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Bladder cancer starting symptoms
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Hello @shoaib1990. What a miserable experience. I would think that cytology exams of urine would have been done in the hospital looking for cancer cells. Sometimes these results are missed, though, as happened to my husband. His initial symptoms were only a trace of blood occasionally in the urine....no pain or urgency. And he had a very aggressive cancer. I have a friend who gets severe UTIs that require IV treatment in the hospital. Oral antibiotics just do not help her. You can ask your doctor if cytology was done to look for cancer. Any urine sample can have this done. Ask about further antibiotic treatment. If the culture was negative then they are still guessing on which antibiotic to use.
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Thank you, Sue. I am in the hospital. They did an antibiotic sensitivity test, They were able to identify a few antibiotics that were sensitive to the bacteria. based on those test results they are treating my UTI with a combination of IV and oral antibiotics(Nitrofurantoin capsule (++++) and Meropenem through IV(++),+ sign reflecting sensitivity), However, my condition is not improving, It decreased my pus but that burning sensation and pain are still there mostly in the bladder. Docs are saying because it is severe, healing will take time. But I am not feeling any relief, it has been more than 3 days. I will ask them for a cytology examination if they can. Thank you for your suggestions.