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I had lower back pain for a while about 12 years ago when I was youngish.
Ignored it for like a week because I thought I just slept weird.
Then one day I asked someone to take me to the walk-in since it was getting worse.
It was a Sunday so they were all closed, but by that time I was starting to shake. Asked to go to the ER.
Once in the ER I'm sweating, shivering and shaking. Doctor takes one look at me and bumps me to the front of the line. Takes me in and immediately says I look like I'm going through septic shock. Puts me on IV antibiotics and morphine for the pain which was incredible at that point.
Apparently I had a UTI which led to a bladder infection and eventually worked its way up to my kidneys and then poisoned my blood. Another week of 1hr per day IV antibiotics pumping through me and I was okay.
If it weren't Sunday I possibly could have died.
So yeah, probably go see a doctor.