Can A Year-long UTI With Microscopic Blood Clear On Its Own?

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2020

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Question : Does our body clear bactiria on its own. i been having uti( im a male 23 years old) for a year now and my doctor did all the stds testing and ultrasound. he said there were no cancer cells or anything and his Conclusion was to just leave it like that since it seems harmless is that right thing to do. btw my urin color is normal the blood is microscopic. i%E2%80%99m 100%25 sure i got it after having unprotected sex last year but he keeps saying that i dont need antibiotic.

Answered by Dr. Vasudha (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You can have second opinion/get culture of urine done.

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Thanks for asking your query at 'Ask a Doctor' service. I have read your query.

Yes, you are correct. The body does destroy any type of pathological organisms that enters our body. It has got a perfect defense mechanism for that. White blood cells are the fighters against diseases .The success they get in driving the pathogens out, depends on the immunity status(health) of the person/the gravity of pathogens attack the body.

In this process antibodies are produced to act against the pathogen, in a healthy person the symptoms are totally prevented & person is free from the disease. In case pathogens resist the defense by body, symptoms start appearing, though the battle continues recovery from the symptoms indicates that, body conquers / aggravation of symptoms denotes pathogens have success in the attack.

*Here comes the role of antibiotics to help our immune system
**You are in dilemma about your status after the unprotected sex. In STDs, most of the times a strong dose of antibiotics for advised days suffices to kill the pathogens &person becomes infection free. The symptoms totally disappear.

**In case you are still suspicious, please get yourself examined by a urologist to exclude any lesion on external genatilia
- Get repeated routine urine examinations (three days consequently)
- Get culture &sensitivity examination of urine in case any of the urine reports are positive

**Personal care : Get your spouse also checked, treated if needful by a doctor.
- Personal genital hygiene maintenance is very important
- Avoid sex with unknown person, especially unprotected sex(use condom)
- Drink lots of water
- Have nourishing food with proteins, fruits (citrus) & salads.

I hope that helps. Follow up query is welcome. Thanks.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj