Advice - in Rome with suspected uti

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It’s 2.19 in the morning and I have been to the loo three times in the last couple of hours, tell tale burning signs of a uti, we are here until Friday morning. Drinking lots of water. If no better by morning am going to have to seek treatment, uti has been an issue for me since peri menopause and being diagnosed with vaginal atrophy.

can anyone advise in the process, assuming I will need to see a doctor, is online a thing? How much can I expect to pay? This is the last thing I need to be honest.

Femannose should be available over the counter at a Italian pharmacy. It's a powder to add to water and works quite quickly.

If you have a bidet you could fill with warm water and bathe the area?

Grazie Mille to the Italian experts.

I had a uti in Italy. I saw the GP online for €50 then the prescription was €11. All sorted the same day. The prescription was a powder to drink at bedtime and the uti was gone in the morning.

My travel insurance would arrange an online appointment for something like this. Its one of the reasons I chose it.

They don’t always go away ….sometimes they become a kidney infection….and sometimes untreated people die….you are talking shite 🙄

Ask your hotel. They'd be able to direct you to an English speaking doctor. There are quite a few clinics in Rome who cater towards tourists. Good luck!

@Appleblum Read the thread! The OP already said she is staying in Air BNB, not a hotel!

Do you have google translate on your phone OP? I'd have it open and use that with the pharmacist to get the correct symptoms across to them.

I read the NHS guidelines, take paracetamol, no sex and my own one cranberry juice if you can get it, but hope the pharmacist sorts you out.

Have seen my local pharmacist who gave me these. Two boxes as they were on a BOGOF. still feeling ok. Thanks to all who offered advice.

Oops 😬

OP, the pharmacist should be able to direct you to an English speaking doctor as well. DD had what we thought was an eye infection in Italy. The very kind and patient pharmacist thought it was an irritated eye but not an infection. He recommended some eye drops but also gave us directions to an English speaking tourist clinic for the next day if her condition did not improve.

OP hope you feel better soon. For future reference, you can buy potassium citrate over the counter here to pre-emptively take with you on holiday (Boots, Superdrug etc do it).

This is poor advice, they dont always go away and can cause further problems like kidney infections