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Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI)
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: May 21 9:35am | Replies (143)Comment receiving replies
My husband ended up in the hospital last week due to very low vitals (73/38 53 found when he was being checked in for a routine appointment) and they discovered a UTI. Some blood and protein in the urine. He has CKD. What confused them (where one doctor didn't think was a UTI) was he had absolutely no symptoms. No symptoms for anything actually.
They put him on an antibiotic for a week. Now he is in a Skilled nursing home for two weeks of therapy related to fall issues - he is 89 and very unstable. He is trying his best to get out of there as he doesn't think he needs help (has mild dementia as well. At this point I haven't been told if the UTI is over.
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Thanks for your information and I hope your husband recovers soon and goes home. UTI ‘s can be very dangerous so it’s important to get treated right away, though I understand your husbands situation was different and quite scary with no symptoms. I’m on another treatment plan with antibiotics twice a day for two weeks, then once a day for 3 months. I don’t mind taking the antibiotics, but it really does a number on my stomach, so here I am again, ugh.
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You can buy UTI Test strips for use at home From your pharmacy or Amazon. I like the ones that have about eight factors that they test for - including blood. If I do a test and it’s abnormal, I take a picture of the strip to show my Doctor. The symptoms of UTIs that I get nowadays are very subtle compared to when I was younger. It might be frequency, odor or cloudy urine. I never get a temperature.