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UTI in baby
Baby is 1 and half year old..he is suffering from UTI...he is on antibiotics for 15 days.. today is nineth day...till now he is feeling pain in his private part occasionally..do er need to do USG...??? We have a USG report when he was neonatal..that time report shows no structural defects...my question is do we need to do USG again???
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Yes. To rule out any abnormality from birth. And scan after 4 to 6 mnths to see if there's injury to kidney.
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If there's pain while passing urine after 9 days of antibiotics, a change of antibiotic may be required
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If no abnormality found, he should have enough water, avoid constipation to avoid recurrence
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If he has frequent uti’s like once every month you can get a ultra sound , make sure he drinks good amount of fluids coconut water etc , you can try citralka syp 2.5 ml in 10 ml water
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
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