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Suggest Treatment For UTI In Diabetic Patient

my mother is 66 yrs old. she takes med for diabetes, high blood pressure. had a stroke last year december in which she lost her speech, so she is on warfarin too.
she's been having uti every month for past 6 months, her doctor gives antibiotics each time. but uti keeps coming back
Fri, 6 Jun 2014
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Dear sir i ca understand your concern.
i am very sorry about condition of your mother.
recurrent urinary tract infections are commonly seen in female diabetes patients.
To handle recurrent UTI we need to make sure that diabetes is under good control.
Next step is a culture and sensitivity should be done to find the organism and to see wats the antibiotic effective for that respective organism.
Any abnormality in the tract should also be ruled out mostly we need to check weather any renal stone are present.
This kind of cases are well managed by a Urologist
i suggest you to see one.
Don't worry she will be alright soon.
Hope I was able to help you.
If you have any further question fell free to write me back.I will be happy to help.
Take care.
Best Regards.
Dr Vamsi Krishna
Consultant Diabetologist
Apollo Hospitals



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Suggest Treatment For UTI In Diabetic Patient

Dear sir i ca understand your concern. i am very sorry about condition of your mother. recurrent urinary tract infections are commonly seen in female diabetes patients. To handle recurrent UTI we need to make sure that diabetes is under good control. Next step is a culture and sensitivity should be done to find the organism and to see wats the antibiotic effective for that respective organism. Any abnormality in the tract should also be ruled out mostly we need to check weather any renal stone are present. This kind of cases are well managed by a Urologist i suggest you to see one. Don t worry she will be alright soon. Hope I was able to help you. If you have any further question fell free to write me back.I will be happy to help. Take care. Best Regards. Dr Vamsi Krishna Consultant Diabetologist Apollo Hospitals