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Need some advice please

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Peapod87

Peapod87

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Hello all,
I think I'm prob being a bit dramatic but I'm having a moment where I assume the worst and worry myself a lot.

Basically I think I have a UTI, I dont all symptoms like cloudy wee or burning sensation but I have the whole been for a wee need to go again not so long afterwards and sometimes have the urgency. I've had it since last Monday but only went onto antibiotics yesterday after a phone call with docs. What's worrying me is that I think this is my 3rd in 6 months and surely because my levels are maintaining as I'm still honeymooning, I shouldn't be getting them as much?

When I press my tummy sometimes I get the urge to wee, this is the thing that's worrying me. In my head it's.something really and I cant stop thinking this . Before I had diabetes I was convinced I was ok so once diagnosed i was so shocked and feel like I need to be on top of everything

Sorry to rant just need some advice please and someone to tell me they have had something similar?

Thank you xxxx
 
Hi Peapod. I don't get strange things like this but I know I would be giving my GP a call on Monday. Good luck 🙂
 
Hia peapod, I went through a phase years ago where I would have 3/4 a year - probably went on for 2-3 years and then they stopped. I can't say my diabetes was any worse controlled at that time so they never got to the bottom of why the were recurring like this. I was even getting an advance prescription to go on holidays just in case. Always have to check it out in case it's a more serious infection but I have had something similar as you're experiencing now and there was nothing more to it than an uti.
 
Thank you I feel a bit more reassured, ill keep taking my antibiotics and see what happens. I had my urine checked with the diabetic nurse at end of June as a regular check I think and that came back ok so I was hoping if there was an issue it would have shown up then. I need a lot of reassurance can you tell?

Xxxx
 
Hi peapod, I suffer with them a couple of times a year even after 20odd years of diabetes. You will pick up the issue and know what it is after a while. It is good they've given you antibiotics though as sometimes you have to fight for them. I find the sachets of cystitis relief powder you can mix with some water helps relief symptoms if particularly painful and drink plenty of water. Hope it soon goes and you feel better
 
Ah thank you yeah I've been trying those sachets so hopefully they work soon I do feel slightly better this evening it just worries me coz I assume its always something worse. . But so pleased I can chat to people who know about it, your all great! Xx
 
I never had a UTI until I got diagnosed with D. I get an infection about 2/3 times a year. The first one I ignored but it just got worse, now I get emergency appointment for them to do test so that I do not use antibiotics unnecessarily, but do not leave these to fester. If you have started on antibiotics do not stop part way through.
I hope that you get sorted soon.
 
The reason ladies get more UTIs is simple. The much shorter urethra (the tube from the bladder to the outside) means much easier passage to any opportunistic bacteria from the outside. Normal weeing usually clears these out without any bother, but occasionally they make it all the way. Even then, A wee can clear them out. But if there is even a trace of glucose in the urine, the bugs can multiply in minutes, then bingo, you've got an infection. (Sexual activity makes this more likely, even in non diabetics, because of inevitable minor trauma to the urethra. Make it a rule to always wee afterwards.)

So that's the why. As far as treatment goes, never ever just use symptomatic treatment. Take a sample to the doc for culture and microscopy to find out the bug involved and as has been said, always complete the course of antibiotics no matter how well you feel.

It's not really fair on women, so put in a complaint to the designer, presumably the same lunatic that put men's kit on the outside.
 
Sorry to hear you're getting UTIs all the time, Peapod. After a phase of loose control, I was still getting UTI-like symptoms even tho I'd improved my control. That phase seems to have passed. What about clothing? - I'm a straight leg jeans and cotton gusset kind of woman these days (no skinny jeans and nylon knicks for me!). Just a thought...🙂
 
Hi. What is your blood sugar control like? As you probably know anything above around 11 mmol will cause sugar to be dumped in the urine resulting in candida. Any elevated blood sugar level may cause a bacterial infection to get worse as well.
 
I get regular ones and I'm not even diabetic, some people are just prone to it apparently! Drink lots so you're going the loo often and it should help flush it out, I find a little lavender essential oil in a hot bath also helps 🙂
 
Ah thanks everyone really helpful. My levels are rarely high tbh I think recently once I was 13 before bed but that's the highest. Problem is I worry that I haven't got all the symptoms ie burning wee, painful area etc. Its just the feeling I need to go once I've been and sometimes the urgency although I'm drinking loads atm so that's prob not helping in that sense lol!

Have any of u guys had to have more than a 3 day course of antibiotics?

Xxx
 
It is possible to have a UTI without all the symptoms. It is also possible to have some of the symptoms (frequent urination) and not have an infection. As Mikey said take in a sample to get it checked. That way if you do need antibiotics they can give you the right one.

I used to drink a glass of cranberry juice each morning until I saw the spike I was getting in BG. Now just loads and loads of water. Whatever is attempting to swim against the flow has a lot more difficulty and will deserve a medal if it makes it through!! (In the shape of nice antibiotics)
 
Ps
If they get the right antibiotics it is often three days. When I ignored it the first time I ended up on five days of antibiotics. For a very unhappy toe I had 7 days of them.
 
Peapod87 said:
Thank you I feel a bit more reassured, ill keep taking my antibiotics and see what happens. I had my urine checked with the diabetic nurse at end of June as a regular check I think and that came back ok so I was hoping if there was an issue it would have shown up then. I need a lot of reassurance can you tell?

Xxxx
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Hi peapod
I am no expert but i have been type 1 for 31 yrs now. If your bg is always below 10 then u should ask the doctor to look at you as if you weren't diabetic and look at it as a bladder problem too often docs see diabetic on your notes and blame it for everything.xx
 
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