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Posted 2/4/2019 9:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hello community,

I've had my ileostomy for just under 2 years now. Ever since having surgery I felt great in terms of not having UC symptoms, however I have always suffered from some sort of issue (albeit minor) that I feel stems from having an ostomy. In the last year or so, I have gotten urinary tract infections twice now. Something that I had never suffered before I had an ostomy. Is this something that anyone else has experienced? If so, why is it and what can be done to prevent this from happening as it's really annoying!

Regards.
Posted 2/6/2019 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
I used to have UTIs a lot in the last couple of years. It comes so far that I always have cranberry juice around. I had a UTI during my colectomy surgery but all the antibiotics they gave me got rid of it. I'm doing OK now. I don't think the ileostomy has anything to do with it.
Posted 3/7/2019 7:13 PM (GMT 0)
I've had a permanent illeostomy for just over three years and I've had probably 6 or 7 UTIs in that time. There was some collateral damage during my surgery where there was some nerve damage affecting urination. Because of that damage my bladder doesn't always completely empty which makes me vulenerable to UTIs
Posted 6/26/2019 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
I'm in the same boat as Jason518. There was some damage done in March 2017, when I had total Colectomy. Then more damage in March 2018, when I developed an abdominal enterocutaneous fistula during stoma repair surgery, which involved 4 more surgeries to repair fistula. Had surgery on prostate February 2018, and entire urinary tract to remove calcification on February 2019, so I've had quite a few UTI's. After coming off of TPN in August my biggest problem is chronic muscle spasms in feet and hands, sudden episodes of becoming lightheaded to the point that I have to lay down, and blurry vision.
Posted 7/18/2019 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
I didn't have them until I had the surgery to remove adhesions, now I have them several times a year. I don't know if it's coincidence, or if it has something to do with the surgery or maybe the catheter.
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