Question 1

can bacterial infections cause ulcers?

Accepted Answer

Yes: A bacteria called helicobacter pylori is the most common cause of ulcers. The bacteria can be treated by antibiotics. It can be detected on endoscopy or stool or breath tests. Ulcers can also be caused by too much Aspirin or antinflammatory medications.

Question 2

i have inflamation in my tonsils. my cbc results are: a high count of neutrophils 9000 mm3 and a low count oflymphocites of 600mm3 (lab mini range 1500). could it bea bacterial infection? i am worried.

Accepted Answer

Need to exclude : Strep throat infection. The information you provided indicates the need to exclude strep throat infection and if that cannot be excluded, you need antibiotic treatment. Your doctor can do a quick screening test, which if positive is sufficient reason to treat, if the screening test is negative then you need throat culture and follow up.

Question 3

my friend had a bacterial infection in her vagina. she took doxycycline for 10 days and she's having yellowish running out of the vagina.

Accepted Answer

See your doctor: Doxycycline is usually used to treat infections involving the cervix and upper genital tract. It is not a good treatment overall for bacterial infections of the vagina. It is possible that a lower genital tract (vagina) infection is related to the discharge, especially if odor is involved.

Question 4

i stepped on a rusty nail 8 months ago but didn't feel it right away since i'm diabetic and do not have feelings at the bottom of my feet.  in short, i've been treated for a bacterial infection that went into my bone system.  every 2 wks. the doctor cuts

Accepted Answer

The : The treatment for a bone infection involves long-term antibiotics (months) and regular debridements (cutting away) to remove devitalized or dead tissue.  This may involve skin, bone, and anything else between the two.  Sometimes, outer skin starts closing up and healing while there is still infection and dead tissue underneath, which is probably the reason your doctor keeps cutting away at it.  The fact that you're bleeding when he does this is good.  One of the principles of debridement is to remove all devitalized tissue until good, healthy, bleeding tissue is found.

But i can't stress enough the importance of you taking meticulous care of your diabetes while you're trying to heal from a bone infection.  You can't leave everything up to your doctor.  You need to take an active role in your recovery.

Something you might want to ask your doctor about is the use of a total contact cast, which will redistribute pressure away from the area.  As long as you walk on an ulcer, you will delay or even prevent complete healing.

Part of having loss of sensation in your feet must involve daily inspection of your feet.  The body has no compensatory mechanism for loss of pain.  And because you don't feel pain, there is nothing to remind you to take a look and check out what's going on down there.

I also want to add that the only way to diagnose a bone infection is to actually remove a piece of the bone and have it biopsied and cultured.  This will also allow the proper antibiotic to be used for the bone infection.  Wound cultures taken from diabetic foot wounds are notoriously inaccurate in seeing what's infecting the bone underneath.

Good luck, and please watch your diabetes!

Question 5

i've been having eye redness for a number of months. i was diagnosed with a bacterial infection and corneal pannus in both eyes. i don't wear contacts. labs did not indicate any autoimmune conditions. what are the most common causes and treatments?

Accepted Answer

: By UPTODATE: chronic irritation and recurrent corneal infiltrates can lead to scarring and development of a superficial corneal pannus (“pseudo-pterygium”). I wonder if the primary bacteria could be identified by the exudate culture for the appropriate topical antibiotic +/- systemic antibiotic. You have to follow your eye surgeon closely and if possible, you should consider a second opinion.

Question 6

can chlamydia and gonorrhea cause penile pimples and is it true that bacterial infections can cause mouth ulcers?

Accepted Answer

No just no: Ok... chlamyidia and gonnorhea cause URETHRAL infection. they have nothing to infect on the outside of the penis.
And.. the mouth has a lot of bacteria. There isn't a good correlation between bacteria and most mouth ulcers.

Question 7

my son recently was in hospital for 2wks for bacterial infection. his last lab test showed low mcv and he had lost weight while he was there?

Accepted Answer

Anemia: Sounds like an iron deficiency anemia but need to correlate with hct and hgb.

Question 8

i have had swabs and blood test and nothing has come back as any sort of bacterial infection or anything to do with my tonsils it's all like a mystery ?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes an abscess: behind the tonsils can cause problems without causing abnormal cultures or blood tests. However, I don't have enough information on you to help unravel this mystery.  Please keep following up with your doctor. Dr. Anne

Question 9

are pcr tests prone to false positives when diagnosing bacterial infections?

Accepted Answer

: Every test has false positives and negatives. Look up the data on the specific test you are talking about

Question 10

can a bacterial infection affect the accuracy of a pregnancy test?

Accepted Answer

Pregnancy test: An infection should not affect the accuracy of your pregnancy test. Get one and find out if your pregnant.

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I have inflamation in my tonsils. my cbc results are: a high count of neutrophils 9000 mm3 and a low count oflymphocites of 600mm3 (lab mini range 1500). could it bea bacterial infection? i am worried.

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My friend had a bacterial infection in her vagina. she took doxycycline for 10 days and she's having yellowish running out of the vagina.

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I stepped on a rusty nail 8 months ago but didn't feel it right away since i'm diabetic and do not have feelings at the bottom of my feet. in short, i've been treated for a bacterial infection that went into my bone system. every 2 wks. the doctor cuts

A member asked:

I've been having eye redness for a number of months. i was diagnosed with a bacterial infection and corneal pannus in both eyes. i don't wear contacts. labs did not indicate any autoimmune conditions. what are the most common causes and treatments?

A member asked:

Can chlamydia and gonorrhea cause penile pimples and is it true that bacterial infections can cause mouth ulcers?

A member asked:

My son recently was in hospital for 2wks for bacterial infection. his last lab test showed low mcv and he had lost weight while he was there?

A member asked:

I have had swabs and blood test and nothing has come back as any sort of bacterial infection or anything to do with my tonsils it's all like a mystery ?

A member asked:

Are pcr tests prone to false positives when diagnosing bacterial infections?

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Can a bacterial infection affect the accuracy of a pregnancy test?

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