Cystitis

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imp

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Bladder infection. My wife's Mother, who will turn 90 in January, has had recurring bladder infections as long as I have known her, 36 years now. Every possible antibiotic, technique, what-all else I don't know, never created a period of time much more than a month or so, with no symptoms present. Years back I recall thinking that we learned in Biology that any continued irritation of tissues, like sharp teeth against the tongue, (or chronic bladder infection?), can lead to cancer. The lady remains well, in that respect.

I, too, have had Cystitis several times, knocked out quickly with a short regimen of antibiotics. Just wondering how prevalent this irritating intrusion is? Believe the literature states it usually "clears up" by itself in a couple of days! Where in heck did they get that idea? :rolleyes:

imp
 

Clears up by itself? I don't think so.

A bladder infection is something that needs to be treated quickly because it can travel upwards to the kidneys where is doesn't show any symptoms until the kidney is about to fail. Elderly people with dementia get worse when they have a urinary tract infection and this might be the only sign to alert the carers.
 
Our cat had it. The Vet had her on antibiotics. A few weeks later and she is fine.
 

Usually more common in women because of our anatomy. Doesn't clear up by itself.. but is not hard to cure.. usually 3-5 days of Cipro 250mg bid does the trick. Unless of course it's one of those resistant bugs... then a urine culture and appropriate antibiotic is needed.
 
QuickSilver said:
Usually more common in women because of our anatomy. Doesn't clear up by itself.. but is not hard to cure.. usually 3-5 days of Cipro 250mg bid does the trick. Unless of course it's one of those resistant bugs... then a urine culture and appropriate antibiotic is needed.
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Last time Cipro was ineffective. Heard that's getting more common now. Bactrim (Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole) was so effective, symptoms cleared in < 24 hours. imp
 
QuickSilver said:
Cipro works JUST fine... unless your bug is resistant.. Cipro is the drug of choice for most UTIs
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Yes, I know that. Dr. said Cipro would have been his first choice, too. Leave it to me, to find bugs that thrive on Cipro! It has a drawback, if I remember correctly, of causing problems with tendons. imp
 
imp said:
Yes, I know that. Dr. said Cipro would have been his first choice, too. Leave it to me, to find bugs that thrive on Cipro! It has a drawback, if I remember correctly, of causing problems with tendons. imp
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I don't know.. I've only taken it twice and that was for 3 days.. good results.. no tendon problems that I know of.
 
The literature says "snapped tendons", scary to me. Small tendons? How often encountered. If one's Achilles snapped, I don't think one could walk, maybe not even stand. Just an example. How would they repair a snapped tendon, QS?

I've taken Cipro quite a few times over the years, once even when the Dr. was fishing for answers for my year-long asthma-like condition. Never any adverse at all. imp
 

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