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Cystitis? Or something worse.. :S
Ok well ive searched for this and read up but id still like some help please 
I've got what i originally thought was Cystitis: hurts when you wee, wee more often, feels like you need to more often etc.
So i went and got some of that sodium citrate stuff to sort it, which worked for about a day, doesnt have an affect anymore =/
I've also been drinking cranberry juice and driking lots of water, but its getting worse, and i've had it for 5 days now
Before when i had it i just drank loads of water and it went in 2 days.
So im a bit worried now, and today there was some blood present, so i was wondering of anyone knew whether it is just bad cystitis or something worse?
Like a kidney thing :s
Or anything more i can do for it?
I'm going to make a doctors appointment tomorro anyway but i'd just like advice for now, im in agony
Thankyou x
I've got what i originally thought was Cystitis: hurts when you wee, wee more often, feels like you need to more often etc.
So i went and got some of that sodium citrate stuff to sort it, which worked for about a day, doesnt have an affect anymore =/
I've also been drinking cranberry juice and driking lots of water, but its getting worse, and i've had it for 5 days now
Before when i had it i just drank loads of water and it went in 2 days.
So im a bit worried now, and today there was some blood present, so i was wondering of anyone knew whether it is just bad cystitis or something worse?
Like a kidney thing :s
Or anything more i can do for it?
I'm going to make a doctors appointment tomorro anyway but i'd just like advice for now, im in agony
Thankyou x
There is the "simple cystitis" and the "haemorrhagic cystitis" which looks much more dangerous, since the urine can be really blood red, even with sort of clots in it. This is due to the infection affecting the mucous tissue of your bladder. I guess that is what is happening to you just now.
It is not really very much worse than the simple cystitis,but the fact that you are not better even though you did all the things like drink more (at least 3 litres/day) etc. shows that the bacteria are liking it in your bladder. In order to prevent things from getting worse, i.e. the infection "climbing" up to your kidneys, you should see a doctor asap and have an antibiotic such as cotrimoxazol or ofloxacin.
Having pains in your lower back that persist, could mean your kidneys are affected too. Then the doctor is even more important.
It is not really very much worse than the simple cystitis,but the fact that you are not better even though you did all the things like drink more (at least 3 litres/day) etc. shows that the bacteria are liking it in your bladder. In order to prevent things from getting worse, i.e. the infection "climbing" up to your kidneys, you should see a doctor asap and have an antibiotic such as cotrimoxazol or ofloxacin.
Having pains in your lower back that persist, could mean your kidneys are affected too. Then the doctor is even more important.
Reply 3
Lucy May
OP
Leisure17
There is the "simple cystitis" and the "haemorrhagic cystitis" which looks much more dangerous, since the urine can be really blood red, even with sort of clots in it. This is due to the infection affecting the mucous tissue of your bladder. I guess that is what is happening to you just now.
It is not really very much worse than the simple cystitis,but the fact that you are not better even though you did all the things like drink more (at least 3 litres/day) etc. shows that the bacteria are liking it in your bladder. In order to prevent things from getting worse, i.e. the infection "climbing" up to your kidneys, you should see a doctor asap and have an antibiotic such as cotrimoxazol or ofloxacin.
Having pains in your lower back that persist, could mean your kidneys are affected too. Then the doctor is even more important.
It is not really very much worse than the simple cystitis,but the fact that you are not better even though you did all the things like drink more (at least 3 litres/day) etc. shows that the bacteria are liking it in your bladder. In order to prevent things from getting worse, i.e. the infection "climbing" up to your kidneys, you should see a doctor asap and have an antibiotic such as cotrimoxazol or ofloxacin.
Having pains in your lower back that persist, could mean your kidneys are affected too. Then the doctor is even more important.
Thanyou very much, this has really helped, i had pains in my lower back (on the left) the other day, but theyre not persistant.
I'll deffinately make that appointment tomorro, im getting a bit worried
I'm allergic to penacillin will that affect the kind of antibiotics they can give me?
Thanks again x
Tell them about being allergic, so they know what not to give you.
Cotrimoxazol is the first choice in a once off cystitis. Since this is not the first infection you have had and it seems to be rather obstinate they will quite certainly resort to something different. It is usually known well to the doctors which antibiotic works for which kind of cystitis.
Please take it for as long as they tell you and don't stop taking the antibiotic once you feel better. That way you would help breed bacteria with an antibiotic resistance and the infection would probably come again.
And don't forget: antibiotics and the pill can be a problem.
Cotrimoxazol is the first choice in a once off cystitis. Since this is not the first infection you have had and it seems to be rather obstinate they will quite certainly resort to something different. It is usually known well to the doctors which antibiotic works for which kind of cystitis.
Please take it for as long as they tell you and don't stop taking the antibiotic once you feel better. That way you would help breed bacteria with an antibiotic resistance and the infection would probably come again.
And don't forget: antibiotics and the pill can be a problem.
Reply 7
Lucy May
OP
Leisure17
Tell them about being allergic, so they know what not to give you.
Cotrimoxazol is the first choice in a once off cystitis. Since this is not the first infection you have had and it seems to be rather obstinate they will quite certainly resort to something different. It is usually known well to the doctors which antibiotic works for which kind of cystitis.
Please take it for as long as they tell you and don't stop taking the antibiotic once you feel better. That way you would help breed bacteria with an antibiotic resistance and the infection would probably come again.
And don't forget: antibiotics and the pill can be a problem.
Cotrimoxazol is the first choice in a once off cystitis. Since this is not the first infection you have had and it seems to be rather obstinate they will quite certainly resort to something different. It is usually known well to the doctors which antibiotic works for which kind of cystitis.
Please take it for as long as they tell you and don't stop taking the antibiotic once you feel better. That way you would help breed bacteria with an antibiotic resistance and the infection would probably come again.
And don't forget: antibiotics and the pill can be a problem.
Again thankyou, you've been very helpfull
I was worried about contraception, as im not on the pill but implanon (the 3 year contraception, implanted in your arm)
I was really hoping the antibiotics wouldnt affect it :/
Implanon shouldn't be a problem. The problem with antibiotics and the pill is, that antibiotics can upset your intestines, causing diarrhoea and thus malabsorbtion of the contents or your pill, resulting in too little of the hormones being in your body -> no contraception.
But since Implanon has nothing to do with the absorbtion via the intestine that problem will not occur.
Sex can be the cause of these infections though, as you probably know. Drinking a big glass of water "before" (if possible) and going to the toilet afterwards can minimize the risk of infection.
Hope you get better soon.
But since Implanon has nothing to do with the absorbtion via the intestine that problem will not occur.
Sex can be the cause of these infections though, as you probably know. Drinking a big glass of water "before" (if possible) and going to the toilet afterwards can minimize the risk of infection.
Hope you get better soon.
Reply 10
Lucy May
OP
Leisure17
Implanon shouldn't be a problem. The problem with antibiotics and the pill is, that antibiotics can upset your intestines, causing diarrhoea and thus malabsorbtion of the contents or your pill, resulting in too little of the hormones being in your body -> no contraception.
But since the implanted contraception has nothing to do with the absorbtion via the intestine that problem will not occur.
Sex can be the cause of these infections though, as you probably know. Drinking a big glass of water "before" (if possible) and going to the toilet afterwards can minimize the risk of infection.
Hope you get better soon.
But since the implanted contraception has nothing to do with the absorbtion via the intestine that problem will not occur.
Sex can be the cause of these infections though, as you probably know. Drinking a big glass of water "before" (if possible) and going to the toilet afterwards can minimize the risk of infection.
Hope you get better soon.
Thankyou so much for your advice, and your get well wish
x
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