Has anyone ever come across a link between the Estring vaginal ring and UTIs?
I have had a UTI for about a week and a half. Culture of the urine sample shows it is E. coli. I was prescribed a 7 day course of Nitrofurantoin and saw some improvement after 2 days (urine no longer cloudy and less burning) but symptoms then returned the following day. I went back to the GP this evening and have now got Co-Amoxiclav.
Thinking laterally, the GP wonders if my Estring might have become colonized by E. coli, which might explain why symptoms improved briefly and then returned. He is going to ask another GP at the practice who does their women's health stuff, but I know she doesn't have much (if any) experience of the Estring, apart from having removed mine a couple of times as I am unable to do it myself. I do not have any symptoms of BV at the moment, there is no odour and I am no more sore than usual. I use Multigyn Actigel a couple of times a week.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Many thanks.
JP x