IBS and Urinary Tract Infections
10/01/03 08:13 AM
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Kristine
Reged: 05/15/03
Posts: 229
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Is there a connection between IBS and Urinary Tract Infections? When I was young, I would have frequent infections (about once every few months). During high school and college, I was UTI-free, but I noticed that the past few years (starting around the time I got diagnosed with IBS), I've been getting them again, usually about once a year. I thought I read somewhere that there's a connection between the two, but I'm not sure.
And....to build on that question, I notice that when I have IBS-C, I sometimes feel the symptoms of an urinary infection (frequent urge to urinate, etc.), but not the pain. The last time this happened, I got tested (it came back negative), but I still had the frequency, which sometimes got unbearable.
What should I do when that happens? As you can imagine, it's hard to function when you feel like you need to bring your sleeping bag into the bathroom. ![](/messageboards/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif)
Kristine
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