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You need a referral to a pediatric urologist. Not normal.
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My 5 year old daughter has to go to the bathroom quite a bit. She went over 30 times yeaterday. She complains of a frequent headache and has a low grade fever quite often. Rarely wets the bed though occaisionally leaks into her clothing. Is it just learing to control her bladder or possible something more?? Her docvtor prescribed antibioyoics which did nothing.
You need a referral to a pediatric urologist. Not normal.
I suggest that you get your doctor to send you to a pediatric urologist. Something is definitely off and you need better care.
You also need to ask for your daughter to be tested for diabetes. Make sure that they do that.
Good luck,
Dawn
So, call the doctor and tell him that she still has the symptoms. The doctor may want you to bring her back in or my prescribe a different antibiotic to try. Your daughter has definite symptoms that need to be addressed by a doctor. We moms cannot help you with this.
Fairly often, bacteria develops resistance to some antibiotics and then a different one has to be tried. And she may have a viral infection in which case an antibiotic won't help. I suggest that the doctor may want to try additional tests.
Doctor.
Assuming she sleeps 10 hours a day twice an hour isn't an insane number of potty breaks (I pee hourly as an adult, but I grew up in the heat and still drink as if, even though I live in the cold and don't sweat it out). But its still something to check on.
It may be medical.
It may be a learned habit from school.
It may be she's like me and drinks a ton
She may have a urinary tract infection (UTI). Ask your doctor to test her urine for bacteria. Untreated UTI' s can lead to permanent kidney damage. I had a series of recurring UTI' s as a child and needed many hospital visits, tests, and antibiotics for YEARS before I was finally cured, it is not something you can take lightly.
