WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2000: Re: Possible UTI or just contamination from vaginal contents?

Re: Possible UTI or just contamination from vaginal contents?

From: Robin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:16:51 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Becky,

You are very welcome. I am glad that I could help you.

Now, if you think you may have a UTI, I personally would not wait until Thursday to talk with the Dr. about it. A UTI can get to the kidneys, and can happen quickly. Take it from someone that has had two kidney infections that landed me in the hospital for two weeks each time, this is not something that I would wait on.

Also, be honest with your Dr. about having intercourse before you were supposed to. S/he is not sitting there in judgement of you. They are there to help. If you leave out this important part of the picture, you are only harming yourself. Not worth the risk. Maybe it is just irritation from intercourse causing the problem, or, maybe it is an infection, be it a bladder infection or an infection from having intercourse before you should have, but you need to let your Dr. know everything in order to get the appropriate treatment.

Also, maybe if you explain to your instructor that doing the UA's is causing you to worry more about what is going on with you, s/he will allow you a break from it until you see or talk with your Dr. The added stress of not knowing what is happening when you see the levels changing is not helping your situation any.

Take it easy. Call the Dr. or go to the ER if things are not improving and you are having symptoms.

--
Robin

At Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Becky wrote:
>
>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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