⟳ Репост от Heather is 🎶 for Science 🎶
Quick PSA because a lot of people don't know the myriad of presentations of a UTI: UTIs can also cause severe disorientation. It looks almost like dementia. If your older folks present suddenly w: rapid cognitive or constitutional decline, rule out stroke, then push to have them tested for a UTI.
AK FaulknerSo, mum is having limb weakness which is deteriorating pretty rapidly. She's had tests, more tests, doctors scratching their heads, more tests. I looked over all her test results this morning. In five months, not a SINGLE urine test to check for a UTI. She's 85.