Posted by Larry Hoover on March 7, 2008, at 11:03:20
In reply to Re: I am scared, might have kidney/bladder troubl » Larry Hoover, posted by Abby Cunningham on March 7, 2008, at 9:36:16
> Thanks Larry. After the first course of antibiotic, which was not effective, he did a culture and sensitivity test, which showed the bacteria was sensitive to Cipro, which I took for 7 days.
You could have a secondary infection, one taking advantage of the minor injury arising from the first.
> I am trying to tell myself that it was just one day after completing the antibiotic that the WBC, RBC showed up, that maybe it was just still clearing.
Also a possibility.
> Who knows how accurate those in-office tests are anyway. This repeat culture will hopefully tell us more.
They're good at what they're intended to do, but they'll miss other possibilities. A negative culture doesn't mean there wasn't an infection. It means one wasn't identified. A repeat culture is a good idea, at this point.
> I have read some of the forums on IC and people have different stories of how they got it. Some say it all began with a real UTI.....so I best stay away from them right now!
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> AbbyUTIs are relatively common. IC is uncommon. It is always going to be true that a common event is likely to precede an uncommon one. That doens't mean there's a link between them. I'm absolutely certain that some cases of IC were preceded by a UTI. Recent investigations have shown no connection between infection and IC, suggesting that this is a coincidental correlation. That also doesn't mean there isn't such a connection, but it limits the possibility to something like an auto-immune response.... still not shown to be the case.
Please don't rush to conclusions. The treatment process is still very much in process.
Best,
Lar
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