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Defective catheter removal

I am a 63 yr old female.  At age 28 I had a traumatic emergency forceps delivery of my son.  Afterwards I was catheterized.  24 hours later, removal of the catheter was attempted by several nurses, all of whom failed.  Consequently, a urologist was called in who used a needle to pop the balloon and remove the catheter.  For many months I was in constant pain and experienced UTIs off and on.  For the past year,  UTIs have been chronic, and even when there is no infection I will intermittently have painful urination that shoots down my legs.  Could I have nerve damage or scarring from the catheter debacle so long ago?
Thanks for your time and consideration
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Well, first I would suggest you wisit an urologist, unless you haven't done it already in last 12 months. As you can imagine,  chronic utis must have a cause and are not normal. But I don't think it comes from catheter. More likely it comes from the trauma caused by the delivery with forceps (episiotomy and rips are common), also a nerve block with local anaesthetic is used, during which nerves can be damaged. The best specialist to diagnose nerve damage is neurologist.
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