6th/7th UTI five year old has had in roughly nine months.

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Hi all,

Any experience with the above please?

We had an ultrasound and all was clear but was wondering what the next steps were. Will contact doctor to be referred to child’s urologist.

Thank you!

Re the sexual abuse posts, yes it CAN be - but there are posters on this thread myself included who suffered with this since childhood and were not abused, well certainly not in my case. It can be down to your own personal biology - shorter urethra etc. Please don’t worry the op unnecessarily about sexual abuse.

We were very similar with DD - we had recurrent UTIs, plus wetting at night and struggling with staying dry in the day.

Managed to get out referral when she was about 8 .. turned out there was a problem with the tube between the Kidneys and Bladder .. not long enough. She was starred on Oxybutinin and Desmopressin for the wetting, and on a daily antibiotic. We where under the consultant for about 4 years altogether. Reducing her meds etc, during this time.

She’s 15 now … and all is good!

Another vote for D-mannose (I use the Waterfall stuff a PP mentioned), i tend to take one dose at the first tingle and it stops it developing any further but have used it for full on UTI in the past and it works. DD (12) and I, and my DM actually, are all prone to UTI's and it works for all 3 of us, I always keep some in now as does DM. I know some urologists are now recommending it too and I very rarely have to use it these days so it seems to have some long term benefits, definitely worth a try OP.

Hi OP
It was about 12 years ago, so I don’t remember if she had ultrasound prior to the scan. But I do remember that it was the scan with imaging that found the problem.

In our case it was a casual mention of the frequency of the UTIs to after hours doctor that flagged up the need to see a urologist. Our regular doctor hadn’t made the connection, but was happy to make the referral.
Best of luck to your little girl.

My daughter had the ultrasound which was normal but still had the other investigations - the dye and the voiding scan. This was 22 years ago so maybe they don’t do the other investigations now if ultrasound is normal.
No the dye didn’t hurt, it was just an injection in her arm and they put the numbing cream on before the injection and then tracked the dye.

Most definitely needs referring!

Thank you all.

Will definitely ring first thing on Monday and ask for a referral. Not sure what the average waiting time is, especially in the current climate.

The other thing is to just confirm that there is actual UTI present (if you haven't already) - as in they've sent some urine off and it has actually grown bacteria.

As a Mum of two girls, it can be easy for them to get other things when they are little (thrush, vulvovaginitis) and it be mistakenly diagnosed as recurring UTI. The symptoms can be the same.

Worms is another easy miss/fix. Forgot to include it in my list.

Re the sexual abuse posts, yes it CAN be - but there are posters on this thread myself included who suffered with this since childhood and were not abused, well certainly not in my case. It can be down to your own personal biology - shorter urethra etc. Please don’t worry the op unnecessarily about sexual abuse.

No one is trying to worry the op at all but quite often people don't realise this about UTI's. My friend was abused as a child and had UTI's constantly. She says now as an adult that she doesn't know why no one realised.

Came on to also recommend d-mannose. Had a bout of recurrent utis but haven't suffered (touch wood) in years following a period of using it daily (maybe for the first six months/ year or so)? Worked brilliantly as a preventative but not so well at actually treating though for me- so used after treatment with antibiotics.

I never had these as a child , only recently, but the nurse told me a big cause was not emptying bladder properly. She told me to rock backwards and forwards for a few seconds before wiping to try to ensure you have properly emptied. Not doing so is a major cause of UTIs in adults, so she said.

Thank you for your reply. Has she grown out of them. What tests did she have?

Sorry, I’ve just caught up on this, she had an abdominal ultrasound, culture taken of the infection, blood tests to check her immune system and dye test to check her bladder function. In the end she just grew out of them. She’s physically tiny, at age 6 was wearing age 3 clothes so everything was just very close, short urethra so bacteria passed up to the bladder very easily. She’s 10 now and gets maybe one a year now but for a while they were very persistent.

Thank you all for your experience/advice, and for answering any questions that I had. Am hoping DD will get referred quickly and that the wait isn’t too long. Didn’t think to ask about blood tests too. Will also make sure DD is emptying her bladder and reminding her.

Thank you!