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What Causes Recurrent Bladder Infection?

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Posted on Tue, 1 Apr 2014
Question: Should i be concerned after a month of fighting severe kidney/bladder infection ,my dr. Ordered blood work done and i was asked to come in only thing i was told is my SER count is very high along with my cholestorl,thats all they could say. Sonogram showed just bladder infection,still have small amount of blood in urin,pain in stomach,no energy at all. Just want to have a little bit of a idea of what to expect
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Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: Detailed below. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. It is not a normal thing for such infection to last a month. With good diagnose and proper treatment it should be gone in a week. If it is hardly treatable, some reasons other than bacteria should be considered. Diabetes is a very often reason of recurring infections. As you have a uterine cancer history, bladder narrowing or cancer recurrence should be also checked. I suggest you to: - have urine analysis and urine culture test (the treatment should be based on the antibiotics sensitivity which can be established with urine culture) - check you blood sugar level - increase mineral water intake (2 liters a day) and start probiotic supplementation - consult your gynecologist to see if there is no cancer again - consult urologist and consider cystoscopy Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.
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What Causes Recurrent Bladder Infection?

Brief Answer: Detailed below. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. It is not a normal thing for such infection to last a month. With good diagnose and proper treatment it should be gone in a week. If it is hardly treatable, some reasons other than bacteria should be considered. Diabetes is a very often reason of recurring infections. As you have a uterine cancer history, bladder narrowing or cancer recurrence should be also checked. I suggest you to: - have urine analysis and urine culture test (the treatment should be based on the antibiotics sensitivity which can be established with urine culture) - check you blood sugar level - increase mineral water intake (2 liters a day) and start probiotic supplementation - consult your gynecologist to see if there is no cancer again - consult urologist and consider cystoscopy Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.