Re: UTI mystery - update
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 10 Sep 2000 09:43:56 -0500 (CDT)
Persistence paid off: The third test showed bacteria. Little buggers
must have been hiding :-) A bit of bactrim should take care of them.
Thank you for your advice though.
--
Anna
At Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
>
>At Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Anna wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>for about four weeks, I've been having symptoms of an UTI (I had a bout
>>of that 10 years ago, so I remember the pain). Strangely though, the
>>symptoms (urgency, prequency, pain before, while and up to 30 minutes
>>after urinating, but no blood) only appear about twice a week. I
>>haven't had intercourse in a month, two urine samples came back fine, as
>>did the gyn exam. I do drink insane amounts of water, have been on
>>cranberry capsules for two weeks, don't drink coffee, tea or soda, don't
>>smoke. What might be a good next step?
>>
>>--
>>Anna
>>
>Anna,
>I would place a call back to the gynecologist and tell him/her that the
>symptoms persist and are intermittant. It may be that you need a
>cystoscopy (look into the bladder)...
>Lynn
>
>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
>
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