My MIL was in the hospital for 5 days due to a UTI and was given antibiotics. She was given more antibiotics at home and still tested positive so she was given more. Now she is on the third round. This infection is not going away. Dr. Is referring her to a Urologist if this last set of antibiotics doesn not work. Have any of you experience this? What was the outcome and tips on how to help her?
Aso make sure your MIL stays hydrated with actual water not just water in tea , drinks etc .
Good luck
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Good luck!
She lives at home with 24/7 care. The hygiene is impeccable but she is predisposed to UTI’s. She’s on a prophylactic antibiotic nitrofurantoin, cranberry pills or gummies.
I had a bidet sprayer installed in the bathrooms, She bathes every day but none the less the UTI’s come back.
9 out of 10 times I know to have the urine checked because of extreme changes in her behavior. it’s easy to blame it on dementia when it’s actually a UTI.
Hydrate
cranberry pills or gummies daily
good hygiene
we are just trying to keep it at bay.
My mom was also hospitalized for a week for uti (plus shingles and falls). After the hospitalization, she wound up needing 3 different rounds of iv antibiotics for 1 week each. We went to the hospital for these infusions but later learned the home health nurse (she was getting post hospitalization rehab care at home) could have done it.
It may be she is not voiding and continues to be infected from retained urine. (To ensure she is voiding as much as possible, have her lean forward 45 degrees after she thinks she is finished urinating. This pressure will help push out any retained urine.)
Wishing her a quick recovery. These infections are dangerous and can be chronic, as they have been for my mother why is why I think a urologist is needed. (For reasons I cannot understand, she rarely gets them in Maine but constantly gets them in Florida. If anyone has a guess as yo why, please share.)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5808437/
had results that are consistent with > temperature results in more UTIs. Sadly, they do report that FL doesn't report admission month stats on UTIs, but they used other southern states (Temp was the key to their testing, not so much geographic locations.) So, it's possible she's more prone in FL