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Re: Possible UTI or just contamination from vaginal contents?From: Becky (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:38:17 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Robin wrote: > >Hi Becky, > >Sounds like you really need to go see a Dr. If the amount of blood is >increasing, you really should. I think it was Dr. Braun that said it >could be blood in the discharge is contaminating the urine specimen (or >something to that effect). > >One thing that my Dr. always does with me is a straight cath specimen, >to make sure that we aren't getting contamination from the vagina. I've >had a lot of clean catch specimens show bacteria, but when a cathed >specimen was obtained, it was clear. > >So, before you do this yourself, call your Dr. and talk with him/her. >If you are experiencing symptoms, and it can't wait, go to the ER. > >I haven't had the procedure that you did, but I would assume part of the >reason they say no intercourse for x number of days is to decrease the >risk of infection. I don't think you should continue to do the self >checks anymore. As the great Dr. Marchbein says...TTSAD...time to see >a Dr. > >Good luck. > >-- >Robin > Hi Robin, Thanks for answering my post. I do appreciate it. I know I should see my doc about this and I have an appointment with him next Thursday to check to see if my cervix is healed from the procedure. So I definitely will tell him about this then. I just am afraid to tell him I disobeyed his orders and when I go in to be checked I did more harm to myself than is already done. I am praying I don't have an infection and this is just the dead cells that are sloughing off the cervix are giving the test a false positive for blood. I know I should stop the self test, but unfortunately I can't. It is part of the curriculum at my ultrasound school and while we are studying the urinary system in class it is required to test urine daily. So probably by doing this I am causing myself more worry than I should but I can't help it. This past year has been hell between a bladder and uterine rupture, hysterectomy and now cervical ectropion. It hasn't been easy. I just want the problems to stop and I am so afraid I did something to mess things up again. So thank you for your response on my post it is greatly appreciated and hopefully all is well when I see him next Thursday and all is healed. I just thought blood in the urine was never a good sign. Thank you for your response once again. It did put my mind at ease.
-- Becky >At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Becky wrote: >> >>Hi I have posted the past few days about blood in my urine after >>cryosurgery. Well today I had a large amount of blood in my urine and >>proteins and leukocytes were also found with chemical analysis. Now >>could this signal a possible infection or could this just be >>contaniments from my vagina? Could my urinalysis come out positive for >>all of this due to the composition of the watery discharge I am >>experiencing following the cryosurgery? I am worried I may have given >>myself an infection because I had intercourse before I should have and >>ever since then I have had increasing amounts of blood in my urine. The >>blood is microscopic I can not see it but the amount is growing by the >>day. Now I am concerned because I am positive for protein and >>leukocytes in my urine. Should I be concerned and inform my doc of >>this? I am just so scared that I just infected my cervix because I had >>intercourse and although I can't see the blood it is not gross hematuria >>maybe I did something I shouldn't have to my body. Please anyone help >>me and put my mind at ease. Thanks >> >>-- >>Becky >>
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