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UTI is 8months old
Hello dr, my boy baby is 8 months old and urine culture shows e coli with 100000cfu/ml. He is straining while passing urine and constipated and he hardly drinks water around 50ml per day. Plz suggest me 1.whether hospatlization required
2. why it happens and is it common
3. Plz suggest me hygiene steps
3. Whether diapers are allowed in night time
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Culture positive UTI in less than 1 yr age group needs to get treated with atleast 7 days and USG KUB also needed
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Consult with Pediatrician physically for further evaluation and treatment
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Dr. Alpana Meena
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Sawai Madhopur
Child has UTI then treatment or antibiotics should be according sensitivity of urine culture
Try to give him plenty of fluids
UTI can be occur if child is constipated so try to relive constipation give complementary feed less milk diet
Give cereal based diet more and after one year start to give toilet training
Normal wash can be done
Diapers can be used in night time
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Vadodara
1) Admission if not taking liquids, fever, vomiting
2) USG KUB
3) To treat it properly so doesn't recover
4) to keep minimum use
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