UTI's & UC

Have you tried taking probiotics while taking antibiotics? Doubling up if you already take pro-b's?
Cutting out sugar as much as possible?
Just some ideas.

Meant to add that my friend has successfully staved off a uti by drinking lots of water and cranberry juice. Doesn't work for me too.

I suffered from recurrent UTIs which turned into painful bladder syndrome. The only thing that ever helped me and stopped me from getting UTIs was D-mannose, which is a super cheap sugar. The underlying science is that the e.coli preferentially binds to the mannose in your bladder instead of your bladder wall, and renders it inactive before flushing it out. I have noticed relief in as little as 20 minutes. It may be too late for this time, but my advice is get yourself some and always have it on hand in case.

You need to see a urologist and request a bladder scope. You might have Interstitial Cystitis. I went through the same thing for a year and had no reoccurrences after the cystoscopy interestingly. No IC.

Please get checked out, because slow simmering bladder infection can climb to the kidneys.

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Hi Flowersgal,
Because it's just a harmless simple sugar and doesn't really taste like anything, I take it whenever I am prone to getting a UTI, so I always have a big glass after sex, prior to my period and at the end of it. For a long time, I was getting UTIs each month at the start of my period requiring antibiotics, now they are down to one every 3 years or so but it's excruciating enough that I remain vigilant. That being said, I don't notice they are as effective at getting rid of a UTI once I've already got it but it definitely does calm things down a bit and makes me a lot less likely to get them.

Hey everyone thanks for the replies!
So, I actually did start taking d-mannose two days ago, and I woke up with no symptoms today. However, they just started back up again, so I might go to the doctor's this week. Sometimes, I think it's all in my head, because during my last flare in December I was also presenting signs of a UTI. But when they checked my peed, everything was normal. I waited for the bacteria culture as well, and it came back negative and I didn't have to take antibiotics. So, who knows maybe I don't have a uti. I'm still drinking plenty of fluids trying to flush it out on my own. No fever, just mild discomfort. It doesn't even burn when I pee, the only discomfort I have is this weird pressure in my bladder. I'm just really worried and stressed out about it because I'm leaving the country for a month to Europe. I definitely don't want to be taking antibiotics, which are probably going to to cause me to flare up, but I also don't need a kidney infection. Life is hard.

Hey! I just read up on IC, so it's basically a chronic condition that can't be cured but treatments are offered to help with symptoms. That's sounding horrible already, I rather have a uti which can be cured. I leave the country in less then two weeks so I highly doubt I'll be able to get an appointment with a urologist within that time frame. I will go pee in a cup for my general physician this week and see if anything comes up!