Since I seem to have been sensitive to it in the past, I am confused as of what to do. Can oral contraceptives have caused my kidney infection?

Answer #1

Your UTI, left untreated or given antibiotics that didn’t work, are the cause of your kidney infection. I don’t know if the incidence of UTIs is greater if you’re on the pill, it’s more likely to be from having sex and not urinating afterwards.

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