Not a UTI-- What is it?? - Open to All Other Health Topics Message Board

SentenceDoing · 04-17-2008, 01:17 PM

For those of you who haven't read my other posts, here are my symptoms:
pain in left side of my back, under my ribs, and travelling down my side to the left side of my belly button and lower to where my torso meets my leg. I happened to have an appointment with my gyno a couple of days after the pain started, so he checked me for a UTI during the exam. Because I had some discomfort when he pressed on my bladder during the pelvic exam, and he didn't feel anything wrong with my ovaries, he said I most likely had a UTI, and he gave me a prescription for antibiotics and had a urine sample sent out for tests.
One month ago, I had the same symptoms, went to a walk-in center for a urine test and antibiotics because I was going on a trip the next day, and I felt better by the time I finished the antibiotics. When I called for the results, they said the sample was contaminated.
I just called my gyn to find out about the results for this time, and I talked to the nurse who said my urine sample was negative. She checked with the doctor and called me back to say that it was normal, and that if I was still having symptoms, the doctor suggests I go to a urologist.
What could this be if it's not a UTI?
Personally, I'm actually suspecting an ovarian cyst. Two years ago, I had the same symptoms, was treated for a UTI, and then a month later, had the same symptoms, went to the ER, because again, I was supposed to go on a trip the next day and it was a Sunday, and they gave me an ultrasound in which they found a small ovarian cyst. This time, the pain is pretty much the same, and it's a month apart-- while I'm ovulating. does this sound like it could be an ovarian cyst? The pain is different from what I've read online about ovarian cysts, but it's the same for me as the last time I had one.
What would a urologist check for? Would they give me any kind of scans where they would find an ovarian cyst if I had one even if they're looking for something else?
Should I stop taking the antibiotics?

Thanks.

beckaboo1717 · 04-17-2008, 09:17 PM

i have the same problems and my doctor told me i might have to have my appendix out. i feel all the same symptoms. i dont think its appendicitis.. but something to do with problems associated.

SentenceDoing · 04-17-2008, 09:30 PM

i'm having pain on my left side, though, so it can't be my appendix. good luck, though. I hope you feel better soon!

Linda_in_NJ · 04-18-2008, 08:44 AM

Do a search for endometrosis and see if it fits your symptoms. My daughter had close to the same problems and just had laprosopic surgery yesterday and the doc did find some endo. It was lasered off. They can do a trans vaginal ultra sound also and an mri. GoodLuck Linda

hermes370 · 05-06-2008, 06:52 PM

interesting ... sorry 'bout the pain, as it can make life heck ...

anyways there could be multiple things causing this ... 1) it being left sided starting from the left flank and radiating down, one always has to think about kidney stones ... and yes, some of you may say, well in the urinalysis the docs ran was negative, what are the odds, well, I can't remember the % off the top of my head, but there are a reasonable number of urinalysis which a completely clean and do not suggest stones, even though a patient really has stones(you often see red blood cells on the urinalysis, because the stones cause irritation of the genitourinary tract and lead to microscopic if not macroscopic bleeding) ... you can occassionally see stone on a plain abdominal x-ray if the stone are radio-opaque(but not all stones are), so most often, if there really is concern based on your hx then a stone-proctol CT scan is done(this does not entail intravenous contrast), you can also send a patient home with a urine strainer and container to see if you can collect any sediment/small stones, but I would have suspected that if you passed an appreciable sediment/stones that you would have already noticed that

in terms of other causes ... ovarian cysts seen on pelvis ultrasound are a common finding on U/S ... doesn't mean it/they are causing your symptoms and doesn't mean it/they are not .. someone could check a hcg to r/o an ectopic pregnancy ... could be endometriosis, is the pain cyclical around your menses ...

anyways, that's my two cents ... there are other causes, but these are some of the more common ones

best of luck