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Re: Urinary Tract infection for 4 weeks
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 8 Jun 2000 13:07:09 -0500 (CDT)
May be time for cystoscopy. This is where a catheter is placed in the
bladder, and a fiber optic type device is threaded through it to view
inside of bladder walls. Done in MD office, not painful, have had it
before. You may have condition called interstitial cystitis, a chronic
inflammation of the bladder walls.
At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jeanne wrote:
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>Yes, they did a couple of urine cultures during this 4 week time and
>they showed that it was sensitive to tons of antibiotics including the
>two I mentioned below.
>
>At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Claudia Twisdale RN wrote:
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>>Did they do a culture of urine? Could be that none of the antibiotics
>>are gonna touch the organism of infection.
>>
>>At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jeanne wrote:
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>>>I have been being treated for a urinary tract infection for about four
>>>weeks. The first two weeks I was put in Macrobid and sent in for x-rays
>>>which showed nothing. Then the third week I was taken off of some
>>>anti-inflamitories I was taking (vioxx) to see if they were affecting
>>>the antibodiccs, and I was put on keflex. After my 3rd treatment I went
>>>in for a urinalysist. My urologists office called and said there was
>>>still a bit of an infection and put me on more Macrobid. At one point
>>>they had planned on doing some sort of procedure where they look in the
>>>bladder to check for other causes but I have not had that done. I am 27
>>>years old and have only had one other urinary tract infection. I have
>>>been noticing pain in my left side right around/above my belly button
>>>and was wondering if this could be related? It is not an extreme pain
>>>but a discomfort. I know this next question may sound strange but if
>>>there was something blocking my passage of urination would it have shown
>>>up in the x-rays?
>>>
>>>Thank you very much,
>>>Jeanne
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