no joke uti

[ljgeoff]

I think I've had a UTI for the last 2-4 weeks. No real symptoms other than night sweats, urgency. But I just chalked it up to being post menopausal and being on a really stressful schedule. This weekend I began having painful urination with a poor stream (dribbles, really) and put it all together. I'm now on Macrobid (nitrofurantoin) - which usually exhausts me. The fact that I feel so much better with *more energy* emphasizes to myself how sick I was.

When people say that infection response decreases with age, they mean it. Very weird experience.

Comments

[amaebi]

Does "infection response decreases with age" mean that symptoms rising from infection are slighter and vaguer?

[ljgeoff]

Exactly. As you age, your body's reaction to infection, like getting a fever or having inflammation, decreases. So my body wasn't giving me the signals that I would interpret as UTI. I just felt tired and crappy, with occasional night sweats.

[amaebi]

Interesting-- thanks!

[johnpalmer]

I'm glad you found it and are feeling better.