http://pinkmath.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] pinkmath.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vaginapagina2012-02-19 07:29 pm

UTI from bad water?

Hello Superstars!
Mom my has a UTI she started peeing blood this morning. (She is going to the doctor tomorrow morning even if I have to DRAG her there.) Anyway she is absolutely convinced that she got it from drinking the tap water at work. The tap water is not monitor by the city so who knows if it is contaminated with something.

I can't find any thing on Google saying she would get a UTI from drinking bad water. I don't think it's possible

What do you think? Any sources saying one way or the other would be helpful.

[identity profile] sabishii-kirito.livejournal.com 2012-02-20 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely bring her now. Many hospitals offer a single discounted ER visit if you don't have insurance. I had to do that a few years back for the same reason. I just randomly started peeing blood after being perfectly fine with no UTI symptoms whatsoever. Went to the hospital, explained my situation, and I got the ER visit with urinalysis for about $100. They allowed a payment plan, too. Many hospitals are part of the same network, so unless your local hospital(s) happen to be some of the few that don't have those programs, cost isn't really an issue.

Go ASAP. Blood coming out of your urethra means something bad far more often than not.

[identity profile] knittinggoddess.livejournal.com 2012-02-20 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Has she been eating anything that turns her urine colors? (Apparently blackberries and rhubarb can this, not to mention the classic beets. (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/urine-color/DS01026/DSECTION=causes)) Is she spotting or menstruating? Once when I peed blood, it was more like little clots rather than even coloration. How did it appear for her?

Has she had ANY pain in the lower back, bladder, crotch or while peeing? Maybe the color was due to something else.