Our two-year-old daughter now has a bladder infection for the second time. And that within one month. She received another seven-day course of antibiotics from our GP. She is also referred to a pediatrician. We would like to know what kind of investigations we can expect. She has also been drinking and urinating extremely a lot for the last few weeks. We once let her drink whatever she wanted for a whole day. Then she was almost at 2.5 liters. Nowadays we have to change her clothes 2 or 3 times a day because she fills her diaper in no time and leaks through. When she drinks, she also drinks her cup completely in one go and then it has to be filled again. We don’t always give in to that, but then she comes to us and says she’s thirsty. She’s been more tired lately than usual and sometimes looks a bit pale. Despite that, it remains a spontaneous and active child. Tomorrow she will be tested for sugar by means of a prick in her finger. They had not found any sugars in her urine, but because diabetes runs in the family, I wanted to be tested for it. A very long story but we are now standing with our backs against the wall and don’t know what to do and what to expect. We hope you can tell us more.
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Joris Bartstra, journalist with medical diploma
I have to tell you, I don’t know exactly either. Indeed, a lot of urination and drinking is initially reminiscent of diabetes, but the ‘fast flow’ is then caused by the sugar in the urine.
Recurrence of a bladder infection is suspected of abnormalities of the urinary tract. There are several ways to investigate this: ultrasound, a CT scan and an examination in which a contrast agent is injected into the blood that allows a good picture of the kidneys, ureters and bladder. I cannot tell you exactly what the order of such investigation will be. I wish you and your daughter all the best in all of this.
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