WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2000: Re: Test positive for UTI but no symptoms....

Re: Test positive for UTI but no symptoms....

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:12:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 30 Mar 2000, stephanie wrote: >
>Hi I keep testing positive for an UTI. My urine culture came back
>positive again for bacteria after a repeat test after I finished 14 days
>of Macrobid. It also came back positive again after a 5 day regimin of
>Cipro. I really don't have any symptoms. I did about a week
>ago...burning on urination and urgency. But now I have none of the
>symptoms for the past few days but I had a urine culture done 3 days a
>go and it was positive. My urinalysis also came back with trace
>bacteria. My doc wants to put me on more antibiotics but I don't have
>any of the symptoms. I would like to mention I have been on for the
>past week ECA Stack for weight loss. This is the stack of ephedrine,
>caffiene, and aspirin. Could the aspirin lessen the symptoms like the
>burning on urination so that I am actually comfortable while on the
>supplement. Would aspirin relieve the burning sensation? I can tell you
>that when I wake up in the morning I am in a lot of pain in my abdomen
>because my bladder is full. It feels as if my insides are on fire! And
>it does burn a little bit at the end of stream but only in the morning.
>Is it possible to have UTI but no symptoms? And is the aspirin in my
>supplement just relieving the pain so I think I no longer have the UTI?
>Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Some of this may depend on how the urine specimen is collected. If it is a voided urine, it may well be contamination from the labia. Especially if as you intimated, you are overweight. If it was a catheterized specimen then this would be what we call asymptomatic bacteruria. I have no idea wha tthis means if you aren't pregnant. (I don't think it has been studied) In pregnant women, it means that there is an increased chance of developing a serious kidney infection called Pyelonephritis.

RDB

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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