My almost 15 month old daughter had her first Urinary Tract Infection back in May and was subsequently diagnosed with VUR (kidney reflux) after some testing at the hospital. They put her on a low dose of the antibiotic Septra to help prevent further UTIs. Well, she has had a slight fever (ranging from 99 to 101) since Thursday, with no other symptoms (though her urine does have a faint smell to it). This is exactly what happened when she had her first UTI in May, although she had more symptoms then, such as refusing to eat, very smelly urine, and a little diarrhea. She acts like she's fine, unlike during her other UTI, where she was very fussy and clearly felt bad. We took her to TWO different urgent care clinics on Friday, as we were on vacation in Orlando and didn't know where to go. The first place wouldn't even do a urinalysis; the second place did a urine bag test and said it looked fine, but they didn't do a urine culture, and according to all I've read, these bag tests aren't always reliable. So we got home on Saturday, took her to another urgent care clinic, and they tried to cath her TWICE, unsuccessfully, which is odd since she's been cathed before without problems. So we spent two and a half hours there, and they didn't even get a urine sample. They just told us to up her dose of Septra for 10 days, then go back to our pediatrician for another urinalysis to make sure the infection (if it is a UTI) is gone. Soooo, after all that, I just checked her temperature today, and she's been running a high 99, low 100 fever since this afternoon. I gave her some Motrin to help bring the fever down, however, I'm worried that the antibiotic isn't working to get rid of the infection, or that maybe she has grown resistant to it. Has anyone ever experienced something like this? I just don't know how soon the fever is supposed to go away after her dose was increased. It's been two days already. We called our doctor and are going to bring her in tomorrow, but I wanted to see what others had to say about this.
you need to give the antibiotic 5 days AT LEAST to work. you are doing all the right things!
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you need to give the antibiotic 5 days AT LEAST to work. you are doing all the right things!
my son had a high fever with his ear infection and I was also worried because the antibiotic did not seem to work and I was told by 2 nurses - 1 my mom & pediatricians nurse that antibiotics take about 48 hours to actually start to kick in ... so hang in there and if fever still has not went away or infection check back with dr. hope this helps......
It is possible that she had a "breakthrough" on the antibiotic. Basically that antibiotic didn't work for her and she will need a different one. My son was born with urinary tract problems (not VUR) and the first antibiotic he was put on at birth didn't work. We cleared up the UTI and put him on another that worked great. Just take her to the doctor tomorrow and see what they say.
Urinary tract infection is a bacterial contamination which parts of the urinary tract. It includes kidneys, the ureters, tubes, the bladder and the urethra. During childhood, many children are affected by this disease; however they are usually easy to treat. Doctor’s usually collects a urine sample and test it in the laboratory by the help of tools available at http://www.ilexmedical.com/products.php?id=70 . It helps in finding out infection and inflammation, so that they can prescribe the correct antibiotic. However, as far as your concern, it is probable that the antibiotic suggested by your doctor didn’t work for her and she had a “breakthrough". Go to the doctor, they will either change the antibiotic or offer other treatment.
Take her back to your PED tomorrow for a UI. I sounds like she may have a breathrough infection. My daughter has Urinary/Kidney reflux as well and is on a low dose antibiotic indefinitely....although we just changed her meds after 6 months to prevent resistance.
