Urinary Tract Infection
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Diagnosis
- Urine dipstick positive for leucocytes 90% reliable indicator.
- Urine dipstick positive for nitrites 50% reliable indicator.
- Urine culture/sensitivity is indicated if possibility or pregnancy or complications.
Treatment
- Relieve pain: Pyridium 200 mg tab #6 Sig: 1 tab PO TID for pain.
- Clear infection: Doxycycline 50 mg tab #22 Sig: for first day 2 tab PO BID CC, 1 tab PO BID CC subsequently until complete.
- Preserve gut flora: OTC probiotic BID away from food for 2 weeks.
Prevention
Bladder and kidney infections are common among patients with underlying hypothyroidism; treat hypothyroidism to prevent recurrence of UTI [Hertoghe1914; Starr2005, pg 142].ICD-9 Codes
| ICD9-Code | Description | Comments |
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References
Unless specifically noted above, references used in the construction of this web page include the following:[FDM] Lecture notes from Functional Medicine University.
[SCNM] Lecture notes from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
[UT] Lecture notes from the University of Tennessee graduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
[Hertoghe1914] E. Hertoghe. Thyroid Deficiency. Lecture presented to the International Surgical Congress at the New York Polyclinic School and Hospital (April 1914). Copy availaible from Broda O. Barnes M.D. Research Foundation at http://www.brodaobarnes.org [Cited by Starr2005].
[Starr2005] Mark Starr. Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic. Columbia, MO: Mark Starr Trust (2005).
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