My girlfriend had a duplicate kidney removed about 2 years ago. She frequently gets utis and has recently in the last month had 3. She gets antibiotics and issue goes way. Ten about 10-15 days later it occurs again. She notes this by noticing a tingling sensation beginning in her vagina wich quickly leads to pain and overall discomfort. Her URologist has thought it at be due to her ureter from the dupulcate kidney was not properly closed and has caused a breeding ground for bacteria.- thus evading to her uti. The problem is she does not always test positive for a uti. She will be following up with her urologist again soon but I was wondering if there might be some additional tests se shod ask to be done?
Hello, Your urologist is right in suspecting infection arising in the ureter. Usually any kind of abnormalities in renal physiology can cause frequent and recurrent urinary tract infection. Urine test may be negative for microorganism since there is a minimum required level of bacteria are needed for a positive result. Urine results may not be correlated with the level of symptoms experienced and this is particularly true for women. So she needs to take antibiotics when there are signs of UTI. Also consult your urologist for further course of action. Bye