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Urogynecology (Expert Forum)
Treating UTI's during menopause
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.
Treating UTI's during menopause
by heart2heart2, Jan 23, 2008 12:27PM
I'm pretty sure I have a bladder infection due to pain during urination, also feel sluggish, feverish, etc. I understand a urine culture can not be done during the menses. I have also been having prolonged menstrual bleeding. How can a doctor figure out what antibiotic to treat me with if they can not do a urine culture?
Doctor's Answer
by Lennox Hoyte, M.D., Jan 24, 2008 01:40PM
, Jan 24, 2008 01:40PM
They can collect the urine sample using a catheter passed into the urethra. This canbe done during menses.
Alternative, if you have symptoms of frequency, urgency, and pain with urination, you can be treated with a standard antibiotic like bactrim or macrobid for 3-5 days, and see if the symptoms clear up.
Dr. Hoyte
Alternative, if you have symptoms of frequency, urgency, and pain with urination, you can be treated with a standard antibiotic like bactrim or macrobid for 3-5 days, and see if the symptoms clear up.
Dr. Hoyte
catheters inserted into women are not painful....your bladder is only a few inches inside....poor men depending on there length and add a couple more...now that smarts...don't worry ...its nothing!