Sadly my dad passed away 2 years ago, his original problem a UTI. The medical profession literally let us down, first putting him on an antibiotic, then a second one. But the followup was all over the place, dropping the anibiotics he needed, hospitalizations, basically, a months nightmare, he developed sepsis, and when one doctor desired to get him on the antibiotics he desperately needed, it was too late. Recently my mother suffered a mild UTI. At 97, it caused the problems you describe. Different hospital, two older doctors pegged tge problem immediately, and she went home within 4 days. However, 2 younger doctors were certain such a mild UTI couldn't cause so many problems. They were wrong. Medical schools need to cover more elder care considering the aging population.

Thanks for the video... my elderly mother that I stay with started acting very bizarre over the course of a week and I thought she was getting dementia... luckily though my brother took her to Urgent Care and they immediately tested her for a UTI... I've been giving her anti-biotics now for 5 days and today she was up walking around and holding a normal conversation again... this video gave me assurance that she should fully recover. I had no idea a UTI could do that...

The facility my father was in had no clue,, literally clueless. They sent him to the ER for psychosis rather than testing him for a UTI

This is great info and I will be sharing. I am caring for my 87 year mom all of a sudden acted strangely, having Hallucinations of being in the woods etc. she was weak and could barely walk. getting lost in the house not knowing where she was going. I thought I was due to her macular degenerative but took her to the doctor and had her tested for UTI and it was positive. Doctor gave her a steroid antibiotic shot and I took her for a drip IV and B-12 vitamin and she immediately got better. She got her strength back. Not as much hallucinations and eating. She wasn’t drinking much water which caused the UTI and not wiping front to back. Best important to have them do this.

Thank you.. this is exactly what my mom is experiencing right now!

With an eldering population it is extremely important to get this information out there. Thank you for doing your part. 😊

Im caring for a 108 year young beautiful black woman and today she was acting so off, spilled her liquid yougurt all over her breakfast, didnt eat, left hands in coffee. Her p.o.a called her hospice nurse and the cna came to bath her and told me that its probably a u.t.i and then I look up and find this video. Thank you so much will put order in for 100% cranberry juice and hopefully they send some antibiotics.

My mom's in a physical therapy facility and still suffering from a lingering UTI that has not been healed yet with two rounds of IV antibiotics. We thought she was better but I think it's still lingering because she's still having some of these weird memory issues and lashing out. Physically she's completely recovered from being severely dehydrated and having a dangerously low blood pressure. She has never had any mental problems or dementia at all.

Hello, thank you for this video. my mom is 67, breast cancer survivor-estrogen related (just finished depletion shots), and just lost her brother -found him outside dead in the snow. Her symptoms are the following: anxiety, depression, lost of appetite, stress, puts things down and cant remember where she put it. She use to spend most of her day looking for things, hard to focus-cant balance her checkbook by herself, hallucinations- she shes her grown children sometimes (family) and sometimes kids in the house. At first her hallucinations came when she woke from her sleep, but recently (once so far) she has hallucinated while being fully awake. She called the police because she thought someone was actually in the house. First time she went to hospital to get tested, this were the findings: -stop taking benedril -stress/grieving of loosing her brother -estrogen depleting cancer shots needed to stop She came to visit me for one month to get a break from her home and she was doing fine.About two months later she started hallucinating again and for the first time, while awake. 2nd time to doctor due to hallucinating again and also chest pain, back pain, double vision, she just seemed out of it: -got tested for mold in blood (i recommended due to living in a old home-possible) -Found out she had a UTI! ***This is what lead me to this video! The fact that a UTI can cause similar side effects. Doctors prescribed antibiotics and sent her home. So now we wait! Thank you for info!

@donnahilton471

Жыл бұрын

B1, vitamin D & K2, Iodine.

@marshachilcote1948

11 ай бұрын

I had these same things happen and my Son took me to the emergency room. They found out that I had a UTI. I also called the police and I won’t do that again. They take charge of you and put you in a home automatically.

Thank you so much for this information it's been a real struggle here.

Mom has a UTI, she called me last night at 3:30am asking where I was... She want on an anti-biotic a couple hours before. Crossing my fingers, hoping she gets better.

So true. My Mom had no burning but just started imagining phone conversations she never had. Once it started to clear up, she would realize it didn't really happen. The problem is the UTI keeps recurring 8 times in a year! I hope I can figure out why as her doctors haven't been able to figure it out. Thanks for posting this.

Thank You for this!!! You helped me during a very difficult time, with some reassurance

It’s typical for elderly to UTI’s bc of their lack of intake of water, diets…sugar!! and UTI’s can be hereditary( I know, crazy). Try to increase water intake , offer water and watered down juices/ electrolytes drink. Make to assist to the BR every2 hours to make sure they are staying dry. Females might be low on estrogen which causes increase dryness and with the urine ( bc it’s acidic) gets in the cracks of dryness and it burns. This I know bc I’ve done senior care for quite a while and hospice care. Im able to just look at urine and smell it and detect a UTI a mile away. 😂 Make sure to assist seniors with wiping properly..front to back, keep area dry( but not overly dry), if you use wipes PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY ARE FRAGRANCE FREE AND FOR SENSITIVE SKIN AND PLEASE MAKE SURE U HELP DRY AREA…DON’T LEAVE WET!! Use Vaseline to help dryness..you will need to talk to Dr if low on estrogen. I, too, have started my mom on D- Mannose power bc antibiotics don’t work any longer. Speak to your drs about using this for prevention of UTI’s. And, if you see any blood or pinkish to light reddish in color in urine….please be into the dr bc folks can go septic QUICKLY!! God bless!

My mother is 95 and being treated for a UTI right now facility. She's had drastic behavioral changes the last several months and has been written off as dementia by medical personnel. I am wondering now how much of it has been a result of UTIs.

Great info in a concise, helpful video! Well done. Hope everyone who can benefit will find this.

Just called the ambulance on my mother today because of this and she had a UTI

My mother was in the hospital with a drip and now she is back in the facility now for a week and the uni has taken her mind. I am so scared to see this and now that she has been on a strong oral antibiotic for a week, she is slowly getting better but still talking out of her head. I am debating if I need to send her to the hospital at 85 and this situation. I have to make a descioun soon.

I am almost positive my mom is getting UTIs. I just learned days ago that it could affect them mentally. I've been living with her for over a month because she takes zeprexa and she has an actual mental disorder so I needed to rule that out. She keeps "declining" days later when she gets back from the hospital. It's just hard because she refuses inpatient care and doesn't want the proper care 😔. I need to work on getting I think it's called conservativeship so I can make that decision for her.

My mother has psychizophrenia and she was just diagnosed with a UTI and now she's acting very weird, different. I think she's on the verge of a psychotic breakdown, again. She just started on an antibiotic treatment, I hope it goes away fast. Like, real fast.

@bradleyj6440

9 ай бұрын

My wife was just put in to psychiatric inpatient treatment because of this last week. It was the craziest thing I have ever witnessed try and get help as quick as possible. Good luck

@anthonydavis9382

9 ай бұрын

@@bradleyj6440 thanks. This would be the second time I've seen her go through it. This paliperidone that she's on just isn't working.

Does anyone know WHY it causes cognitive decline?

That’s what happened to my grama and father. Both of them died within 2 weeks. 🥺.

@kerahuddleston1853

Жыл бұрын

Did they have confusion so bad? They didn’t know where they were at all? My grandma is a mess right now.

@TortureBot

9 ай бұрын

​@@kerahuddleston1853did your grandmother end up with a UTI and is she better? My mom's going through this right now and a UTI appears to be to blame.

Is the test important? I can’t get my husband to comply to give a urine sample but have an antibiotic to give him.

Not just elderly people

@bradleyj6440

9 ай бұрын

Yes my 37 year old wife is now in inpatient treatment because of this. It is very scary and it's taking a while for things to come back to normal.

@franciscopizarro2877

9 ай бұрын

It may very well be a yeast infection also. @@bradleyj6440

@MH-ro4lm

6 ай бұрын

​I hope your wife gets better soon🙏🕊️. .​@@bradleyj6440

@franciscopizarro2877

6 күн бұрын

@@bradleyj6440 How did it go? It could also be a yeast infection. It is very scary to put our loved ones at the mercy of hospitals.

My mom is going threw this right now and I'm caring for her by myself and she is bed written. This is so hard until I'm depressed.