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Itching Down Below (title edited by MNHQ at request of the OP)

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 01:35

In my vaginal area - I’ve just been for a wee and I could have cried. I have been struggling now for months, I treated it once for thrush but have just since hoped symptoms would go away. But I had a bath and used a tampon whilst in. Normally only use pads. The burning as I got out was really really bad. Then stinging burning as I wee. Odd sporadic itch near my bum since this started. Maybe once a day.

I don’t know whether I have bad thrush. Cystitis or threadworms. I don’t have children and obsessionally wash my hands, but there’s something going on!! My vaginal area itches alllllllllllll the time without burning. What’s going on?

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 02:18

KierEagan · 20/05/2025 02:15

If your symptoms are on the outside that doesn’t sound like a UTI. It sounds like a vaginal infection. It could be thrush or a bacterial infection. They are treated differently so you do need to have it looked at to know what you need.

I often don’t articulate myself well

My vagina inside is sore and slightly burny
All of the time that area is itchy
But I had a bath this evening and since getting out I’m hunched over in pain and when I pass urine, it is extremely!!!! Burning and stinging.

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JIMER202 · 20/05/2025 02:18

I’d be ordering UTI test strips, vaginal ph wash, d-mannose off Amazon asap!!

KierEagan · 20/05/2025 02:15

If your symptoms are on the outside that doesn’t sound like a UTI. It sounds like a vaginal infection. It could be thrush or a bacterial infection. They are treated differently so you do need to have it looked at to know what you need.

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 02:14

Finallyready79 · 20/05/2025 02:05

Definitely an emergency appointment - they absolutely shouldn’t leave you 3 weeks! Phone 111 tonight if it’s so bad you can’t sleep (assuming you are in the uk) as it could be a sign of it progressing. You don’t have to have had sex to get a uti (last time I got one I hadn’t had sex in 8 years!). The early symptoms I recognise are the burning when peeing, feeling the need to go to the loo every 5 minutes, getting to the end of the pee but having the pain feeling that you need to go again but can’t. Sometimes stomach cramping.

Please take this seriously. You say 45 mins on the phone sounds like hell - I promise you lying in icu with sepsis will feel worse. I lost my cousin and my uncle to sepsis. My cousin was only early 40’s. Any untreated infection can be deadly.

I believe the pharmacist can prescribe antibiotics for women with UTI’s - I don’t know if they can for a first ever one in case it’s something else, and they definitely can’t if they consider it complicated. It’s worth trying them though, as they might refer you to 111 who would get you an appointment somewhere.

if you can’t sleep due to the pain though, i definitely urge you to call them now - if nothing else they might be able to give you some advice.

Feel getter soon!

Thank you. That about sepsis has given my the push to not leave it. I am the type to struggle along until I collapse. I’ll not do that.

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 02:13

mathanxiety · 20/05/2025 02:11

Don't go to a pharmacist.

You'll need to provide a pee sample to determine if you have a utility. They may need to swab you to see what else it might be.

Go to the doctor.

Thanks for that

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 02:12

macrowave · 20/05/2025 02:11

FFS, why can't people put an appropriate title on threads about their genitals?

Sorry 😬 was a loved show of mind in the 90’s growing up and I’m new here. Didn’t want to put my vagina is on fire and when i wee. What do I do

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macrowave · 20/05/2025 02:11

FFS, why can't people put an appropriate title on threads about their genitals?

mathanxiety · 20/05/2025 02:11

Don't go to a pharmacist.

You'll need to provide a pee sample to determine if you have a utility. They may need to swab you to see what else it might be.

Go to the doctor.

Delphiniumandlupins · 20/05/2025 02:08

I would try to get GP appointment. We have to call first thing. Appointments go very fast but if you insist it's urgent (and I think your discomfort counts) then they will arrange for Dr to call you (quite loose timings). Dr then decides from phone call if they need to see you (same day) or issue a prescription.

Finallyready79 · 20/05/2025 02:05

Definitely an emergency appointment - they absolutely shouldn’t leave you 3 weeks! Phone 111 tonight if it’s so bad you can’t sleep (assuming you are in the uk) as it could be a sign of it progressing. You don’t have to have had sex to get a uti (last time I got one I hadn’t had sex in 8 years!). The early symptoms I recognise are the burning when peeing, feeling the need to go to the loo every 5 minutes, getting to the end of the pee but having the pain feeling that you need to go again but can’t. Sometimes stomach cramping.

Please take this seriously. You say 45 mins on the phone sounds like hell - I promise you lying in icu with sepsis will feel worse. I lost my cousin and my uncle to sepsis. My cousin was only early 40’s. Any untreated infection can be deadly.

I believe the pharmacist can prescribe antibiotics for women with UTI’s - I don’t know if they can for a first ever one in case it’s something else, and they definitely can’t if they consider it complicated. It’s worth trying them though, as they might refer you to 111 who would get you an appointment somewhere.

if you can’t sleep due to the pain though, i definitely urge you to call them now - if nothing else they might be able to give you some advice.

Feel getter soon!

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 01:56

Oooo I’m reading online that pharmacists can now give out antibiotics for uti’s. Would be so much easier than fighting for your life to get an appointment. It’s made me think, only ten year ago or less I could easily get an appointment or one very soon. How times have drastically changed that now you only go when absolutely desperate. I used to be probably a time waster. Now it’s dire straits

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GarlicPile · 20/05/2025 01:54

Pharmacist, then. They sell cystitis treatment over the counter and can prescribe some antibiotics.
https://wycliffesurgery.co.uk/over-the-counter-medications/

Over the Counter Medications

Practice Website for Wycliffe Surgery

https://wycliffesurgery.co.uk/over-the-counter-medications/

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 01:53

Mardychum · 20/05/2025 01:48

You need to see the doc if it's been going on for months op, don't end up with sepsis or guess, sounds rough.

Would it be classed as an emergency appointment or routine? I don’t know if I can wait three weeks? I wish the pharmacist could deal

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Mardychum · 20/05/2025 01:48

You need to see the doc if it's been going on for months op, don't end up with sepsis or guess, sounds rough.

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Attendreetesperer · 20/05/2025 01:41

Finallyready79 · 20/05/2025 01:38

Drink a pint of cranberry juice asap! Then get yourself booked for a GP appointment. If this has been going on for months, it most likely needs medical attention. The cranberry juice might help a little though - the first sign of a uti and I drink a pint and I’m better 30 mins later.

UTI’s can be serious if untreated, as can any untreated infection, as it can become septic. Please see a doctor asap.

To be honest I feel really unwell I’m walking like a cowboy. I’ve been single quite a while so no sex. Never had a uti! Could it be thrush or threadworms??

My dog is in for his teeth out at the vets first thing so it will be a struggle to get on the phone line to the gp’s in the queue. I haven’t tried it yet and didn’t want to but you have 45 minutes every morning to get through and fill in a form to see if you are worth seeing. Sounds hell. Can pharmacists prescribe antibiotics?

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Finallyready79 · 20/05/2025 01:38

Drink a pint of cranberry juice asap! Then get yourself booked for a GP appointment. If this has been going on for months, it most likely needs medical attention. The cranberry juice might help a little though - the first sign of a uti and I drink a pint and I’m better 30 mins later.

UTI’s can be serious if untreated, as can any untreated infection, as it can become septic. Please see a doctor asap.

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