Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Urogynecology (Expert Forum)
UTI?
Answered by
Lennox Hoyte, M.D. - UroGynecology, Pelvic Surgery
USF College College of Medicine
Tampa - FL
Questions in the Urogynecology forum are answered by medical professionals affiliated with USF Health. Topics covered include overactive bladders, bladder pain, fallen/drooping bladder, bowel urgency, bowel prolapse, cystitis, incontinence, pain with intercourse, rectal prolapse, surgery, urinary urgency, and uterine prolapse.
UTI?
by jw88, Jul 08, 2007 12:00AM
I am 18 years of age and it seems as though ever since I began taking Ortho Tri-cyclin (a birth control pill), I have been getting recurrent UTIs. I have all of the symptoms, burning, urgency, only a few drops of urine at a time, blood in the urine, etc. When I thought that I had another infection, I had a culture done, and it came back negative. The doctor said that if he had known how insignificant it was, he wouldn't have treated it with the antibiotic. I was referred to a urologist and I am scheduled for a cystoscopy in August.
What I really want to know is if my birth control could possibly be playing a part in my feeling all of the symptoms of a UTI. If not, what else could it be? I had never had these symptoms until I began taking it last year. Please assist if you can!
What I really want to know is if my birth control could possibly be playing a part in my feeling all of the symptoms of a UTI. If not, what else could it be? I had never had these symptoms until I began taking it last year. Please assist if you can!
Doctor's Answer
by Lennox Hoyte, M.D., Jul 15, 2007 12:00AM
, Jul 15, 2007 12:00AM
Please get checked for urethritis. This can sometimes be a urethral infection with a sexually transmitted organism. If this is negative, and your urine culture is negative, you will need evaluation by a urologist to rule out bladder lesions. If this is negative, and your cervical cultures are also negative, please consider evaluation by a pelvic floor physical therapist, who may be able to identify pelvic muscle trigger points which may be cause symptoms of bladder irritation like you are experiencing.
Member Comments (2)
by richleygirl20, Jul 25, 2007 12:00AM
To: anyone
i also have alot of utis i dont know what the deal is and i bleed in between periouds and my periouds are really long i wish that i could find a cure for this
