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What Causes Strange Smelling Urine In An Elderly Person?
My 74 year old father has recently been experiencing a very strong and foul smell with his urine. He had a stroke twenty years ago, has had diabetes for about 20 years and just a year ago his bladder stopped working and he is on a catheter now. What could be causing this bad smell?
Mon, 10 Jun 2019
Hello,
I believe it is a UTI followed by the ID catheter. You need to change his catheter and go for a USG (abdomen and pelvis) and a Urine examination (routine and microscopic) and CBC to rule out UTI and its cause.
You can give him a prophylactic dose of Levofloxacin OD once in a day for 7 days.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Naira Jahangir, OB and GYN Specialist
I believe it is a UTI followed by the ID catheter. You need to change his catheter and go for a USG (abdomen and pelvis) and a Urine examination (routine and microscopic) and CBC to rule out UTI and its cause.
You can give him a prophylactic dose of Levofloxacin OD once in a day for 7 days.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Naira Jahangir, OB and GYN Specialist
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