Re: bladder infection and bleeding

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

Sometimes prolong use of Amantidine or Baclofen and bladder infection can cause blood in the urine. Irrigation of bladder along with antibiotic usually will stop the bleeding within a few days.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

Sometimes prolong use of Amantidine or Baclofen and bladder infection can cause blood in the urine. Irrigation of bladder along with antibiotic usually will stop the bleeding within a few days.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

Sometimes prolong use of Amantidine or Baclofen and bladder infection can cause blood in the urine. Irrigation of bladder along with antibiotic usually will stop the bleeding within a few days.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

No great ideas here, but I just want to wish you, your dad & family

well.

Marcel

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

No great ideas here, but I just want to wish you, your dad & family

well.

Marcel

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy,

No great ideas here, but I just want to wish you, your dad & family

well.

Marcel

[Guest guest]

Cindy, My husband, Ned, has had blood in his urine off and on since last

August. He has been cathing x 7+ years, and this is not a common symptom.

Treatment with antibiotics last fall did not help what we thought was a UTI

(we tried 2 different antibiotics) and urine cultures were coming back

negative. Since Thanksgiving he has passed about 15 kidney stones - He went

to the hospital for an IVP in February. Found he had several small kidney

stones, but those didn't seem to be causing any problems -- however, the

doctor said " bladder stones " were a possibility, but the only way to know for

sure was to scope the bladder. This showed several bladder stones (the four

I saw were about the size of dimes or pennies) and the doctor feels these may

be causing all of the blood in the urine (sometimes the blood is occult and

only picked up by test strips, other times the urine has so much blood and

clots that his urine looks like cranberry juice or tomato juice)! Ned is

scheduled for surgery May 15 to have the bladder stones removed.

You might want to ask your urologist about checking for bladder stones.

Judy

[Guest guest]

Cindy, My husband, Ned, has had blood in his urine off and on since last

August. He has been cathing x 7+ years, and this is not a common symptom.

Treatment with antibiotics last fall did not help what we thought was a UTI

(we tried 2 different antibiotics) and urine cultures were coming back

negative. Since Thanksgiving he has passed about 15 kidney stones - He went

to the hospital for an IVP in February. Found he had several small kidney

stones, but those didn't seem to be causing any problems -- however, the

doctor said " bladder stones " were a possibility, but the only way to know for

sure was to scope the bladder. This showed several bladder stones (the four

I saw were about the size of dimes or pennies) and the doctor feels these may

be causing all of the blood in the urine (sometimes the blood is occult and

only picked up by test strips, other times the urine has so much blood and

clots that his urine looks like cranberry juice or tomato juice)! Ned is

scheduled for surgery May 15 to have the bladder stones removed.

You might want to ask your urologist about checking for bladder stones.

Judy

[Guest guest]

Cindy, My husband, Ned, has had blood in his urine off and on since last

August. He has been cathing x 7+ years, and this is not a common symptom.

Treatment with antibiotics last fall did not help what we thought was a UTI

(we tried 2 different antibiotics) and urine cultures were coming back

negative. Since Thanksgiving he has passed about 15 kidney stones - He went

to the hospital for an IVP in February. Found he had several small kidney

stones, but those didn't seem to be causing any problems -- however, the

doctor said " bladder stones " were a possibility, but the only way to know for

sure was to scope the bladder. This showed several bladder stones (the four

I saw were about the size of dimes or pennies) and the doctor feels these may

be causing all of the blood in the urine (sometimes the blood is occult and

only picked up by test strips, other times the urine has so much blood and

clots that his urine looks like cranberry juice or tomato juice)! Ned is

scheduled for surgery May 15 to have the bladder stones removed.

You might want to ask your urologist about checking for bladder stones.

Judy

[Guest guest]

Cindy,

You wrote; " What are the group's thoughts? Is bleeding like this normal

after cathing?

with infection? Could infection be causing bleeding? Any tips or

treatments that we should be talking to medical staff about?

The answer to the first question is; yes, bleeding could be caused by a UTI.

It also can be caused by kidney stones passing down thro the ureters, the

two tubes (one per kidney) which empty into the bladder.

As far as tips, if they have not done a cystoscope on him by now, you should

fire the whole lot. A cystoscope scope has a small camera on the end of a

cable which allows the doctor to actually see the inside of the urethra and

bladder.

Also he should be seeing a urologist for this problem.

Most doctors get very worried when someone is passing blood from the urinary

tract.

Let us know how things come out.

God Bless,

Judy & Jim Stark

bladder infection and bleeding

> Hi All,

>

> My dad has been in and out of the hospital over the past two weeks. It

> started with an episode of non-responsiveness and lethargy. My mom

brought

> him in to the ER. They initially thought it was an overdose to the drug

he

> uses to stop drooling (the one where you put drops under the tongue).

> However, the symptoms didn't match up. Initial testing of urine revealed

no

> infection; subsequent test a couple of days later revealed bladder

infection.

> (My thought is that it was a bladder infection all along; doctors say

that

> bladder infection doesn't cause such symptoms. Big surprise to this

group,

> huh!)

>

> He was in hospital for five days with catheter. Changed his antibiotic

once

> while in hospital and once since discharge. Over past few days he has had

> blood and blood clots in his urine. He went back to ER last night where

they

> hooked him up to irrigate his bladder. I understand this went on for

several

> hours and is still on-going. There is still blood.

>

> What are the group's thoughts? Is bleeding like this normal after

cathing?

> with infection? Could infection be causing bleeding? Any tips or

treatments

> that we should be talking to medical staff about?

>

> Thank you,

> Cindy

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[Guest guest]

Cindy, What cathing method and equipment? How tall/large and who does

cathing? Any past history of stones? Gravel? Mucous? Albumin? How much

water?

distilled? and when given? hours? Enlarged penis, epididymitis?

Send more information - too many variables. Gross bleeding (large unceasing

at first like urinating?)

Seems my Jan has had most everything in that department over the years. Some

med combos can cause bleeding.

No, doctors do NOT understand everything, but irrigation can't hurt and may

help. Advice can be considered.

FOLEY CATH USERS should know that MOST infectious bacteria are in the FIRST

half inch of the urethra.

I use a drain sponge with Lantaseptic on husband Jan's penis tip and avoid

irritation and exposures that can cause

problems. LA Louise in Springhill where weather is completely

unpredictable these days.

[Guest guest]

Cindy, What cathing method and equipment? How tall/large and who does

cathing? Any past history of stones? Gravel? Mucous? Albumin? How much

water?

distilled? and when given? hours? Enlarged penis, epididymitis?

Send more information - too many variables. Gross bleeding (large unceasing

at first like urinating?)

Seems my Jan has had most everything in that department over the years. Some

med combos can cause bleeding.

No, doctors do NOT understand everything, but irrigation can't hurt and may

help. Advice can be considered.

FOLEY CATH USERS should know that MOST infectious bacteria are in the FIRST

half inch of the urethra.

I use a drain sponge with Lantaseptic on husband Jan's penis tip and avoid

irritation and exposures that can cause

problems. LA Louise in Springhill where weather is completely

unpredictable these days.

[Guest guest]

Louise,

I'm afraid I can't answer most of your questions at this point, but I will

pass them on to my parents. My dad is scheduled for an exam tomorrow so we

will hopefully know more then.

Thanks to all for the tips and well wishes.

Cindy