UTI - argh! Best tips/advice please

[CayennePeppery]

I’ve got a UTI. Cloudy urine, needing to wee as soon as I’ve been. Constant feeling of someone pressing on my bladder.
I’ve read (on other mumsnet threads) to avoid cranberry juice - good, it’s horrible stuff - and to try D-mannose as soon as it starts. The thing is, it started Friday night but really kicked in Saturday afternoon. Am I too late to try D-mannose or do I just need to ring GP. Also, can that wait until
Monday or should I pop up to out of hours Dr? Thanks.

GP for anti-biotics I mean.

Any help - ouch!

I would go OOH. UTIs can worsen rapidly.

Take the D Manoose if you have it. It definitely helps.

Also the sachets you buy over the counter. I find the Sainsbury’s own brand ones are good.

Drink lots of water.

Take painkillers.

If you have an OOH it might be worth going so they can do a quick test and give you ABs if it is an infection.

Lots of fluids to flush it out of your urinary system (so your urine is very pale in colour) and paracetamol. However if you suspect an infection please get it seen to as soon as possible by a medical professional. UTIs can track up the urethas to the kidneys and kidney infections can make you very poorly very quickly (I have been hospitalised with one before and it was bloody awful!)

Go to the doctor.

Here is an antibiotic specifically for UTIS that is great.

I ignored one recently and ended up with kidney pains, chills, and a fever. It was horrendous x

Go to the doctor!!! I am just home a week after spending two and a half weeks in hospital because of a uti that went to my kidneys I was very ill I collapsed and had a fit. Needed IV antibiotics and a lot of procedures done because of complications!!

Oh blimey! Thanks for the replies. I rang 111 at Dh’s insistence when I hadn’t heard from you lot and they said it would fine to go tomorrow. I’m feeling ok apart from the constant need to wee and feeling a bit tired and nauseous. I think I’ll speak to the OOH clinic and see if they can leave a message with the doctor for me - hopefully they will agree with you lot and see me!