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Can Prescription Medication And Radiation Therapy Cause Painful UTI's?
I have been experiencing painful uti's every 3 months since having 33 rounds of radiation back in 2012. Since this March, I have a uti every 30 days. I just had a urine culture, and it is negative, yet I am in so much pain in the urinary tract. I want to know the source, could it be side effects from the prescription drugs I take, etc? Thank you.
Fri, 9 Nov 2018
Hi,
Radiation therapy is known to produce cystitis via damage to bladder wall cell linings, in which case it is sterile UTI, there are no causative organisms to turn out on culture report.
The list of medications is mandatory to comment for that and would like to get it in follow up a conversation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel,
General Surgeon
Radiation therapy is known to produce cystitis via damage to bladder wall cell linings, in which case it is sterile UTI, there are no causative organisms to turn out on culture report.
The list of medications is mandatory to comment for that and would like to get it in follow up a conversation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel,
General Surgeon
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