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Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI)

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: May 21 9:35am | Replies (143)
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RE: UTI. One help is to be able to detect it "at home". Buy a Siemen's 10 Dipstick pack for about $60. (It is what your GP has) You can dip it at home any time and read the LEU, and NIT (top two colors indicate bacteria levels). In other words -- "Somethin's goin on". After while you learn to read all 10 and it is very easy and comforting to be able to understand your kidney function level. Georgia from Australia

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Jane | @darlingtondoll | Apr 25, 2020

I do mine about once a month. No UTIs in a while, but the kidney function is not great.

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JK | @contentandwell | Apr 25, 2020

@australia The "Siemen's 10 Dipstick pack" detects kidney problems also? My daughter used to have some dipsticks but I thought they just measured if you had a UTI.
She gave me some of hers and I mentioned it to a urologist I was going to at the time. The doctor said I could not possibly read them correctly since I am a layperson! I happened to mention that to my endocrinologist and he really laughed. He said it's about as complex as reading the sticks he uses to check his swimming pool.
JK

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