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Im trying to make a pathophysiology of urinary tract infection and came to a slump..

what causes nausea and vomiting in patients with uti?

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Wow. I've had around 15 UTIs and I have never experience nausea or vomiting. Interesting.

Also, anyone know how to tell the difference between a UTI and yeast infection? Every time I thought I had a UTI, I went to the doctor, did a urine test, and received cipro and pyridium. However, the last time I got a UTI I couldn't make it to the doctor so I went to the drugstore and got Monistate and that took care of it. Could a yeast infection show a positive on a urine test this many times and be "cured" by cipro when it really was a yeast infection or could a UTI be "cured" by Monistate? I'm wondering how many of my UTIs have really been yeast infections...

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foreverLaur, I work in a urology/urogynecology office. Many of our patients who have yeast infections complain that their urethra is irritated, they feel like they have to "go" all the time, etc. In short, they feel like they have a UTI, even if they don't have one. Apparently, the yeast are good at getting that whole area irritated.

That said, any time you think you have a UTI, it's wise to ask your Dr. to send out a urine sample for culture and sensitivity. You don't want to let a UTI go, because it can spread to the kidneys pretty quickly, especially in susceptible people. And if you think you have a yeast infection, insist your Dr. send out a lady partsl swab. Self-treatment of yeast with over-the-counter meds. you may or may not need *can* irritate the heck out of your entire urogenital area.

Bottom line: yes, it's possible for a yeast infection to make you feel like you have a UTI. But get the test done, just in case. If it's inconvenient for you to get to the Dr.'s office, ask him/her if he/she would be willing to write you a couple undated prescriptions for a urine C&S. Then, if you feel like you need it, you can run to your local Quest labs (or whoever you use) and get drop the urine sample off. Lots of our patients do this.

There is also no way Cipro could cure a yeast infection (au contraire, actually) and also no way Monistat could cure a UTI. One is for bacteria, the other is for yeast.

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Im trying to make a pathophysiology of urinary tract infection and came to a slump..

what causes nausea and vomiting in patients with uti?

The only time I have heard of this happening is when the uti becomes an UPPER (kidney) uti infection. If a bladder (lower) uti spreads to the kidneys, fever, pain in the back, nausea and vomiting may occur.

Other people may be able to answer this more definitively for you.

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To AtomicWomen - thank you!!

To the OP - I apologize for hijacking your thread. I don't know anything about the pathophysiology, but something did pop into my head. I had a case once last year where I felt nauseous (did not vomit) and severely weak. It took me an hour to walk home from class (normally 15 minutes) because I had to stop and rest so frequently to avoid passing out. I had a friend drive me to my doctor and they told me I had a UTI!! I had absolutely no symptoms whatsoever (and they're kinda hard to miss). The antibiotics sure took care of the problem though...

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

The inflammatory response is the major defense mechanism that is called into play when any bacteria invades the body or there is any kind of tissue injury or allergic reaction. The inflammatory response produces these 4 cardinal signs: redness, heat, swelling and pain, and results in loss of function of the involved body part because of the edema and pain. Any other responses are specific to the invading organism (microbe in question) and the reaction of the individual. The most common reason for nausea and vomiting with infections is due to the toxins released into the blood stream by the invading organism that act on the vomiting center of the brain.

I've been collecting the threads with pathophysiology on them and making a list of the links to them. UTI was one of them.

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