A 45-year-old member asked:
urinary tract infection- is it related to lupus?
2 doctor answers
Dr. Morris Westfried answered
46 years experience Dermatology
No: A lupus patient could get a urinary tract infection and high dose steroids would lower your immune system. And possibly increase the chances of a urinary tract infection. The infection must be treated with appropriate antibiotics and the steroid dose has tobe lowered when possible with the addition of steroidsparing drugs such as plaquenil, (hydroxychloroquine) atabrine, etc.
Answered on Dec 28, 2011
Dr. EVAN Leibowitz answered
25 years experience Rheumatology
Maybe: I assume that you have lupus (sle). Sle patients are more prone toward infections. This is due to the disease and some of the medications used to treat it. Sle does not directly cause inflammation of the urinary tract or cause urinary tract infections, however.
Answered on Mar 26, 2013
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Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
C Dr 4 antibiotics: See your dr. Get urine tested asap, drink lots of water & take prescribed antibiotics..
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
If it is an actual: urinary tract infection (not just urinary symptoms) than an antibiotic is needed to kill bacteria.
A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Krick answered
36 years experience Urology
Symptoms: assuming you were given antibiotics, completion of the full course of antibiotics and resolution of the symptoms should indicate that the infection ha ... Read More
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Here are some ...: If you're clinically suspecting UTI, the best course of care will be seeing Doc for reviewing Hx and testing urine with Rx to follow. If unavailable t ... Read More
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