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do any of you get strong smelling urine when you have a flare - even if you don't have an infection? It is an odd smell that really has a rotten scent....sorry to be so blunt but I wonder if it is only me?
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I get this too. My pee smells like a dead rat or something( sorry for the gross description). I thought maybe it was infection too, but my culture was clear.
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HI I get that strong ukky smell too.......guess it's just the bladder revolting! LOL Roxie
Double Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery 8/09
Unsuccessful MiniArc sling surgery 12/07
Dx'd Hypothyroid
Dx'd Chronic Axonal Neuropathy & Myopathy
June 2007
Dx'd IC May 2006 (after suffering for 25+ yrs!)
First Cysto 1979
First Hydro 1981 (Many treatments since then!)
Collagin"Durasphere" injections for urethra
Gall bladder surgery Aug. 2004
Gastric Bypass Dec. 2004
Dx'd: Barrett's Esphogus July 2004
Dx'd: Vaginal Atrophy 2005
Bladder surgery 2000
Dx'd: IBS 2000
Hysterectomy (fibroids) 1999
Laminectomy 1989
Dx'd: Degerative Disk Disorder 1989
For IC I use Elmiron, Elavil and Freeze dried Aloe Vera (it works likes Elmiron, but naturally)and Azo as needed. I also take Zegerid, Randitine for Barrett's Esophagus. (which causes me to have constant yeast infections!)I take Cymbalta for Neuopathy/Myopathy pain. I use the Climara patch for menopause symptoms. I'm on a very strict diet because of the IC, IBS and Gastric Bypass. I take Primal Defense Probiotics and whole food Iron.
I no longer have the awful urethral pain! I've been using MSM gel now for 4 mo. and haven't had a flare up or the urethra pain.....it's amazing stuff!!:woohoo:Comment
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Yes, I get it too. Inflammation produces a lot of yucky things, and I guess they are smelly, too!****
Jen
*Diagnosed with severe IC in 2004
*Also diagnosed with PFD, fibromyalgia, chronic myofascial pain, IBS, migraines, allergies/asthma, dermatographism
*Kept trying a million different treatments for all these things until I found what works, and I am doing okay these days with the help of a cocktail of medications and the InterStim, which was first placed in 2007. [I have had 2 revisions - one in 2010 when my battery died and had to be replaced, and one complete replacement (lead and generator) in 2012 after a fall on my stairs caused my lead to move.]
*Current meds include Atarax (50mg at night), Lyrica (150mg twice a day), Xanax (0.5mg at night and as needed), Zanaflex (4mg at night), hydrocodone (10/325, every 6 hours as needed), Advair, Nasonex, Singulair (10mg at night), oral contraceptives, home instills containing Elmiron and Marcaine (as often as I need to do them).
**I am not a medical authority nor do I offer definitive medical advice. I strongly encourage you to discuss your medical treatment with your personal medical care provider. Only they can, and should, give medical recommendations to you.Comment
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Thank you for posting this question, as I have wondered it myself. I've gone to the bathroom and thought DAMN, why does it smell SO BAD, how can I NOT have a UTI with how rank it is??? Sorry for TMI, but this answers my question...32 years old
former Med/Surg RN
endometriosis x 13 years (with attempted/ failed complete removal in June 2008), IC diagnosed with cysto/hydrodistention April 2007, second cysto/hydro in June 2008Comment
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Smell
If it isnt ammonia which is common, and if its really stinky then its probably indicans, a urine chemical which is rank.
Sammi
Sammi
Meds: Melatonin 3mg @ bedtime if needed. Estrogen 1.5 mg troche and 0.1 mg Estrace cream.
Diagnosis: IC, PFD (both in remission)Comment
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I read somewhere that when you eat asparagus it can make your urine smell like rotten cabbage, garlic, or even like a skunk smell. That is so weird. It also said that about 50% of the population will have this reaction and only about 50% of the population will be able to smell the scent. It can take about 15-30 minutes to have the smell after you eat asparagus. I tell you what......you learn something new every day
Miss Bessie
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When I asked my urologist about ismelly urine she said it could also come from the bacteria in the vagina...
I have that smelly urine sometimes. I wonder if it may be related to what I eat. I remember when I used to drink coffee, before IC, my urine would smell like cofee! I'm sure some of you experinced that in the past....Laser cervical surgery after abnormal pap (moderate dysplasia) in 3/2004
UTIs since mid 2004
Recurrent yeast infections since mid 2005
IC dx 3/2006
V V dx 12/2006
Other conditions: IBS, allergies, dry eyes.
Current IC medications:
Elavil (since 12/06) 10 mg;
Cysta Q (since 5/07)
Rephresh acid jel every 3 days
D-mannose, fish oil, Calcium Citrate, Multivitamins & garlic pills (sometimes)
Probiotics Femdophilus or other brands
Gy-Na-Tren for yeast infections (started using it as needed since 2010)
Other Rx:Omeprazole 20mg; benadryl as needed, Restasis
Past Meds and why I stopped them:
Elmiron: March to September 2006: headaches
Lyrica:2 weeks in 2006: headaches
Cystoprotek: from Jan to April 2007: nausea
Femcon Fe (2/07 to 10/07):caused spotting/bleeding
BCP:Loestrin (since Ocotber 2007) to stop spotting for 2 months. V V worse. Stopped the pill in Nov 07.
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It can be from something you eat, from not drinking enough, infection --- or I sometimes wonder if I don't sometimes have a very sensitive sense of smell.
DonnaStay safe
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Me too! And I wonder if OTHER people can smell it too!45 year old
IC symptoms, all my life
Severe endometriosis since age 13, hysterectomy Oct 06
IC diagnosed 1/11/05, Interstim implant May 09Comment
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I know when I use to drink wine, before IC dx, I would wake up and it would smell like the wine, yuk. Well now I don't drink, maybe one glass every 6 months, and I am glad, because when I go out of town with my friends and we go out, they drink too much, and now I wake up without a hangover and they are all going ahhhhhhh, of course I have my ic pain, but not a hangover.Comment
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thanks everybody for the replies- I think this time it was an infection - went to the doctor and had blood in my urine! No where close to that time so they put me back on another round of Levaquin.
You all take care and have a good weekend.Comment
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Re: smelly urine?
I've noticed it too.... but only after I started taking Desert Harvest freezes dried aloe Vera. Wondering if that is how my body absorbs the aloe veraComment
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