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Could you have problems as detailed below b/c of this?
- Change in sleeping patterns
- Appetite change
- More tired
- Disoriented; quieter (does not start conversation)
Person is now getting care and is hospitalized but already back to being stubborn and argumentative.
Could be and probably is a behavioral sign. Being tired in the morning from lack of sleep (bedwetting), loss of appetite or excessive thirst, and confusion.
The following sign is what the doctor has indicated to look for:
Frequent urination or bedwetting, especially in combination with being unable to produce a normal amount of urine in the morming first thing or in the evening before bedtime.
The following sign is what my mom usually indicates as having a UTI:
Pain or discomfort in lower extremities of abdomen.
And the following signs are what I've observed when temporary dementia from UTI was apparent:
Agitation (crying) or aggression (hitting therapists) when asked to do tasks.
Confusion and falls.
Lastly, if the urine is cloudy, it can be indicative of the presence of bacteria. It hasn't always worked for me, probably because it can be affected by the type of food and drink ingested before.
Anytime there is degradation of behavior in an elderly person, check them for a UTI.
Yes, absolutely, there have been several threads here about this.
Speaking from personal experience, every degradation of behavior in my 91-yo MIL during her stay in an assisted living facilty has been due to an UTI. When we see a sudden or unexpected behavior or physical change, it's the first thing we ask them to check for. To date UTIs have turned out 100% to be the cause.
keep my dad on proplylactic antibiotics to prevent UTI's - has not had one in over a year. But when he did have them, disorientation, weakness, loss of balance, you name it. No fun.
Tanya Roberts died from a urinary tract infection, her representative tells PEOPLE. She was 65.
Roberts was first erroneously reported dead on Monday morning before her publicist corrected the news. She later died Monday night.
"With a heavy heart I can confirm the death of Tanya Roberts last night on January 4, 2021 around 9:30pm PT at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA," said Mike Pingel in a statement.
Pingel went on to state that Roberts' cause of death "was from a urinary tract infection which spread to her kidney, gallbladder, liver and then blood stream."
One other thing to look for, I’ve mentioned before here, is low sodium. My mother had two severe episodes of this, where she suffered several things you mention, including disorientation, came on pretty suddenly. The hospital hooked her up a bag and infused her with sodium, and she was fine both times.
However, this is very rare in an otherwise healthy person, especially for a urinary tract infection to go undetected as it progresses, says David Kaufman, M.D., director of Central Park Urology, a division of Maiden Lane Medical. “Conceivably, you can have a urinary tract infection for a long time, not recognize it, and have it eventually spread to the kidneys,” he says. “But once it reaches the kidneys, you’ll be sick as a dog with fever and chills. People almost always catch it at that point.”
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