Worried about DD

scary, the two things could of course be unrelated, Nathanael intermittently
has blood in his urine, just like you describe on the pants, the cause for
him is a very mild blood clotting disorder that is very rarely diagnosed in
boys, it is usually diagnosed in women due to heavy periods, it's a genetic
one and as he has it we have now worked out that it comes from me, my mum
and my gran, it makes our blood look like we are on warferin or aspirin when
we're not.

Anne

"CY" wrote in message
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No, that was the next step if the repeat labs has shown anything...but
since they were negative for anything they didn't follow up. Why would
they be positive once and negatie the second time though??

Lab error maybe, or maybe he just tested for a UTI. Either way, if she's
screaming in pain when she goes to the bathroom, she needs to see her doc.

Jess

Oh, she's not in pain to pee anymore, and when they retested they tested for
the whole shebang, protein, blood, white blood cells, everything....
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"CY" wrote in message
news:vZ69f.501793$_o.34179@attbi_s71...
No, that was the next step if the repeat labs has shown anything...but
since they were negative for anything they didn't follow up. Why would
they be positive once and negatie the second time though??

Lab error maybe, or maybe he just tested for a UTI. Either way, if she's
screaming in pain when she goes to the bathroom, she needs to see her doc.

Jess

In f%b9f.503083$_o.4070@attbi_s71,
CY wrote:

*Oh, she's not in pain to pee anymore, and when they retested they tested for
*the whole shebang, protein, blood, white blood cells, everything....

Well, they retested after they treated her, right? So she had a UTI. They
treated her. They retested. She tested negative. Is that correct so far?
So, ok - now she is symptomatic again. Presumably another UA will show
blood, protein, and WBCs! If it were my daughter I would be asking about a
urine culture. If she had another UTI in the short-term, I would be asking
about imaging studies to rule out an anatomic or functional issue
predisposing her to UTI. FWIW.

--
Hillary Israeli, VMD
Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is
too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

"Hillary Israeli" wrote in message
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Well, they retested after they treated her, right? So she had a UTI. They
treated her. They retested. She tested negative. Is that correct so far?

Not quite! She had a *suspected* UTI and sent the first urine for analysis.
It was positive for Pseudonmonas, but doc assumed it was a contaminant and
told me to discontinue the Keflex they had prescribed (she took for 5 days).
A week or two later, she had another urinalysis and it was positive again
for Pseudomonas. Doc wanted to treat her with Cipro, and assumed that *two*
samples couldn't possibly be contaminated. We tested urine again (about
another week later) and the third time it was negative, with no WBC's, blood
or protein.

So, ok - now she is symptomatic again. Presumably another UA will show
blood, protein, and WBCs! If it were my daughter I would be asking about a
urine culture. If she had another UTI in the short-term, I would be asking
about imaging studies to rule out an anatomic or functional issue
predisposing her to UTI. FWIW.

We got an ultrasound and it was normal. Thank God. Doc thinks she had an
external infection and had me treat with hydrocortisone and Epsom Salts, and
she is much better. I am still very nervous though and am watching very
carefully for signs of recurrence.

Thanks for your help.

CY


--
Hillary Israeli, VMD
Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is
too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

In BLeff.339674$084.45931@attbi_s22,
CY wrote:

*We got an ultrasound and it was normal. Thank God. Doc thinks she had an
*external infection and had me treat with hydrocortisone and Epsom Salts, and
*she is much better. I am still very nervous though and am watching very
*carefully for signs of recurrence.

Phew. Well, that sounds good. Glad things have improved! My daughter had a
similar problem with external irritation/inflammation, and it's been six
or eight months now, and she still makes a fuss over needing to "pat dry"
after using the potty, instead of "wiping," because the doc had told us to
make sure she was very gentle there, and I guess it stuck

--
Hillary Israeli, VMD
Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is
too dark to read." --Groucho Marx