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Help I'm in UTI misery

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utihelp · 30/07/2024 21:10

Sorry for posting on AIBU, I'm desperately looking for tips to help with a UTI. I am in so much pain 😩 trying to avoid antibiotics unless I absolutely can't shift this any other way. I've sent DP out for cranberry sachets from the supermarket. What else can I do?

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WillLiveLife · 30/07/2024 21:50

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Diddly233 · 30/07/2024 21:49

Only ever had a water infection once at 17 it was excruciating. Get straight to the GP and take the antibiotics if necessary. If it travels to your kidneys you'll be on a ward with a drip, trust me.

BuggeryBumFlaps · 30/07/2024 21:49

Cranberry sachets, cranberry tablets (vitamins), orange juice used to help me but it's a mixed bag with people saying it made it worse as its acid. Lots of fluids and take some paracetamol

Emma330912 · 30/07/2024 21:48

They're horrendous! I'd have to ring 111 & hopefully get antibiotics for the morning, in the meantime drink loads of water & drink those little sachets you can buy. Hope you feel better soon!

Toucanfusingforme · 30/07/2024 21:46

And dmannose did nothing for me!

Toucanfusingforme · 30/07/2024 21:46

Antibiotics are your friend. And I realise this is not an immediate solution but…..Post menopause I had a lot of problems with UTIs. (Usually post sex). After a bad spell and a lot of antibiotics my GP put me onto vaginal hormone gel and Hiprex tablets (which act as a sort of antiseptic for the bladder.) Between the two of them it’s been a big help. Especially the hormone gel. I still follow all the usual advice for warding infections ie pee before / after sex, wash etc, but what it lacks in romance it makes up for in comfort!

LordPercyPercy · 30/07/2024 21:45

Totally natural, it's just a sugar that isn't digestible. It stops the bacteria adhering to the bladder wall.

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utihelp · 30/07/2024 21:44

Just to clarify I'm not looking for a medal by avoiding ABs, I'm trying to avoid nasty side effects as ABs make me extremely unwell (bad gastro side effects). I need to be able to leave the house to go to work so I don't want to be housebound

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diggermama · 30/07/2024 21:35

Another vote for D Mannose. Buy these! Life changing.

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Thank you, I've bought these.

Do they have any horrible side effects or is it just natural / herbal?

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ShoehornSheryl · 30/07/2024 21:41

Cranberry doesn’t work.

sit in a bath.

d mannose can apparently help. I get mine from sweet cures as it’s entirely natural.

I’ve never managed to avoid antibiotics yet tbh and I’m not sure it’s worth the misery of trying to avoid.

NewGreenDuck · 30/07/2024 21:39

Please get some antibiotics. I had a UTI earlier this year. I was weeing blood at 1 point. Can't remember the name of the antibiotics but I only had 6 and after the first one the pain went.

MilkyWayAtoms · 30/07/2024 21:38

Taking daily vitamin D has stopped me getting as many UTIs as I used to. No help in the moment though sorry!

diggermama · 30/07/2024 21:35

Another vote for D Mannose. Buy these! Life changing.

amzn.eu/d/0eEWpzun

SwordToFlamethrower · 30/07/2024 21:32

You need antibiotics. Bit also pre and pro biotic supplements to replace what the antibiotics take away

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Sassybooklover · 30/07/2024 21:29

Don't leave it too long, before contacting a GP for antibiotics. I did this, and ended up with a kidney infection. A kidney infection is horrendous, if you think the pain you're in now is bad, you don't want the pain of a kidney infection. I didn't know what to do with myself. If the antibiotics hadn't kicked in, my GP was going admit me to hospital, it was that bad. Drink plenty of water, don't hold onto your pee, and if no better in the morning, call a GP.

Odysseywasinthemiddle · 30/07/2024 21:28

I’m sure I read that lemon barley water can help too but you’d deffo need antibiotics as well

TeacheeTeacherson · 30/07/2024 21:25

I recently got a UTI and took some fluconazole which I had bought off eBay previously as a thrush treatment, it said it also can work on UTIs. It’s not an antibiotic and it did the trick for me, I was one step away from going to get antibiotics.

Andwhatfreshhellisthis · 30/07/2024 21:25

FirstFallopians · 30/07/2024 21:19

Water water water water water.

And take the bloody antibiotics! UTI’s are bloody miserable without it progressing into a kidney infection.

This. Speaking as someone who is now on my 5 th lot of antibiotics - take the antibiotics, drink drink drink / for me cranberry juice and ice, cold bath (nothing in it) you might also find a thrush cream soothing - won’t do any harm.

Flightsoffancy · 30/07/2024 21:24

I'm so glad a few other people have mentioned d-mannose, it's absolutely wonderful for preventing and treating UTIs. Completely saved me when I had recurrent problems.

HelterSkelter224 · 30/07/2024 21:24

I'd take the antibiotics, this is one of those situations when you absolutely need them. You can see a pharmacist who can prescribe them and assuming it hasn't progressed to a kidney infection you should only need 3 days or so. And drink tons of water. But definitely the antibiotics

Rhaidimiddim · 30/07/2024 21:24

Up your intake of vitamin C and other acidic drinks and foods.

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ColonelRhubarbBikini · 30/07/2024 21:22

If you want to be sure it’s antibiotic worthy then many chemists now will dip your urine sample for you and confirm a bacterial infection. They can also prescribe a 3 day course of nitrofurantoin if you’re between 16-65 with no long term medical conditions.

Don’t delay the antibiotics, you can’t just pee it out.

howchildrenreallylearn · 30/07/2024 21:21

D-Mannose (but in Amazon) is a powder made from natural sugars found in fruits that can clear the urinary tract BUT if the infection has taken hold but will have to take the antibiotics sadly. Get well ❤️‍🩹