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A 43-year-old female asked:
43- yr old female. recurrent uti's. usually after marital sex (despite voiding and cleaning afterward). is cystoscope really necessary? options?
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Dr. James Krickanswered
Urology 38 years experience
Cystoscopy: Can be helpful in understanding recurring vs incompletely treated cystitis. Largely depends on how far apart your infections were and how well documented they were with cultures. Also, not everything that causes red or white blood cells in the urine is infectious. I would encourage you to have the cysto, especially if its a flex cysto in the office with local anesthetic. It's brief and simple.
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Need advice. I can't have sex w/o UTI frequents. So scared of them my marriage is now suffering. I take cran pills, pee immediatly, etc. What to do?
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Dr. Caroline Cribari commented
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May i know what is the best medication for uti.. Mine is recurrent and now im experiencing pain in urination and i noticed bubbles in my urine..
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