Any experience with urine issues?

October 21, 2012

My ds is 7, has asd, and has a chronic history with yeast and bacteria

overgrowth. For several years he was getting a high dose of vsl3, which seemed

to keep things at bay. Unfortunately, the cost became too much so we took my ds

to see a gastroenterologist who just put him on miralax to keep him regulare.

The miralax just caused diarrhea, so we've been playing with the dosage to try

and find a dose that works for him. Last week he began peeing his pants at

school. I thought it was behavioral, since he has been known to wet himself when

he's not getting his way. He didn't have any accidents at home last weekend, but

then monday at school had 6 or 7. Last Monday night he began complaining of a

boo boo in the area of his groin, but really wasn't being specific. He's not

verbal enough to say anything but boo boo.

I took him to the pedi on Tuesday who ran a culture and sent him for a U/S of

his kidneys. The dip stick showed a little blood at the office, but the culture

that came back from the lab shows no blood and no infection. He continues to

only pee little squirts at a time, and is constantly wetting himself just a

little bit at a time. He's going constantly. Friday the pedi sent him for

another u/s of his appendix and testicles to make sure all was well there, and

that was also normal.

Last night he became very urgent to go pee and was pulling my hand toward him. I

noticed a small brown color coming from him, so I took a tissue and dabbed him.

What looked like a small black thread, with a knot in it came out. I thought it

was a string from his underwear. I'm pretty sure it came out of him, but I can't

say for sure. Today he's still peeing very frequently only a tiny bit at a time.

He's eating and drinking fine, has no fever, and is playing as usual. I can tell

he's very sensitive on his tip, but then again he's been poked and prodded all

week and could just have had enough of anyone touching him there.

I'm curious if anyone knows if this sounds like a parasite, and if so where do I

go from here. I'm thinking if it was string inside of him for over a week

wouldn't it take a few days for the irritation to go away? What else could this

be. The dr says if it was yeast it would have shown up in a culture. Is that

true? Would a parasite show up?

Any advice?

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