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You might not want to add anti-inflammatory medications to your recovery regimen—perhaps due to issues with your kidneys or GI tract—and you want to support the natural physiological response to injury.

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Officials tested everything from drinking water to mosquitoes before the truth emerged: their kidneys had failed.

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Ms Jones, from the Vale of Glamorgan, says she was born "with a defect in my kidneys" and has suffered with UTIs every other month since she was 18 years old.

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Some symptoms can include fever, chills with cough, shortness of breath if the bacteria infect the lung, and pain or blood when urinating if the bladder/kidneys are infected.

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Doctors say that when given to young children, drugs such as these can damage the child's heart, kidneys and liver, and can even be life-threatening if given for a prolonged period of time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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