r/utis

My doctor did a urine test and found cultures. She gave me UTI antibiotic for 7 days. I just took my 5th one tonight, now in bed with horrible tight belly feeling, lower back pain, constant urge to pee but only a few drops come out my pee feels stuck. The symptoms have gotten way worse and it started a few hours ago. It’s 3:09am and i’m really scared!!! Heading to the city at 10am Will that be too late?

I recently had a minor surgery 3 days ago where right before they put me under they mentioned putting a foley in. I woke up with a full bladder saying I needed to pee but they wouldn’t let me and said my bladder should be empty (due to having a foley). Well finally after a bit helped me to the restroom and my bladder was VERY full. Since then I had UTI like symptoms. It’s the fourth so I can’t get ahold of anyone from my surgery right now and the on call doc said to just drink more water. I went to an urgent care and they did a rapid test and I definitely have a UTI. I had blood in my urine. Anyway, are UTIs a normal thing after surgery or having a Foley catheter in? I’ve been on antibiotics for two days and it doesn’t feel much better really yet.

My symptoms are so convoluted because my surgery was in my pelvic area, urinary symptoms are in my pelvic area, and cherry on top I stared my period. I can’t tell what’s what.

I guess I’m just wondering if this can be treated as a normal UTI? Do I need to update my doctors? I’ve never had surgery before, so I wasn’t aware of any of this.

If a colony of over 100,000 enterobacter cloacae was shown to be causing uti, is that severe

My UTIs are almost always triggered by sexual intercourse. If I do not have sex, I usually do not develop a UTI. The bacteria identified in my urine cultures has repeatedly been Escherichia coli (E. coli).

I have already followed the usual preventive measures:

- I urinate after every sexual intercourse.

- I drink plenty of water every day.

- I maintain good intimate hygiene, but I avoid excessive washing or harsh intimate products.

- I wear cotton underwear.

- I have been taking supplements such as D-mannose, cranberry, probiotics, and other products recommended for urinary tract health.

Despite all of this, the infections keep coming back after intercourse.

Recently, my gynecologist performed a vaginal/cervical culture, and Klebsiella pneumoniae was detected. My tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs/STDs) were all negative.

Because of the Klebsiella infection, both my partner and I were prescribed Augmentin for 7 days (every 8 hours). I was also prescribed Cervucid vaginal ovules to reduce the risk of developing a yeast infection during antibiotic treatment.

This was actually the first time in the six years we have been together that my partner developed symptoms, so the doctor decided that both of us should be treated.

I also have regular bowel movements and a healthy digestive system.

I have now finished the antibiotic treatment. My urinary symptoms are much better than before, but I still have mild discomfort in my bladder area, especially when I urinate or when I press gently over my bladder. I am not sure whether this is just residual inflammation after the infection or a sign that the infection has not completely resolved.

My biggest concern is that every time I resume sexual activity, I am afraid the UTIs will return. This has become physically and emotionally exhausting because it affects my quality of life and my relationship.

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has experienced recurrent post-coital UTIs. Did you eventually discover the underlying cause? Was it related to vaginal bacteria, your partner, pelvic floor dysfunction, hormonal issues, or something else? Did any long-term treatment, prophylactic antibiotics, methenamine hippurate, vaginal probiotics, vaccines, or other preventive strategies help you?

I am looking for personal experiences, ideas to discuss with my doctors, and any advice that might help break this cycle. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read my story and respond.

Hi there, ive had a uti for about 3 months now. Ive never had issues before (except for one UTI last july, but it responded to nitrofurantoin) but it just wont go away. ive seen a urologist and been on antibiotics: nitrofurantoin, cephalexin, Metronidazole, and levofloxacin. I dont feel any better, but somehow i keep having negative urine cultures. the bacteria that has been detected in my urine test that i last had is ecoli, ureaplasma, and gardnerella. my boyfriend was treated for the ureaplasma (azithromycin), but we havent been having sex lately anyway because of my uti. im taking d mannose, probiotic+prebiotic, and cranberry everyday. I also was checked for kidney stones 2 months ago, none were detected then.

Im seriously at a loss and it is taking a toll on my mental health. im trying to get a second opinon/another doctor asap as my other one has just been dismissing me :/

i believe i have an imbedded infection, and have been curious about biofilm disrupters. I know i wont be cured asking questions here but i am just hoping for any advice if anyone has any. Thank you!

my boyfriend and i have unprotected sex (out of preference) pretty often. recently i’ve been getting utis monthly for the past 3-4 months. i’m honestly quite confused as to how it happened, since we’ve been together for 3 years and our patterns haven’t changed much.

i don’t really have the mental capacity or funds to repeatedly visit the doctors over a uti, so what’s the best habits / things i can do to prevent these utis from happening?

I need to know if anyone else had this ?!

I’m currently on Macrobid 100mg twice daily and I'm 31 weeks pregnant . I had a very small amount bacteria in my urine that typically they wouldn’t treat but as a precaution they put me on it.

so I have taken this a long time ago and do not recall these horrible side effects .

I took four doses and finally made the connection. I have bad nausea, racing heart and intense on edge anxiety. I literally thought I needed to go the ER earlier .

Anyone else have this experience?

I’ve been with my boyfriend for a long time, and before all of this started, we never had issues with UTIs. Wed do sexual things (not sex thi) in all kinds of situations—sometimes spontaneous, so he wouldn’t necessarily have just washed his hands—and I never got a UTI. I always pee after anything , drink plenty of water, and we’ve never had a problem until recently.

Then, out of nowhere, I got a UTI. Since then, I’ve had what seems like three UTIs in a short period of time. I honestly don’t know if they’re truly separate infections or if I never fully cleared the first one. I’ve been treated with antibiotics each time, and I just finished my most recent course.

During the times when I thought I was feeling better between infections, my boyfriend and I did some sexual stuff (not always intercourse), and now people are telling me we could have “massaged” bacteria back into my urinary tract or made things worse. Is that actually a thing? Could that have prevented me from healing, or are people just scaring me?

Right now, my biggest issue is that although I finished my antibiotics, I still have a lot of urinary urgency. I feel like I have to pee all the time, especially after drinking water. Is that normal after a UTI? How long did it take for your urgency to go away if your infection had cleared?

I’m honestly terrified that my relationship is suddenly going to be associated with constant UTIs. My boyfriend is very clean, and we went years without a single issue, so I don’t understand why this would suddenly start happening. I want to let myself fully heal before we do anything again, but I’m scared that once we go back to normal, it’ll all come back.

I’ve seen so many Reddit posts from people saying they suddenly started getting UTIs with a long-term partner after years of having no problems, but I rarely see anyone explain what the cause ended up being or what finally helped. If you’ve been through something similar, did you ever figure out why it started so suddenly? Were you able to get back to a normal sex life without recurring UTIs?

I’m honestly just really overwhelmed and scared right now, and I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been through this.

Is something wrong with my body? Are we safe to have sex again after I jsut recently finished the course and am unsure if it’s all gone? I think I’m okay I’ve jsut forgotten what it feels like to be fully healed now YKWIM?

What do I do? Please has this HAPEOEND to any one else before what did they do to fix it

Hi all. I’ve been diagnosed with hypertonic pelvic floor. My question is, has anyone also had hematuria with this of no known cause?

Please note, I am aware that blood in urine should be investigated. I’ve attended a Gp, a physio, and had a normal ultrasound. I am asking if anyone’s experienced this with no infection and it just be down to bladder irritation due to pelvic floor issue?

Hi, i came here due to being confused (and mostly anxious and paranoid) about what could be wrong with me. On monday i dealt with symptoms that could be similar to an appendix issue, so i went to the doctor the next day. I was having pain on the right side of my abdomen, so I was worried that would be the case. I was sent to do 2 blood tests and 1 urinary and my results came back with having an UTI. My symptoms are just me feeling the need to pee more often than normal as of now, but I've had flare ups before so I wasn't too surprised. My only current worry though is that my abdomen on the right side feels a bit inflamed and when pressed on feels a bit uncomfortable, but nothing unbearable at all and the pain hasnt progressed. Is this a symptom that can occur with UTIs? Help is appreciated

I have a stubborn UTI that will not go away. At the end of April, a urinary lab culture found that I had E. coli in my urine. I took nitrofurantoin for a week. A couple weeks later I noticed I still had discomfort. I went to an urgent care and they noticed in the dipstick urinary test signs of bacterial infection. They were unable to run a culture, but based on my previous lab culture, they gave me Cephalexin 500 mg 10 days.

About a month later I went to my primary care doctor because I was still experiencing discomfort. They ran another culture and they let me know yesterday (2.5 weeks later) that it came back positive for E. coli and enterococcus faecalis. The doctor prescribed me levofloxacin 250mg for 3 days. I feel so much anxiety and fear of getting floxed.

I called my urologist and they told me they could schedule me a week from tomorrow. Should I wait and not take the levofloxacin until I get that second opinion? Idk what to do :( I just feel so tired of going through this.

I started feeling sick yesterday initially with flu like symptoms. I had a fever (at first), body aches, heavy headed and run down etc. I also have discomfort in my lower abdomen.

Saw the GP and my urine test came back as positive for a UTI.

I’ve never had a UTI like this. Usually I have an incessant need to pee (not this time, I would’ve never guessed UTI) but the physical pain and discomfort is driving me up the walls.

I got an ultrasound done to rule out other possibilities (ie appendicitis, ovarian torsion etc).

Anyone have a UTI like this and have any tips on what helped you?

Ugh, I’m so frustrated. I got my first UTI ever last month after my partner forgot to wash his hands fully after cooking (before yk, touching it). At least I had something I could link the UTI to back then. But, last night, I went to the bathroom when out for dinner with my boyfriend and felt a sudden pressure again. I’ve been doing everything right this time!! I freaked out, and it got worse throughout the night. It’s definitely a UTI but I’m so afraid, last time I got a yeast infection as a result of the antibiotics and the whole process of recovery took over 3 weeks, I’ve just barely been able to live my life again 😣.

Any advice? I’ve been considering certain supplements, and I want to make sure I can recover quickly/avoid another horrible yeast infection that would keep me up for more nights. Anything helps!

Ladies ladies ladies, I know by reading the title of this thread you guys are all gonna rush to the comment section and tell me to go to urgent care to get antibiotics. Yes yes yes I know. But it’s day one and this is the first time I went to urinate and it was smelly and now I’m needing to pee like 24/7.
I female (19) was in downtown Chicago yesterday for pride. I was drinking lots of nonalcoholic liquids throughout my time there, which caused your girl to need to pee a lot, but don’t worry I went pee asap when I needed to go. Then I came home had sex with my (19) boyfriend, and immediately I hopped in the shower. Now I don’t remember if I peed after we had sex. So that area to me right now is fuzzy for me to remember even. But this morning I woke up at like 7:00ish to go pee and then it wasn’t burning when I went pee but Jesus Christ it smelled. So I got up went back to my room took a cranberry probiotic and put my heating pad in between my legs.
Be so honest since it’s day 0/1 is there any chance that I can avoid going to the doctor? I really don’t want to have to spend unnecessary money if not needed, (especially in this economy).
Let me know and be nice please!

5 days ago I had a positive you in dipstick as I had for about over a month and I'd also had some new incentoff to be analyzed which came back positive. In the last few days I've had virtually No water and increase in caffeine now my dipsticks are showing negative. Must be a false negative surely? How could that happen isn't caffeine meant to make a UTI worse?

Im crying so hard rn. I want to scream from constant burning 24/7 thats way worse when I go pee and my bladder hurts too. Doctors give me antibiotics and on them my urine is clear but as soon as I stop it goes back to e. coli over 10^5, really badburning comes back a day later.

Infectologists tried putting me on antibiotics for months but I react with constant really bad diarrhea. I can maybe drink antibiotics for 1-2 weeks with diarrhea but it gets so bad after that (sometimes even with bloody stool). I have many bowel diseases so antibiotics just make it so much worse.

They tried giving it into vein for 5 days and 10 days and again clear but as soon as it stops comes back.

On antibiotics burning is still there but its minor when urine is clear and bladder pain stops. Ultrasound showed just changes in bladder from too long infection and enlarged spleen.

I tried all the natural things from d manosse to other supplements to teas, drink 2-3 litres of liquid every single day, clean myself, wipe correctly, E V E R Y T H I N G. Urologist said they cant do cytoscopy while active infection.

Its driving me crazy....

Did anyone have this situation? And how did they solve it? Why is that bacteria so dumb

EDIT: Was tested for all bacterial and viral bowel diseases, dont have any. And Im a virgin so its not any genital disease