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Re: COULD ENDO CAUSE E-COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA INTO THE BLADDER?!!!HELP!!!!
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Apr 21 17:23:27 2007
Dr Daiter or anyone else that might be able to help. I realize that
UTI's with Bacteria are not common among endo sufferers, but is it
possible? I have other endo issues as well and am wondering if it is
worth it to go back for a lap before I see the urologist about my
recurrent uti's. I have been diagnosed w/endo-11 years ago, it has been
5 years since my last lap.
At Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Eric Daiter, MD wrote:
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>If you are having frequent urinary infections you should see an
>Urologist and they often do a radiological test called an IVP. Frequent
>UTIs are not a common problem in women with endometriosis.
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>Good Luck
>
>At Wed, 18 Apr 2007, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I AM SO ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED. WHEN I WAS 15 I STARTED TO HAVE PAINFUL
>>PERIODS, AND WOULD BLEED FOR WEEKS. WHEN I WAS 16 THEY FOUND A CYST ON
>>MY OVARY. WHEN I WAS 17 (AFTER SEEING A TON OF DOCTORS) THEY DID A LAP,
>>AND FOUND A SMALL SPOT OF ENDO, AND CAUTERIZED IT. FIVE YEARS LATER I
>>WAS IN DEBILITATING PAIN-WOULD CURL UP AND CRY, MY PREVIOUS DOCTOR MOVED
>>SO I NEEDED TO FIND A NEW OBGYN-THE ONE I FOUND WAS AWESOME & DID THE
>>LAP SURGURY AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY FOUND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT-I HAVE NO
>>IDEA WHAT STAGE IT WAS (NEVER KNEW ENDO HAD STAGES) BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH
>>TO GO ON LUPRON INJECTIONS FOR 6 MONTHS (THAT SUCKED). AFTER THE LUPRON
>>WAS OVER I WENT ON BIRTH CONTROL FOR 6 MONTHS, AND AFTER 3 WEEKS OF
>>BEING OFF THE PILL I WAS PREGNANT. I NURSED MY SON SO I DID NOT HAVE A
>>PERIOD FOR ABOUT A YEAR AFTER HE WAS BORN.
>>
>>NOW FOR THE LAST 15 MONTHS I HAVE HAD 8 UTI'S-NOT ALL OF THEM WITH THE
>>SAME BACTERIA EITHER-SOMETIMES IT IS E-COLI AND OTHERS PNEMONIA (SORRY
>>IF SPELLED WRONG) THERE COULD BE OTHER BACTERIA AS WELL-MY RESULTS ARE
>>OFTEN DISCLOSED TO ME AS-YOU HAVE AN INFECTION. OKAY SINCE I COULD GO
>>TO THE BATHROOM ON MY OWN WE WILL SAY AGE 2 OR 3 (I AM 28 NOW) I HAVE
>>NOT CHANGED HOW I WIPE-FRONT TO BACK, BEFORE THIS TIME I HAD MAYBE ONE
>>OR TWO UTI'S MY WHOLE LIFE. AFTER MY SECOND INFECTION IN THE LAST 15
>>MONTHS I HAVE BEEN USING BABY WIPES AFTER DEFECATING TO AVOID BACTERIA
>>FROM ENTERING MY URINARY TRACT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT WORKING. AT MY
>>LAST VISIT-BEFORE THIS 8TH ONE WAS FOUND (WHICH WAS ONLY RUN BECAUSE I
>>HAD GIVEN THE SAMPLE BEFORE THE DOCTOR EXAMINED ME) THE DOCTOR SAID HE
>>DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL ME-IT COULD BE STRESS, GRAVITY, MY RECENT
>>PREGNANCY (MY SON IS ALMOST 3). HE SAID HE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE EVERY DAY
>>MUCH SICKER THAN MYSELF SO HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL ME. HE
>>WOULD RUN THIS CULTURE SINCE I ALREADY GAVE IT. WELL THIS MADE ME CRY-A
>>DOCTOR WHO I THOUGHT I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH-AND WHO WAS USUALLY VERY
>>GOOD TO ME SEES THIS AS A PETTY VISIT MAYBE HE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY-BUT
>>IT HURT-IT WAS NOT PETTY TO ME-WHEN I CANNOT FUNCTION, AND CANNOT PLAY
>>WITH MY KIDS, OR DO REGULAR CLEANING AROUND THE HOUSE-IT FLAT OUT ANGERS
>>ME. WELL I STARTED TO PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER AND STARTED TO THINK-COULD
>>THIS BE RELATED TO THE ENDO-MY FLANK PAIN IS EITHER ONSET OR INCREASED
>>AT THE TIME OF MY PERIOD, AND THE VERY FIRST DAY OF MY PERIOD I COULD
>>USE A SANITARY NAPKIN AND NOT BLEED ON IT AT ALL, BUT WHEN I URINATE I
>>PASS CLOTS AND THE URINE IS QUITE BLOODY, ALSO I AM A LARGER GIRL, BUT
>>THERE APPEARS TO BE MORE GURTH TO MY RIGHT SIDE THAN MY LEFT (DURING MY
>>PELVIC THE DOCTOR SAID EVERYTHING FEELS FINE AND MY RESULTS WERE NOT
>>ABNORMAL, BUT I NEVER HAVE HAD AN ABNORMAL PAP-YET I HAD A SIGNIFICANT
>>AMOUNT OF ENDO.
>>
>>COULD THE E-COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA THAT TYPICALLY LIVE IN THE STOMACHE
>>BE SPILLING INTO MY URINARY TRACT WITHOUT IT HAVING TO DO WITH MY HYGENE
>>PRACTICES? I HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE CLINIC FOR A URINE TEST UNLESS I HAVE
>>SEVERE FLANK PAIN, CHILLS, FEVER, AND NAUSEA-AND EVEN THOUGH MY KIDNEYS
>>WERE HURTING LIKE A SOB-ONE OF THE RESULTS AT THE HOSPITAL SAID THERE
>>WAS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF INFECTION. I AM CURRENTLY ON DETROL FOR AN
>>OVERACTIVE BLADDER-RECENTLY PERSCRIBED AND HAVE BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS 8
>>TIMES (HOW CAN THIS BE GOOD?). I FEEL LIKE THE DOCTORS THINK I AM DOING
>>THIS TO MYSELF-IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY CHILDREN I NEED TO CARE FOR & LOVE
>>SO MUCH-I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO. IF I KNEW FOR SURE THAT E-COLI
>>AND OTHER BACTERIA INDEED COULD ENTER MY URINARY TRACT BECAUSE OF ENDO-I
>>WOULD DEMAND ANOTHER SCOPE-MY LAST ONE WAS 5 YEARS AGO (SAME TIME AS
>>BEFORE WHEN THERE WAS A SMALL SPOT CAUTERIZED TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT) I
>>DO NOT KNOW IF MY DOCTOR WILL DO IT OR NOT-HE SEEMS TO THINK WITH HIS
>>ACCURACY AND THE TREATMENTS I HAVE HAD-THAT ENDOMETRIOSIS JUST ISN'T
>>THERE ANYMORE. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE ANY ADVISE-IF THIS IS POSSIBLE
>>AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 15 MONTHS-I THINK IT SHOULD GET TAKEN CARE
>>OF SOON (AND PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I AM NOT CRAZY & NOT DOING THIS TO
>>MYSELF).
>>
>>ANGELICA
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