¿Todavía tengo una infección urinaria después de terminar un curso de antibióticos? ¿Por qué el medicamento no la eliminó por completo?

Riñón y tracto urinario
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I hope this finds you feeling better?!

I had a similar situation. I get occasional UTIs, but don't have any bladder issues that i know of. The UTIs (maybe once a year) always go away with antibiotics. 3 weeks ago, I felt UTI symptoms (pain, burning, frequency, urgency, etc). Went in, had urine cultured, tested positive for leukocytes/blood & nitrites. Doctor said most sensitive antibiotic would be Levaquin. Went on that for 10 days. Got gradually better .By day 9, no pain at all. But after the 10th day when I went off the LQ, the symptoms came raging back within a couple days. So she put me on LQ again, much higher dose, for 5 more days. It did nothing. She recultured urine, and now it says positive for leukocytes but only minimal or none for nitrites. So she says "oh, I don't think it's an infection, must be interstitial cystitis so I'm sending you to a urologist." WHO doesn't have any appointments for THREE WEEKS! Are you kidding me? This pain is so severe, no way I can wait 3 weeks. Ugh. So I told her I disagree. That I had an infection 2 weeks ago confirmed by the lab. That her antibiotic treatment worked at first, but the infection came back. And that we need to try one of the other antibiotics while I'm waiting to see urologist. She is giving me Macrobid, I have no idea if it will work. But I am miserable, in so much pain. I read up on IC and have a couple friends who have it. It is basically sores on the lining of your bladder. I'm pretty sure, if I had this, it wouldn't have come on so suddenly - and also the pain wouldn't have subsided with the first round of Levaquin. I'm happy to be going to the urologist, hopefully they'll know more than this doctor did. They really need to listen to us when we say we're in pain - we know our own bodies and I have always been able to tell I have a UTI even before it shows up on cultures. It's a very sensitive area of the body. I know when something doesn't feel right. I hope you're feeling better. I agree with you, I want to curl into a ball and cry too. In fact, I did that the last couple days. Inhumane is right. And to think, my doctor would have left me this way with no options over the long holiday weekend, had my hubby and I not told her that was unacceptable. Ugh

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Macrobid es un excelente antibiótico para las ITU ya que solo ataca la ITU.   Funciona para mí cuando otros antibióticos siempre fallan.

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La amoxicilina pertenece a la familia de la penicilina, por lo que no es de extrañar que tengas muchas de las mismas reacciones alérgicas.

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Hello I went threw the same thing I was fighting with drs for months a ton of antibiotics nothing work I live in pa every Dr I went to around my area nobody knew anything kept taking test went to er 10 times within a week so finally I found a Dr in Philly pa that deals with internal cystitis it's not a uti, it where you have pain in your kidneys and bladder and it feels like glass when you per hurts so bad so saw a Dr who deals with this disease and went to you tube and it explained everything now I have an appt to go see a urologist professional specialist

Let me know if this is what you have

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Yes, we thought we would try because I have reactions with all the antibiotics that cover UTI's.....I have not tried Cipro or monorol, the doctor is hesitant due to my intolerance to the antibiotics and these are stronger medications....I keep going back for cultures and I am getting no growth, or no significant growth, but still at times have frequent urges or stinging pain....I am waiting to see a uroligist in the meantime, I am trying to combat and keep it under control with natural remedies, D-mannose, cranberry, probiotics and drinking lots to flush out anything that may be causing it.  I still am considering ozone treatment which is done by cathader and kills off any bacteria or organisms.  So many of us rely on antibiotics, but the problem is there are many becoming resistant or allergic to them and it then becomes a bigger issue.  I miss the days where when I had an infection, I took medication for a few days and went on with my life, now it is a different story.  Antibiotics are good when used properly, but when given when there truly is not an infection, this causes issues in the future.  I find more doctors now use antibiotics as the last resort and I can understand why.

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Since first posting this discussion I have since seen improvement in my bladder. It's not 100% perfect, but it is better than what it used to be. I'm no longer feeling that stinging pain I was once having that burned so bad I was afraid to urinate. After my UTI I spoke with a naturopathic Doctor and some family members who are into natural cures and I have seen an improvement. Like I said it's not 100% perfect. Some days the slight sting comes back, but that's usually because i either drank too much acidic juice in one day and not enough water. I did cut back on the juice since then and drank only cold water and noticed it did help. It seems all the antibiotics I was on and the infection possibly caused me to have some bladder irritation that maybe needed time to heal. However, I still have bacteria growing on my culture. I still DON'T believe I have cystitis. My gut instincts just tell me that. I have not been to a urologist yet as I am in the middle of switching to a new health insurance as well as new job and won't be able to see one yet until probably the end of the month hopefully. So I cross my fingers that whatever is going on resolves soon as I have been experiencing some ease in my urinary discomfort. I just have to becareful with the juice and not stray to much from water. I will keep you all updated on my status once I speak with a new doctor and get a new opinion. Since I now work for a very well respected medical college in my state I should find some permanent ease soon. I'm hoping they can do something. I've heard great things about them and about their medical advancements. Maybe I can finally have my life back.

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I'm not trying to be in denial about cystitis, but I just know my body well enough that my intuition is just telling me that couldn't be it. I feel like it's something that is easily fixable that maybe doctors are missing for some reason. Also, I found out that those castille soap wipes the doctors make you use before peeing in a cup I'm allergic to. That's what was exacerbating my pain too. After I would wipe with those things I would have horrible discharge, burning, swelling, and pain. I thought it was the UTI the whole time or a yeast infection. I had to do my own investigative work and realized I was allergic to it. The one time I didn't use it after a UTI test I noticed I wasn't in ALOT of pain and burning like crazy. I'm HIGHLY sensitive to it. Just thinking about it brings back horrible memories. I remember o was testing for a UTI ALOT in one month and I kept using those wipes. I had to use pure aloe Vera gel down there which helped with the pain SIGNIFICANTLY. Come to think of it I use to NEVER use those wipes when the doctors gave them to me before a urine test. I think I just got curious and used it and I noticed that's when things started taking an odd turn for me down there too. However, I also always had bacteria in my urine for years it seems. I saw my lab work for 2 years ago and I ALWAYS hand an unsymptomatic UTI since back then as my WBC count in my urine was reading as 2+, but I always thought it's because I didn't use those castille wipes. I'm not a doctor, but I know for a fact now I am allergic to it. It stings horribly when I use it.

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Dejar de consumir (o reducir considerablemente) alimentos y bebidas ácidas o picantes *es* casi al 100% la forma en que se trata la Cistitis Intersticial.  No he consumido nada más que agua en casi cinco años porque cualquier "placer" que pueda obtener de esa soda, café o té no vale el precio que estoy seguro de pagar después.

Todos aprendemos rápidamente cuáles son nuestros alimentos desencadenantes y los evitamos.

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I'm so glad they agreed to let me try the Macrobid. It worked! Within 24 hours, I felt so much better. Will take the entire 7 day course and hope that's the end of it. I really feel for anyone having bladder/urethral pain - to me, that is the kind of pain that I can deal with the least. 

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Me alegra saber que te sientes mejor. Macrobid es una buena medicina, sin duda.

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So did you ever get relief? I've had to take benadryl on and off since my infection 2 months ago. I was so inflamed and in so much pain bc it took a month to get into my urologist when my GP didn't find any bacteria. I am hoping I just have minor irritation that will eventually clear up. I don't want to ever do a lot of food restrictions on a permanent basis.

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Estuve tomando un medicamento similar a la Cipro por una infección urinaria y aproximadamente tres días después de comenzar, me dolieron mucho la parte posterior de los tobillos y sentí como un dolor "por dentro" de mis antebrazos. Fui al médico y él me preguntó de inmediato si estaba tomando un antibiótico. Para resumir, al igual que la Cipro, este medicamento puede causar tendinitis bastante grave. Apenas podía darme la vuelta en la cama, me dolían tanto los tendones de mis brazos superiores. Tuve que guardar reposo durante unos días para no romperme los tendones de Aquiles (parte posterior de los tobillos). Cuatro meses después aún tengo molestias, pero finalmente está mejorando. ¡Quién lo iba a decir! Pero, sigo teniendo estas infecciones urinarias, no soy sexualmente activa, pero mi sistema inmunológico ha estado estresado desde que pasé por quimioterapia el año pasado por cáncer de ovario. Muy frustrante, solo quiero que desaparezcan.

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¿El AZO ayuda a curar una infección urinaria o solo ayuda con los síntomas? ...y además de tu comentario sobre el arándano. Estoy totalmente de acuerdo, excepto que los suplementos de arándano en forma de pastilla suelen ser una mejor opción, ya que el jugo de arándano normalmente está cargado de azúcar y el azúcar puede ayudar a causar, no curar, las infecciones urinarias.

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Entiendo su problema porque tengo el mismo. Solo quería darle algo por lo que sentirse agradecido. Me recetaron Levaquin y esto, junto con Cipro, tiene una advertencia en caja negra sobre la tendinitis de Aquiles, que me dio. ¡AY!. Cuatro meses después está mucho mejor, pero aún está ahí. Manténgase alejado de esos medicamentos....

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Si estás tomando arándano, asegúrate de que sea en forma de suplemento y no jugo de arándano. El jugo tiene mucho azúcar que puede causar infecciones del tracto urinario. ¡Buena suerte, estoy pasando por lo mismo!

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¿Alguien ha probado alguna vez un medicamento cefalosporina llamado cefdinir? Mi médico habitual está de vacaciones y el que lo está sustituyendo dice que es excelente para las infecciones difíciles que no parecen querer desaparecer. Le dije que tenía miedo de los efectos secundarios, después de investigarlo, y él dijo que nunca había tenido quejas de nadie. Tendré que hacer algo pronto...

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En 8/2016 tuve una cirugía para extirpar un tumor (no canceroso) cerca de mi riñón derecho y también me extirparon el riñón. Tuve un catéter durante 3-4 días.

1-2 meses después noté que mi orina tenía un fuerte olor, así que fui al médico y me recetó antibióticos (no recuerdo cuáles).

Pasó un mes y tenía sangre en la orina, así que fui a urgencias y me enviaron más antibióticos. Todavía tenía una sensación rara, volví al médico, me hicieron la prueba de tira reactiva y la orina no mostró

ninguna bacteria, pero les pedí que me dieran

algo más porque no me sentía

bien, así que me recetó Fluconazol

para hongos 😊

Cuando fui a la ginecóloga, encontraron bacterias y me recetaron Bactrim. Me recomendaron visitar al urólogo después de 2 semanas, una vez más, el cultivo dio positivo y me recetaron macrobit. En mi seguimiento del 2/27/07, el médico me hizo una prueba de orina con tira reactiva y dijo que tenía algo de sangre, luego me hizo un cultivo de orina - muestra de catéter y me recetó un mes de nitrofurantoína y tuve todos los

efectos secundarios, así que después de 2 días llamé al urólogo y me dijo que el cultivo dio negativo, así que podía dejar de tomarlos, así que lo hice.

Esta sensación rara nunca se va

Y hoy mi orina tiene un fuerte olor

Sé que aún tengo una ITU,

El martes tengo un ecografía de vejiga y riñón.

Solo tengo un riñón y esto me está volviendo loco.

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Heather I am going through the same exact thing. My two Drs slapped me with IC and I have obvious bacteria. I swear Drs do this when they don't know why their SMALL amounts of antibiotics don't work. Ridiculous. How do they expect to kill an infection that got let go so it had time to grow!? I've been battling with Ecoli that's resistant to antibiotics since Sept! I want to die. Pain is unbearable. Don't know how I've gone this long and as I type this to you I'm currently burning in awful pain.y one dr wouldn't even do a lab. Just slapped me with IC. My recent Dr. gave me one week of antibiotics and I ended up in ER in worse pain because it wasn't enough to kill it and it's resistant. ER did same thing. Says only some bacteria so no antibiotics. I'm like really!? So you stop treatment when it's Almost gone now it's grown into a bigger monster and I'm in even more pain. Not right. I'm done with Drs. And done with antibiotics. I'm going to try d Mannose. What do I have to lose. Please let me know how you made out. So sorry you went through this too. Not humane. I tried going by my Drs but it's awful to label someone with a bladder disease and medicate them with bladder disease meds and nothing works. They'll prescribe bladder disease meds but won't prescribe the right treatment to kill an ongoing infection. Idiots!!!! Drs are all textbook. This is our lives! And so far I've lost 8 months of mine. I'm sure you can relate. I read your posting and was like Wow I'm going through same thing. I'm curious how you made out. Too many people are wrongly diagnosed with this bladder disease when Drs don't know what else to do or their five day to a week antibiotics didn't work. ALL textbook. Try D Mannose. That's what I'm going to do. I need my life back too. Praying for you all and please let me know how you made out! Best wishes!

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You put that cream on your opening of urethra? I have Lidocaine cream for urethra. Did nothing. Burning is up inside urethra from infection. So the bladder infection needs to be killed or that just covers up the pain as the infection grows. But if it gives some relief from burning I'm willing to try anything. Over the counter????

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How are you making out!? I'm in same boat but I had Ecoli since Sept. I know it's just not gone yet. Two Drs just slapped me with having IC. One never even checked my urine and the other just gave me some antibiotics and because they didn't kill off my infection I Must have IC. Ridiculous. Of course acidic foods can hurt you when you have an infection. NOT just when you have a disease. Drs need to stop diagnosing people with this awful disease with no cure just because they are lazy or don't know what else to do. Drs are all textbook. That's why. I'm trying d Mannose. I'll let you know how I make out. My diet didn't help me at all either way. Still in awful pain. Bacteria is Infection. Not IC. Good luck! This sucks!