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Hi everyone, I'm looking for some experiences from people who have treated Ureaplasma.

I started having recurrent UTIs after starting a new relationship. I had never had recurrent UTIs before, despite having previous partners. During the first few months with my current partner, we used condoms consistently and I had no issues. Once we stopped using condoms consistently, I developed 4 UTIs within about 8 months, several of which were culture-confirmed E. coli UTIs. I also get "phantom" symptoms in between, but test negative.

We've done a lot of investigating and ruled out other causes (normal imaging, no stones, etc.), and I recently tested positive for Ureaplasma urealyticum. My doctor wants both my partner and me to treat with doxycycline and azithromycin.

My questions are:

1. Did treating Ureaplasma help reduce or eliminate your recurrent UTIs/UTI-like symptoms?

2. Did both partners get treated, and did that make a difference?

3. I'm honestly very anxious about developing C. diff from antibiotics. For those who have taken doxycycline and azithromycin, was this a concern for you and how did you tolerate treatment?

I know everyone's situation is different, but I'd really appreciate hearing others' experiences. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some experiences from people who have treated Ureaplasma.

I started having recurrent UTIs after starting a new relationship. I had never had recurrent UTIs before, despite having previous partners. During the first few months with my current partner, we used condoms consistently and I had no issues. Once we stopped using condoms consistently, I developed 4 UTIs within about 8 months, several of which were culture-confirmed E. coli UTIs. I also get "phantom" symptoms in between, but test negative.

We've done a lot of investigating and ruled out other causes (normal imaging, no stones, etc.), and I recently tested positive for Ureaplasma urealyticum. My doctor wants both my partner and me to treat with doxycycline and azithromycin.

My questions are:

1. Did treating Ureaplasma help reduce or eliminate your recurrent UTIs/UTI-like symptoms?

2. Did both partners get treated, and did that make a difference?

3. I'm honestly very anxious about developing C. diff from antibiotics. For those who have taken doxycycline and azithromycin, was this a concern for you and how did you tolerate treatment?

I know everyone's situation is different, but I'd really appreciate hearing others' experiences. Thanks!

I worry a lot about antibiotic resistance and dying of sepsis. I work in health care and I see it a ton, lots of older people will start getting chronic UTIs and use all the antibiotics and then become resistant and then shortly die of sepsis. It's very sad.

I've been doing a deep dive into why I'm suddenly getting recurrent UTI. Both of us got tested for ureaplasma. I just got my results and ureaplasma was isolated. Mycoplasma not isolated.. I can't believe it. I feel relieved because I'm certain this is what's causing all my issues. Question is, what's next? My partner's doctor has already gotten frustrated saying ureaplasma won't rule out the issue. I'm in Canada for reference and I did a urine test.

For reference: I'm a 35 yo otherwise healthy female with an active lifestyle, not smoking or drinking. No history of UTI until my current partner. When I met my partner we used condoms (Durex) for the first 6 months and I got a UTI after we stopped using them. Since then I've had 4 culture confirmed e coli UTIs every two months (Sept/25, Nov/25, Jan/26, Apr/26). Since last month we've tried using condoms strictly, no anal play, lots of lube GCL, I use vaginal probiotic suppositories GCL, gentle wash, we both shower right before and I shower after too. Pee before and after sex, d mannose lots of water and I take herbs from my herbalist (for this issue) including goldenseal, marshmallow root etc. I wear cotton undies only. After sex I always get some sort of irritation in my urethra and mild urgency but usually goes away and I'll test negative

(other than those 4 confirmed times).

I'm wondering if anyone has worked with Mary Cotter (marycotter.nutrition) from Instagram and what was their experience like?

If you've got an embedded infection, will you ever get a negative urine culture?

I'm willing to try everything other than leave my husband, lol. Has anyone actually gotten rid of their recurrent UTI problem? We are using condoms now and I have a strict regiment I follow. But sometimes I feel really worried I'm just doomed to keep getting recurrent UTIs after sex. This has never happened to me before, and I'd like to return to what it used to be like. Thanks in advance.

Edit: I'm a 35 yo otherwise healthy female with an active lifestyle, not smoking or drinking. When I met my partner we used condoms (Durex) for the first 6 months and I got a UTI after we stopped using them. Since then I've had 4 culture confirmed e coli UTIs every two months (Sept/25, Nov/25, Jan/26, Apr/26). Since last month we've tried using condoms strictly, no anal play, lots of lube GCL, I use vaginal probiotic suppositories GCL, gentle wash, we both shower right before and I shower after too. Pee before and after sex, d mannose lots of water and I take herbs from my herbalist (for this issue) including goldenseal, marshmallow root etc. I wear cotton undies only. After sex I always get some sort of irritation in my urethra and mild urgency but usually goes away and I'll test negative (other than those 4 confirmed times).

This happens every time after sex, usually the following day I'll get some tingly feeling in my urethra and mild urgency, but it won't progress into a UTI. This has happened to me several times in between true e coli infections. I'm wondering if these are like really early infections that I beat with mannose and hydration or are they in my mind? know I'm absolutely paranoid about getting another infection so I wouldn't be surprised if my mind was causing these symptoms.

Everyone please give me your best advice and what you do to help prevent a UTI when you start feeling those early symptoms? I feel like I've had a bit of urgency all day today and maybe a tiny bit of urethral awareness. I've chugged water and taken D-Mannose. What else can I do?!

Anybody here try Urva Ursi supplements with any good effects??

My family doctor has done a lot of preliminary testing with me to rule out any reasons for my new (started last year) CUTI issue. I'm 32F very healthy otherwise, no medical issues, active, healthy weight, eat healthy etc, and since I met my partner after several months of condom use we decided to stop using condoms and I started getting e coli UTIs (5 in 6 months). My family physician suggested that we both be tested for ureaplasma as he has ruled out any reasons for me to be having recurrent UTIs. My partner's doctor says this "won't work" and is hell bent on the fact that it's my problem, even though he does not know my medical history. I'm just really tired of being dismissed by physicians and that UTI are strictly a female issue. I am grateful my doctor is open to helping me look into this. Sorry I just needed to rant..

Any recommendations? Friends of ours have a nice Woods EZ-Tent 8x8 Instant Wedge Dome Tent but I see they have been discontinued. We really want a pop up tent that can accommodate us standing.

Hi, curious if any Canadians have done the microgen or EVVY testing methods for either just themselves or with their partner and could give me an approximate cost and breakdown of how it works and if it was worth it in your case? (Mine would be for chronic UTIs with one partner) I know the tests are pricy, and I'm weighing the cost vs benefit.. Thanks in advance.

Hi, curious if any Canadians have done the microgen or EVVY testing methods for either just themselves or with their partner and could give me an approximate cost and breakdown of how it works and if it was worth it in your case? (Mine would be for chronic UTIs with one partner) I know the tests are pricy, and I'm weighing the cost vs benefit.. Thanks in advance.

Hi, curious if any Canadians have done the microgen or EVVY testing methods for either just themselves or with their partner and could give me an approximate cost and breakdown of how it works and if it was worth it in your case? I know the tests are pricy, and I'm weighing the cost vs benefit.. Thanks in advance.

Was wondering if any of you ladies (specifically the ones who have post coital CUTI) have tried vaginal probiotic suppositories and if they've helped at all?

Looking for any suggestions for vaginal probiotic suppositories that are similar to Seed. Unfortunately it's not available in Canada yet. I am particularly interested in the L. Crispatus strain. Any suggestions for good brands?

I've been doing some investigative work on trying to figure out why I keep getting UTIs with my current partner, never having them before. I recently had an abdominal/pelvic ultrasound to look for possible clues such as kidney stones. The findings were:

No kidney stones

A small angiomyolipoma (AML) in my kidney measuring 6 x 6 x 7 mm

Small uterine fibroids

Nabothian (cervical) cysts

I'm wondering if these are of any concern? Chat gpt seems to think it's not worrisome, but I don't like the sound of cysts and fibroids... Anyone have these and what happened?

I've been doing some investigating work on trying to figure out why I keep getting UTIs with my current partner, never having them before. I recently had an abdominal/pelvic ultrasound to look for possible clues such as kidney stones. The findings were:

No kidney stones

A small angiomyolipoma (AML) in my kidney measuring 6 x 6 x 7 mm

Small uterine fibroids

Nabothian (cervical) cysts

I'm wondering if anyone else has these kind of results and could these be contributing to chronic UTIs?