Hi,
I heard a program on the radio this morning about recurrent UTIs with bacteria that do not longer respond to classical antibiotics. A Norwegian group of students won a gold medal in Boston recently. They had developed a synthetic biology remedy to discover at an early stage, bacteria that do not respond to antibiotics.
They test the urine with something called Nitrocefin, and the urine will turn from yellow to red, if there is antibiotic resistant bacteria in the urine.
https://microbeonline.com/nitrocefin-te ... mitations/
The medicine to cure these antibiotic-resistant bacteria is in the group Beta-lactam antibiotics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-lactam_antibiotic
PS: I'm not that into chemistry, but thought this was interesting, as no traditional antibiotics have been able to cure my UTIs. D-Mannose helps, but you have to continue to take D-Mannose, you can't stop in my experience.
Lilja
Recurrent UTIs
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Recurrent UTIs
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
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Gabes-Apg
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yes
our age group of people are paying the price for the 'over subscription' of antibiotics for the past 40 years...
Congrats to the students for their achievement. love hearing young people making progress in these areas
our age group of people are paying the price for the 'over subscription' of antibiotics for the past 40 years...
Congrats to the students for their achievement. love hearing young people making progress in these areas
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
My GP prescribed the same medication each time in the 90's, and the UTIs would come back. I was too ignorant to stop him, or too much authority fear to question his choice of product. I had a stressfull job and really did not care. I was eager to be able to work at all cost.
Finally, the people at the independent laboratory reacted and put a notice at the last result sheet: "Please note that your patient does no longer respond to Trimetoprim which you have prescribed 5 times during one calender year"... He read it out loud to me (he is my cousin, but after I got really sick with MC I finally realized that I had to find a new GP).
Yes, we have a responsibility when it comes to paying attention as to what our doctors prescribe, do some research ourselves, be more curious, ask more questions, and maybe we in som of the cases could have waited out to see if our problem resolved by itself, before running to the doctor. But, I wanted to go to work!
Fortunately, there is much more caution and reluctancy to prescribe antibiotics today. Medical authorities have urged our doctors not to prescribe antibiotics unless in life threatening cases. That is some progress, at least.
Lilja
Finally, the people at the independent laboratory reacted and put a notice at the last result sheet: "Please note that your patient does no longer respond to Trimetoprim which you have prescribed 5 times during one calender year"... He read it out loud to me (he is my cousin, but after I got really sick with MC I finally realized that I had to find a new GP).
Yes, we have a responsibility when it comes to paying attention as to what our doctors prescribe, do some research ourselves, be more curious, ask more questions, and maybe we in som of the cases could have waited out to see if our problem resolved by itself, before running to the doctor. But, I wanted to go to work!
Fortunately, there is much more caution and reluctancy to prescribe antibiotics today. Medical authorities have urged our doctors not to prescribe antibiotics unless in life threatening cases. That is some progress, at least.
Lilja
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Even though I always insist on a culture and only take an abx that the bacteria is supposed to be resistant to, it NEVER completely goes away. My urogynie is convinced that I have the bacteria in the cells of my bladder, probably ecoli.
I am going to send her this article, and maybe we can beat this thing.
Thanks!
I am going to send her this article, and maybe we can beat this thing.
Thanks!