It seems like I just cannot catch a break!!!! I had no a urine sample for home health on Monday and they sent it to my primary care doctor who just called and told me that I now have E Coli in my urinary tract and have to began a 10 day treatment for that! I started reading about it online, thank God for Google, huh????? I had no idea how I got E Coli. While reading I realized that is the reason for the intense pain in my lower back, pelvic area and I thought I was passing small kidney stones all this time. I have pain medication but that only works for about three to four hours and then I have to suffer the intense pain for another three hours before I can take another one. It just seems that Murphy's law applies very much to me. Here is some interesting information about E coli in UTI's. Just another routine day in my life I suppose these days. I can tell you one thing, when I finally over all this I am going to be hard to hold down!!!!!!!
E. Coli and UTIs
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is responsible for more than 85 percent of all UTIs, according to a 2012 report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Several other common bacteria also cause UTIs, including Staphylococcus saprophyticus,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumonia.
Symptoms of UTIs include:
- Urination that burns
- Frequent, intense urges to urinate, even if there's hardly any urine to pass
- Urine that's foul-smelling, cloudy, or bloody
- Fever or chills
- Pelvic pain in women and rectal pain in men
- Pain in the lower back, abdomen, hips, or flank
Urinary tract infections aren't usually serious, but they can be dangerous if the bacteria make their way into the kidneys.
Left untreated, a kidney infection (which is still considered a UTI) can cause permanent kidney damage and even deadly blood poisoning.
No comments:
Post a Comment