Re: PCOS and UTI?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:34:23 -0400
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Meeeee Toooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
jodi wrote:
> uhhh... i'm not sure if you're asking if UTIs are more common with PCOS
> or what... but i seem to get them a LOT!!!
>
> (usually, i can link it to not peeing right after sex... every time i
> go to the health center with a UTI they tell me to pee after sex!!! but
> sometimes i just don't HAVE to...)
>
> ANYWAY...
>
> symptoms lessening as the day goes on and being worse in the AM doesn't
> sound too strange. you're probably more dehydrated in the morning, and
> dehyrdation alone can cause some burning/icky feelings when you have to
> go.
>
> as to the difference between a UTI and a kidney infection
> (pylonephritis)... basically, the location of the bacteria. i have had
> severe kidney infections twice. this happens, pretty much, when the UTI
> bacteria goes unchecked and works its way further upstream, so to speak.
> once it hits your kidneys, you will have horrendous pain sort of off to
> the side of the small of your back, only deep inside... once you have
> pain from a kidney infection, you will NOT forget it. this is the sort
> of pain that hurts so bad you feel like you're going to puke. since you
> don't mention having pain there, it's likely that if there is a problem
> at all, it's a UTI, and not pylo. sometimes you get a fever, too, once
> it hits the kidneys.
>
> it might be possible for a very early kidney infection to be
> asymptomatic, but i'm not sure about this... both times, i have had
> excruciating pain.
>
> hope all goes well at the docs, and keep drinking those fluids!!!
>
> At Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Heather wrote:
> >
> >I have checked the previous listing and everyone has mentioned UTI and
> >PCOS. I think I have a UTI but how can I tell the difference betweent
> >that and a kidney infection? I have an appt. today to see my doc. It
> >seems strange because I have the frequency and everytime I go to potty I
> >do go even if its a little but the strange thing is that the frequency
> >and urgency seem to fade as the day progresses and comes back in the am.
> >This is the 3rd day and I don't have in burning or anything like that
> >just the frequency and I have never had a UTI behave in this manor. I
> >have been drinking water and cranberry juice for 3 days now but it still
> >lingers. What do you guys think...any relation to PCOS or my Metformin?
> >Heather
>
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