Center for researching women's infections

MarthaF

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Center for researching women's infections

05-18-2007, 01:44 PM

I just found out the Dr. Scott Hultgren of Washington University has been named director of a new center to study infections that affect women predominantly. He has done the most research on UTIs and his lab discovered the "pods" or biofilms formed by E.coli in mouse bladders that they believe explain recurrent UTIs.

WUSTL creates center to study women's infectious diseases - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9545.html

The School of Medicine is launching a new effort to study infectious diseases that preferentially affect women. The center for Women's Infectious Disease Research (cWIDR) will focus on issues such as microorganisms that cause urinary tract infections, infections that lead to premature delivery and microorganisms that may contribute to life-threatening conditions such as cancer and heart disease.

Let's hope this leads to some new findings. Maybe they will discover IC is really an infection as some of us believe.

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05-19-2007, 02:44 AM

Thanks Martha for posting this. Its sounds very promising, might be exactly what we need.

Lyme disease diagnosed 11/05
vulvar vestibulitis diagnosed 2/06 -worst case she has ever seen..very bad.
IC diagnosed with hydro/cysto- may 17, 2006

Over growth of lactobicilli found 8/07 treating with doxy.

Was able to get my first internal exam evaluation for PFD....wohoo 1/18/07:woohoo:

8/22/07- was able to get my first speculum exam, with pap

Strep D found in bladder with United medical labs May 2006
2 strains of strep in stool culture 9/06
high Strep ASO titre found 10/06

NEW MED

Capsasin cream-once a day for 20min,
BUt wont lie it does burn

About to start valium supositories for PFD

Trigger point injections- oct 07

Current meds:
Neurontin- 100mg at night supposed to work up to 300mg if i can tolerate it
Zanaflex 2mg
IC and low oxalate diet, no sugar diet
Xanax for appointments to help relax me since they cause so much pain

Started PT 3/07, PT has really helped me in ways I never knew that it would

Meds ive tried
Lyrica
Klonopin
Singulair
Claritin
Pyridium
Soma- can barely tolerate half a pill
Atropine cream- didnt seem to work, although i found out I was applying the creams wrong
Estradiol cream
Urelle- caused worse bladder spasm and retention

Various antibiotics for lyme which caused yeast and made the IC and VV worse

waiting for the next chronic illness to pop up

"Did you know?
Every 15 seconds,
a person is
diagnosed with
interstitial cystitis."
Source: J. Dimitrakov, MD
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