She was peeing blood, and she had to have a camera put in her.... (ya know), and that said she had a severe UTI. Shes been having really bad back pain and stomach pain this week, and was throwing up for a few days. They put her on medicine, which I hope will work good. I was wondering how long they lasted. Can any girls with this experience help me?
2007-12-19 16:17:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
It's been ongoing for a while already if its at that point. It could be a few weeks until it is gone, but she should start feeling better within a few days.
2007-12-19 16:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Meghan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With all of that pain and the bleeding, it has spread to the kidneys. I think that if the pain continues through the night, she should go to the ER and tell them the problem. I have gone throughout my whole teen years and early 20's with UTI's. The medicine will help with some infections, it just depends on which one she is on. The infection can last for a good week or two before it is cleared up. Make sure, that if it is getting better, to not stop taking the medicine. She must take all of it when it says to take it. The most common ways to get the UTI's is from wiping back to front, rough sex, baths, and many others. It is the most painful thing, what she is going through, and I hope that she gets better soon.
2007-12-20 00:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by nitegal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The antibiotics should clear up the infection if she follows her medication instructions. However, she also needs to make sure that she is fully hydrated (drinks enough water and non-carbonated, non-caffeinated fluids) every day.
As a help to her recovery and to help prevent future infections I would suggest that she drink cranberry juice regularly (or take a standardized cranberry extract capsule or caplet).
Also, she may experience a "yeast infection" from the anti-biotics killing off her natural internal flora--that is, we all have bacteria and other natural buggies living inside us that help our bodies do what they do and stay healthy. When you take antibiotics, it's like dynamiting a pond to catch fish (which is ILLEGAL)--you end up killing everything in the pond and no fish can live there for years afterwards.
In the case of bladder infections (UTI), she may start to feel better within a few days. She will not be fully healthy and returned to "normal" until she recovers both from the UTI *and* the effects of the medicine she needed to clear that up.
2007-12-20 00:34:01 · answer #3 · answered by Deporodh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is peeing blood and they still say its a UTI....
Well her doc is wrong....
If she is peeing blood it is a kidney infection... You need to take her to the ER for treatment..
I have had UTI's bladder infections and kidney infections..
I let my last UTI go untreated because I couldn't go to the doctor and it turned into a kidney infection which in turn almost killed me and cost me two weeks in the hospital...
2007-12-20 06:29:35 · answer #4 · answered by georgia3673 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know EXACTLY what your g/f is going through...i have a bladder problem where i get infections really eay...its something i was born with...ive had them so bad i peed blood like your g/f and threw up had fevers and chills....she needs to be careful tho with the back aches...it could have gone into her kidneys....i ended up in the hospitsal a few times with kidney infections....luckily..bladder infections once you take meds start to clear up pretty quickly...they are sooooo uncomfortable to deal with tho!!!
2007-12-20 08:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋