Urinary Tract Infection..

[DoctorWu 1]

Hi,

I'm 14 days post op today. This weekend I started to have problems urinating, burning etc. I've had urinary tract infections before so I knew that's what it was pretty much right away. I went to urgent care and they confirmed it and gave me an antibiotic to knock it out. Just a little worried though, does anyone know if this could be a symptom of some kind of complication with the vsg?

Thanks,

Cliff

[mrsnate 55]

I had a UTI at 2 weeks out as well. I was dehydrated too, so I think in my case it was more caused by dehydration. Since I finished my antibiotics, I've made sure to drink lots of Fluid and so far, so good. Get well!

[DoctorWu 1]

Thanks for the quick reply! Getting enough fluids has been a challenge for me as well but don't think I've reached the dehydration stage yet...have been trying to increase the Water intake since this started.

Thanks again!

[Lauranbob Mc 94]

UTI's are caused 99% of the time by E. Coli. after abdmoninal surgery some women can get a UTI just because it hurts to bend over and properly not cleaning... or... if you had a catheter placed during surgery the vagina was not cleaned properly before insertion.

[DoctorWu 1]

well..I'm not a woman and didn't get a catheter when I was sleeved...so its not one of those but I have had uti's twice before so maybe I'm just prone to them or something?

[Lauranbob Mc 94]

oops sorry.