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I have almost exhausted myself trying to figure out what is causing
my smelly urine. <snip> Anyway, the antibiotic seemed to
squash the smell for about a week and then it returned.
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Seems like there is no one good answer (except from your
anatomy that doesn't answer back in English) as to what's always going
on.
I'm puzzled often too. Back when I worked full
time (88-94) my urine would have a skunky smell to it. My
urine made the catheter smell. I figured only I could smell
it. I'd always rest my thumb on my upper thigh ON the catheter
then ... and then my thumb had that smell. But NO other symptoms
besides crystals/sand would clog the cath.
I wasn't on vitamins or eating or drinking any
differently. The cath also turned a green or purplish color.
I read in a quad magazine an article written by a urologist. He
said a certain type of pseudemonas will change the cath those colors and
usually a cath change will remedy it. It didn't for me. And
because I had no other symptoms .. I didn't go on an
antibiodic.
But! Like you said ... an antibiodic WILL get rid
of it temporarily so it must be a microbial of some kind.
Then, for no particular reason, it stopped (can't recall
when) -- the color change and skunky smell that is for a few
yrs.
Sediment still lingered for yrs and I tried all
irrigants. In around 2000 that then stopped but symtomatic UTIs
started and am battling them to this day.
I'm baffled and frustrated beyond belief.
Lori
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