How will i know if the medicine is curing baby's UTI?
Patient: good day, i got a 4 mo and 2 wks baby. her urinalysis shows pus cells of 13-15. her fever is almost 6 days and up to now the fever is still on off ranging temp of 37.9 to 38.5, and she got temp of 40.2 once. Her pedia gave me already antibiotic Cefaclor and its her 3rd day taking med. im wondring, how will i know if the med is curing my baby's UTI? what other causes of uti aside from hygiene? Thanks! Doctor: Thanks for putting up your query at HealthCareMagic. I understand the cause of your concern. Our urinary tract under normal circumstances contains certain bacteria and there is nothing unusual about it. When this number increases beyond a certain limit, the situation is known as urinary tract infection (UTI) and although the body sends its white blood cells to fight, they cannot do so adequately. The dead white blood cells are known as pus cells, what has been detected in urine. If the urine is cultured, the sensitivity of these bacteria to antibiotics can be determined. If the bacteria are sensitive to the antibiotic that has been prescribed, the fever comes down. It may take a few days time and there is nothing to worry. If the fever comes down, you can assume that the antibiotics are working and the UTI is getting cured.Since the bacteria that cause UTI are already present in the urinary tract, all you have to do is to keep their number in check and this can be done by maintaining proper hygeine.I hope that helps. Feel free to revert back with further queries if any.