chronic or recurrent cystitis
I was just wondering if anyone here have had chronic or recurrent bladder infections. I am just now getting over my second one two months. I just starting having them since I started having sex on regular basis again. I had one and took Ciprofloxin which is the typical remedy but continued to have moderate back pain even after finishing it. Now I have another which started the same way with frequency, burning and urinating blood. This time he put me on Flagyl, which is typically used to treat bacterial infections. Now my urine output is fine but I still have back pain again. My health insurance from my job should kick in soon and the urgent care doc that has been treating me wants me to go to my family physician so he can refer me to a specialist for an ultrasound. I am a LPN but don't have a lot of expertise in urology and was wondering if anyone else here had any similiar problems?
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I did. I can't be much help though, because we never figured out why it happened and what made it reoccur. But by the end I'd had 6 bladder and kidney infections. As soon as one started clearing up, I'd last about 2 days and it'd start again. I actually have pictures of the urine, haha, because it was shocking. I was at work (in a pharmacy at the time) and all of a sudden, I had to pee every 20 minutes...first I'm like uhh, is that blood? By the end it was like I was peeing grape juice.
I was put on hiprex (cranberry, as a preventative), and various antibiotics, but by the end, I was getting "infections", but when they'd test, there was no bacteria, but I still had all the symptoms.
Mine started after a BIG night out on the booze and having crazy sex, haha. But once they started, I didn't have sex for quite a while, so they were recurring without sexual activity.
I cut out alcohol and they went away...
For me it seems to be alcohol related. Whenever I drink a lot of alcohol, I get pelvic pains and my urine goes superdark, almost like it's full of blood again.
I hope you get better. It was hell for me...I was so sick and 3 months on antibiotics absolutely killed me. I'm allergic to antibiotics too, so I ended up getting rashes and lumps on the inside...
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a thing to remember when you've had sex go pee straight afterwards it will get rid of bad bacteria.
Cranberry juice & water are the best things to use. but since you keep getting it, check with your doctor to make sure your alright!!
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Yeah, I have been drinking the juice and voiding before and after sex. And the only time he actually ejaculates in me is during my period while the chances of ovulation during that time are low.
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Someone told me I don't know if this is true and sorry to give you the wrong info, but are we not allowed to have sex while we are on a period?? i was told it can mess u up inside
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Always pee right after sex...women have short urethras, sex pushes bacteria up it, peeing flushes it out.
I'm a HUGE advocate of uva ursi (bearberry) tea for bladder infections. I know it sounds wavy-gravy crazy, but it works. You can buy tincture, or dried leaves to make tea. it friggin works, no foolin'! I got chronic bladder infections which NO Rx could fix...uva ursi tea, blammo, better a few hours later.
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Where can I purchase that tea from? I love drinking tea, btw.
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I would like to know too, as I have this problem currently. Does it work for Yeast Infections too? I'm thinking it's UTI or YI...
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No, not for yeast infections, that I know of... I've heard a gelcap of boric acid put up the cooch twice a day is good for that though.
Uva Ursi grows wild around here, so I don't know where to buy it in the US...
http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Herbal%2...erb=Uva%20Ursi
Don't know where you can get the dried leaves (local herb shop?), but the pills/tincture should be just as effective.
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I've never heard that having sex on your period is in any way bad for you.
I actually really like it, I'm horny, and it's lot's of extra lube.
That sounds like little boy propaganda.
Greenidlady: I was just thinking about a very similar situation earlier today.
I was with a guy, my first real boyfriend, we had unprotected sex a lot in succession when we first met. I got so many UTI's, pissing blood, kidney infection. It was really bad at the time.
I was taught the voiding before and after sex, washing, etc. It made no real big difference with him, but I was obsessive so it did help some. Less infections, but it was always a risk.
Current/ex boyfriend and every other one - I didn't have the same problem.
With my current, I can hold my pee, not shower until the next say, have sex without a shower first and I have not had any infections with him, even after rougher sex. However, he keeps himself extremely clean and no std's
I think that my first boyfriend may have had an std that my antibiotics got rid of or he was just kind of dirty.
Encourage him to take a really good shower before and get him tested.