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Hi, In last year a half i have had ( am in middle of having) 12 UTI's I have passed 2 kidney stones one of collected analyzed. It made of Calcium uric acid. My doctor said it too much calcium in my diet repeat infection. I don't see where i have too much calcium in my diet. I drink milk about 1-2 times in a 2 week period, however, i have cheese about once a day. I had a renal sonogram or day, i havent heard anything about results yet. I have been on all different medications UTI's it seems nothing works anymore. A urologist i went to see put me on macrobid a month UTI's nt present in my urine analysis pain during urination still re. I just got off Cipro last week i already have anor infection again... I wish someone could figure out is wrong me...

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You may also want to consider getting a copy of my book, "The Kidney Stones Handbook" which describes that can be done in more detail than we can put here. It also has a section on prevention of urinary infections. Also, you can check out a brief guideline to prevention of infections by downloading the appropriate section from my personal website at: drleslie.org

Stephen W. Leslie, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Dept. of Urology
Medical College of Ohio

Founder and Medical Director
Lorain Kidney Stone Research Center
Lorain, Ohio

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The stone composition you described of uric acid and calcium is still incomplete. Calcium does not occur in stones by itself. It's always combined with some other compound like oxalate or phsophate. You also need a 24 hour urinary metabolic chemical analysis to see what risk factors are present in your urine that can be modified by a change in diet, appropriate supplements or medication.While too much dietary calcium is possible, this is now thought to be much less important than before. It turns out that calcium in the diet actually helps bind other stone promoting chemicals in the intestinal tract and prevents their absorption. You may, in fact, have too little calcium and not too much. But the only way to know is the have a formal, 24 hour urinary chemical test done. A number of commercial laboratories offer these tests so they are readily available. The critical issue is you need to be willing to follow the treatment advice that is given to you after the tests are completed, analyzed and evaluated. I personally like the testing program from LabCorp [moderator note: phone number has been removed] because it is the most comprehensive but other labs also do basic metabolic testing including Quest, Nichols, Urocor, Mission and Litholink among others.With regards to your urinary infections, that's a topic for another forum as I have my hands full with just kidney stones.Stephen W. Leslie, MDAssistant Clinical ProfessorDept. of UrologyMedical College of OhioFounder and Medical DirectorLorain Kidney Stone Research CenterLorain, Ohio