Does a water infection need treatment?

[Sunshineonsea]

Think I have a water infection, discomfort when urinating, feeling like I need to go again after just going, swollen tummy. I've had it for about a day now I've been in the car all day so didn't want to drink too much water but have had a litre since I got home.
Do I have to see the dr or will it just clear up?

Drink cranberry juice like it's going out of fashion and make that DRs appointment first thing tomorrow!

Yes, you'll need antibiotics otherwise it could turn into a kidney infection.

I was hoping I wouldn't need to, my surgery is a nightmare to get an appointment with
I will go and get some cranberry juice first thing
It's bloody irritating I'm not sure whether I need to wee again or it's just the feeling of it

It depends. Once I have managed to kick mine early on by drinking bicarb of soda in pints and pints of water. Every other time, I have needed antibiotics to get rid of it. Cranberry juice only helps if it doesn't have sugar in it (most do).

You don't necessarily. Agree on bicarb drinking and loads of water.

Cranberry is no good once you have an infection it's a good preventative. Drink loads of water as it may just be from sitting too long if it's still bad tomorrow go to gp

Consider your OOH service. Antibiotics take 24 hours to start working so if you go tonight (take a sample) you are cutting your recovery down.

My dd had a water infection. She was like a zombie. The gp gave her some antibiotics and took a urine sample. Two days later the surgery rang back to say they'd had the urine sample results and she needed different antibiotics. No wonder she was still ill, the first lot had no effect whatsoever. Don't know if it's always that difficult to prescribe the right medication but I wouldn't leave it too long.

I had a phase of getting them. I did manage to shake them off by drinking water and cranberry. I read somewhere that the cranberry stops the bacteria multiplying.

Yes get ABs. I don't get the pain when urinating. The first time I got one was when pregnant and it got picked up in a routine urine test - no symptoms at all. The second time - no routine tests to pick it up - I ended up feeling iller than I have ever done - vomiting, fever, weakness, dizziness, total dehydration. It was horrible - get ABs before you feel like that!

Depending on your drs you might be able to get away with just handing in a wee pot and picking up a prescription by just talking on the phone to the dr. My surger you don't always need to see the dr for things like this if you have had a water infection before.

Sometimes I get a bit "twingey" in that department and it doesn't come to anything.

However your symptoms sound as if they've really set in, so get yourself to the docs before they get worse; water infections can be horrendous.

Of you're not careful you'll end up peeing blood. Not nice.

IME if you're on the right antibiotics they kick in really quickly. The only time they didn't work within a day or so for me, it turned out they were the wrong ones.

Thank you all for replies, It's definitely still there today so trying to ring the surgery now.