Dear Bob Thanks for sharing your symptoms. A urinary tract infection does cause similar acute symptoms and should be checked for by a urine culture which usually takes two days to process. A dipstick urinalysis is only a screening tool and is used by some labs as a marker for which urine specimen should be cultured. A bladder tumor or passing kidney stone are less likely if no blood cells were seen on the urinalysis, but not unheard of. The etiology of this condition is unknown but is exacerbated by caffeine consumption.
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These could lead to such symptoms but their discontinuation should have provided relief if these were the cause. Increase fluid consumption makes the symptoms worse. We can also arrange local accommodations through this number if this is your need. Please bring any physicians notes and lab test results that you may be able to obtain. These will help us greatly.