E-coli - can anyone help?

[arfur]

In mid-august my dd was complaining of stomach pain at night and because we were going on holiday I took her to my GP to get it checked out they couldnt find anything but dipped her wee which was negative and sent the sample to the lab. Next day we found she had thread worms and gp prescribed meds and said that could have been the cause of her tummy pain as its quite common for girls to get pain with worms. Since returning from our holiday I had a letter from GP saying that dd's urine test had shown bacteria and they wanted to repeat it. I saw on the lab form that it said traces of E-coli found. This test came back negative but GP has said 'to watch her' when I asked what he meant he said not to worry but that if she complains of tummy pain again or similar that we would need to get another urine sample done. Should I be worried do you think? Or is he just being v efficient?

[arfur]

By the way dd is six.

[Heartmum2Jamie]

Hi There,

My ds had a uriary tract infection when he was very little with traces of E-coli, I was led to believe that it is commonly found in infected wee sample. I should imagine that they want to keep an eye on your dd as wee infections are much more common in girls (wee infections can be very painful, so I think he is right to be cautious)

Hope this helps.

[sweetkitty]

arfur - there are thousands of E.coli strains most are harmless, in fact poo probably has millions of them. The ones causing the problems right now are from infected meat that hasn't been cooked properly.

Could be your daughters strains were coming from her poo, common cause of UTI's in girls hence wiping front to back rule.

[Aero]

Dd is just recovering from a (second in a short time)UTI where E.coli was the cause. Her urine sample tested positive with it and she was given a course of trimethroprim. (First line of defense for UTIs). She also had problems earlier in the year and it was threadworms so we've had a lot going on in that dept this year. She's responding well to the treatment and is now much better (she's five). Your GP is right to keep an eye on this and she may well end up with a course of anti-biotics if she has any returning symptoms. Dd was pretty miserable with this. Dd's dipstick test was negative, but when it was lab tested it was positive.
No need to worry about the E.coli that's in the news atm though - very different if found in the urine and not nearly as dangerous although untreated UTI's can cause kidney problems afaik.

[happymerryberries]

a third to half of your poo is made up of dead e coli. Most of them are totaly harmless.....in fact some are actualy helpful and you would be as constipated as hell without them

[nailpolish]

why you should wipe front to back with girls

[arfur]

Oh thanks very much everyone that has cheered me up no end. DH said I should ring the Drs again to clarify the situation but I knew I could rely on Mumsnet! Thanks again!