WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2000: Re: Bacteria in urine?

Re: Bacteria in urine?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:13:06 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Stacey wrote: >
>When I went in for my dmso treatment at the Urologist last week I had
>bacteria in my urine so they wanted to see if my urine was clear by
>taking a catheter specimen, and also she did a vaginal exam to see if
>there was discharge, which there was. She said that the urine was clear
>and decided it was a yeast infection and put me on Diflucan ( I already
>asked a question about that). Well I had some pain in the back around
>the kidneys before but we didn't think it was infection at the time, but
>I am still having some of that pain and earlier this week, I had a low
>grade fever. Is it possible that I have a kidney infection? Also, after
>I had the treatment I started having a real bad burning pain and until I
>took Pyridium and then it was ok. Should I be concerned that its a
>kidney infection and should I mention this to my doctor about still
>having the pain (although its not to bad right now)?
>Thanks for the information!!
>
>--
>Stacey
>

You should mention it to your Doctor, who can answer these particular questions much better because of having examined you and knowing your complete history. From what you say, I wouldn't think that you have a kidney infection, but I could be wrong.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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