Chronic UTI Senior OES
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| Welcome to the forum! Wow a 14 year old. That says a lot for the love and care you give her to have her around for so long! I'm so sorry about the reoccurring UTI's! And very scary the severity with the renal failure!
We had a sheepie Katrina(Rest in peace) who had hip dysplasia and she had some bouts with UTI's. Never as severe as what you're experiencing. She also had some incontinence issues. We had great success deaing with the UTI's with antibiotics, electroaccuscope treatments, homeopathy(also helped with the incontinence) and cleaning the area. I also used to have to take a warm washcloth and clean her private area quite frequently and keep it trimmed as well. She would tend to grow a lot of hair in that area that would exascerbate the condition and she would tend to have a discharge. At first it kind of freaked me out to have to clean her there but then I quickly got over that when I saw how important to her health it was. We discovered that keeping the discharge cleaned out and the hair to a minimum seemed to prevent an infection. Best of luck to you! Nannah's a sweet name for a sheepie, we have a Hannah. |
| Thank you so much for your reply--I had been thinking I needed to do some privates cleaning, but washcloths weren't really doing it, and my vet had suggested babywipes, but they aren't anti-bacterial--so I've now located some that are on internet, and emergency has shaved her for same reason--so I'm hoping that will help. Nannah also has some back-end issues from a collision with a bus when she was 4--has some spinal arthritis and her back legs are just weak--so that hasn't helped either. We've tried a lot of antibiotics, but she keeps getting infections that then have different bacteria--can you tell me more about the electroaccuscope? I know that at some point the answer will become clear-cut, but while she still enjoys her walks and playing, I would like to be able to give her that--that's a really cute pic of your pup--how do you upload--I can send you a very silly pic we took on Nannah's 14th bday....peace--s |
| Has your vet checked for diabetes?
I'm sure they have...the reason I ask is...my Stella had the same thing...10 years old...leaving little puddles around the house...finally diagnosed with diabetes and after a couple of months, we have the diabetes under control but if it gets even slightly out of kilter, she gets a UTI...she has to keep a pad on while we are away at work. |
| We battled recurrent bladder infections due to a bladder defect in a 1-2 year old. Panda's numerous infections were treated with antibiotics... her second to the last bacteria in 2006-2007 was with a difficult to treat strain, then another different one appeared during treatment so I know how what you're going through.
There are some wipes called Zymox that you might ask your vet about... http://www.vetamerica.com/index.asp?Pag ... rodID=4412 It won't help what happening internally but maybe it will keep her clean externally. We now use Pampers Clean 'n Go wipes on her a couple of times a day because it has a little bit of alcohol. I agree with keeping her shaved down close... no hair to hold the bacteria near the skin. We also went to an urine acidifier called Uroeze because she had struvite crystals. One last suggestion to discuss with your vet... a probiotic. Panda had been on and off antibiotics for about 1 1/2 years and they did a number on her system. The last antibiotic was prescribed for a 6 month duration and it left her with a yeast infection which was horribly itchy... she would chew her feet until they were soaking wet. Best wishes in finding a cause and treatment for your baby. |
| Here's Ron's picture posting info: http://forum.oes.org/viewtopic.php?t=1119. It is located in the forum facts section under picture taking. What I did was print the info and then go step by step with the written instructions. If I can do it, you can too. That would be great to see pictures of Nannah. You probably know already we LOVE pictures!
The electroaccuscope treatment does the same thing as accupuncture, which is to help the flow of energy through the body, hence aiding in the overall health. My regular vet also does holistic medicine. I think this is considered a holistic therapy. My vet told me that the electroaccuscope accomplishes in fewer treatments and without needles the same thing that accupuncture would do. It just depends on the particular problem which particular treament is called for. As far as cleaning the private area: Graphic Warning: You might need to have your vet show you how to properly clean the area. It needs to be a little more invasive then just wiping "around" the surface. Hope that's clear enough without being inappropriate. For Katrina's good health we had been advised by the vet it was necessary to help prevent reoccurences of the infections and it did really help in conjunction with the other treatments. We had good luck with just the use of a regular warm very moist washcloth. Also, you can search the forum for previous posts about UTI's just key it in at the top of the page where it says search. There should be lots of posts and hopefully you will see the info that might be really helpful for you. That's really sad about a bus incident. But she must be one strong sheepie girl! I'm always of the thought they should be allowed as much enjoyment and activity as they are able and wanting to do using good common sense of course. Lisaoes had previously pointed out if the dog has hip/back end problems soft surfaces are best instead of walks on concrete and such. I thought that's really good to know. Good Luck again! Keep us posted. |
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