PCR Testing and Antibiotics to Treat Recurrent UTI - Elizabeth Kavaler, MD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler discusses the following:
• The importance of the patient perspective
• Dr. Kavaler’s own PCR lab
• The process of the urine sample being tested and handled
• Her approach to antibiotics and available treatment plans
• Tips on what to do when you think you have recurrent UTI
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About Elizabeth Kavaler, MD
Elizabeth Kavaler, MD is double board certified in Urology and Urogynecology. She is the founder and medical director of Total Urology Care of NY, that has a special focus on women's urology. Just eight years old, Total Urology Care of NY is now proudly the highest patient-rated urology clinic in all of NYC. Her vision for the practice was, and has become, a living, patient-centric community where the culture of care puts humanity first. Always a thought-leader, her immaculate, state-of-the-art facility was the first private practice in Manhattan to open a PCR lab dedicated to diagnosing and treating UTI's. Patients are treated with compassion by the entire staff, including during necessary administration process, where even the complexities of on-boarding new patients, surgical coordination, and medical billing/insurance are managed with the same humanity. Dr. Kavaler performs most of her surgery on an out-patient basis, including prolapse repairs, from Weil Cornell/NY Presbyterian Hospital. She volunteers at Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx providing her specialized women's care for patients without the resources to see her in private practice. She is the author of "A Seat On The Aisle Please: The Essential Guide To Urinary Tract Problems in Women" that is now going into its second edition.
Website: www.totalurologycare.com
Facebook: / totalurologycare
Book: A Seat On The Aisle Please
About Live UTI Free
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Glad to see you're allowing comments (at least on this video.) Some may be useful, some may not be, but only by talking with each other about this condition can we band together and ask that protocols be changed. As the doctor says, we each think we're the only one with the experience because, without social media, there's no way to hear each other's stories.
This is very informative!
How may I get connected to speak with Dr. Kavaler? I would like to discuss our lab's methodology that is a hybrid PCR plus Culture test, which is used to confirm viability of organisms, detect additional pathogens not targeted for on PCR and provide patient specific antibiotic sensitivity results. I would really like to have this discussion with her if possible? Thanks so much, I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Do symptoms always mean an infection that needs antibiotics? 2 cultures of proteus positive. What about when there has been the one dose of Fosfomycin and symptoms lightened but never went away then 1 moth and a half later a 2 x’s a day for 5 days of Cefuroxime taken and again symptoms lightened but didn’t clear up and ultimately returned to very uncomfortable level?
Thanks live UTI free for the hug effort you are doing
I have questions Is the PCR test available outside USA or Europe?
We aren't aware of whether Dr. Kavaler provides testing for other regions - you could reach out to ask. There are tests available elsewhere, and we have shared some of them here: liveutifree.com/2024-enhanced-diagnostics-directory/
My Doctor- urologist and Infectious disease doctor only does PCR-DNA TEST ON ME!!!
My deadly bacteria doesn't even show up in a Regular Culture unless I'm near the precipice sadly 😪
I have had 3 to 4 UTIs (all e-coli)every year for the past 3 years. I have tried all over-the-counter aids. Still get them. I am now resistant to Nitrofurantoin after 3 weeks on it and still have the infection. Just put me on Cipro and I'm a bit nervous. Complete hysterectomy over 20 years ago and take Estradiol and also use Estrogen cream. My husband died 3 years ago so there is no sex. I'm at my wit's end as I am the only caretaker for my 91-year-old mother and cannot keep getting ill. I worry that I'll become resistant to more antibiotics or have to deal with side effects as I've been prescribed so much. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry to hear you're experiencing that. You're welcome to send us an email and let us know where you're based, so we can share relevant information: liveutifree.com/contact
Dr. Kavaler. Thank you for this video. I’ve been dealing with a UTI for 6 weeks now, mostly due to the fact I kept getting false negatives. Any recommendations for treating a stubborn UTI? Seems I have three different bacteria causing the symptoms.
The experts we interview aren't able to respond to comments, but you are welcome to send us an email and let us know where you're based so we can share relevant resources: liveutifree.com/contact
Please can you interview Marnie Simpson again and update us! Thank you
Did you see our post-fulguration update interview with Marnie? th-cam.com/video/lrGrwyFnnIs/w-d-xo.html