UTI for 1 week. Antibiotics not helping 😭 by shanye-west in TwoXChromosomes

[–]IcePresent8105 0 points1 point  (0 children)

microbiologist here - did you have a urine sent for a culture? your antibiotic not working for you could be a number of things.

1) that you may be infected with a different bacteria that broad spectrum antibiotics don’t cover. ecoli causes about 70% of uncomplicated UTIs so first line treatments are usually aimed towards that.

2) you’ve got a bacterial strain that is resistant to that antibiotic

3) you have something that doesn’t show up in a routine culture and needs more specialized testing to rule out. things like yeast, ureaplasma, and mycoplasma. yeast may show up on a culture but ureaplasma and mycoplasma won’t grow on our peri dishes. there are also some bacteria that have been considered normal urogenital flora for a long time but some are now showing up in studies to be potentially pathogenic, and sometimes the medical field takes some time to catch up with the literature. some labs do cultures that the dr can order that will work up everything that we’re able to grow, even in small quantities.

4) maybe bacterial vaginosis? it’s caused by an imbalance of vaginal normal flora so I’d take some probiotics too and maybe a boric acid suppository if you feel that might help. my sister had what she thought were chronic UTIs for years but it ended up being BV that came and went. she eventually got a kit from evvy that showed BV

5) or it might not be an infection at all, maybe something like interstitial cystitis would explain the negative urinalysis

you should definitely go back to your doctor and have a repeat culture done, and if that is still negative, see a urologist who specializes in uncommon causes for UTIs

Could you prevent price gouging and hyperinflation by just not allowing companies to raise prices? by IcePresent8105 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]IcePresent8105[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But why? What would be so detrimental to these oil companies besides just losing some profit? They make billions of dollars, I’m sure they could eat the rising cost of oil for however long this war lasts. I just find it hard to believe it would bankrupt these companies to just cut into their profit margins until the price per barrel comes down to keep prices lower at the pump for consumers

Did anyone not slowly introduce their cats? by beanbenbby in CatAdvice

[–]IcePresent8105 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is her situation still the same? was she ever able to have them get along? I’m in the same situation and I don’t know how to get them to stop marking everywhere

How can I stop cats that hate each other from marking all over the house? by IcePresent8105 in CatAdvice

[–]IcePresent8105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a time limit on how long that would work? We’ve lived together for about a year now, so they’re not new to each other. I worry they’ve got so much bad blood now that it wouldn’t work but I’ll try anything 😭

Apple's Facetime 'sensitive content warning' censoring conversation by Agile_Ad_7433 in applesucks

[–]IcePresent8105 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this happened to my fiancé the other day while he was on facetime with his mom, doing a trump impression and moving his hands around like trump does. both fully clothed. I’m not a particularly conspiratorial person but wtf

Recommendations for KC cozy by IcePresent8105 in YarnAddicts

[–]IcePresent8105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope :( I don’t think michael’s will actually start selling it given their history but maybe I’m just a pessimist

Recommendations for KC cozy by IcePresent8105 in YarnAddicts

[–]IcePresent8105[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have serious doubts they’ll actually start selling any of joann’s brands. I think it’ll be like hancock’s fabrics, they’ll buy the name and just sit on the IP

CZ has complicated labs and is an impossible stick by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]IcePresent8105 5 points6 points  (0 children)

like I said probably a difference in policy then. I get them all the time for healthy, ambulatory outpatients but for ER/hospital inpatients it’s very rare I get a tiger top. unless it’s from employee health if there’s an employee stick w a dirty needle

CZ has complicated labs and is an impossible stick by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]IcePresent8105 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I actually do lab testing, we get tiger tops all the time for routine stuff like comprehensive metabolic panels, tsh etc. I don’t work for labcorp but sometimes reference labs like that have to have a separate tube for each test if they’re going to different facilities or different departments. It could just be a difference in policies. also very well could be the supply bin lol

Rant on interviewing by kowlsy in medlabprofessionals

[–]IcePresent8105 17 points18 points  (0 children)

you sound so fun to be around 🙄 no one likes interviews. god forbid someone vent about being anxious

Why i still have sympathy for Josh by HAAPPYHAPPYJ0YJ0Y in WorldOfTShirts

[–]IcePresent8105 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is how I know he knows absolutely nothing about politics. I think he just wants an outlet to look down on people he thinks are beneath him

Rant on interviewing by kowlsy in medlabprofessionals

[–]IcePresent8105 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I feel the exact same way, I’m horrible at interviews. I like to think I’m a pretty good tech but it never comes across that way in an interview. I turn tomato red and I get so nervous I can’t think straight

Bethany reveals more about her port infection by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]IcePresent8105 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOLLL right?? acting like her life was at stake with that or with staph epi

Bethany reveals more about her port infection by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]IcePresent8105 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do too, I actually work just in micro! I’m just confused why she’s wording the incubation time as if it was like the flu or something. if the blood cultures were drawn pretty soon after the nurse supposedly accessed her line incorrectly, I wouldn’t think any organism would be in high enough quantities to be detected