Cystitis

Any advice girls? I’m fucking dying with it! x

omfg worse thing ever, i use to suffer with it n it turned into a kidney infection once ouchh! drink lots of water and cranberry juice. even better..tastes rank but quarter of a tsp of bicarbonate of soda in a glass of water n down it, neutralizes the ph in ur bladder/urine n flushes out any nastiess. u can get sachets of stuff 2 put in water from the chemist that tastes of cranberry but i find the bicard + water works just as well. also HOT WATER BOTTLE!! x

I am defo trying the bicarb thing. The oasis sachets from the chemist are like £4 a go and I’m finding that it’s becoming more and more frequent as I get older. I’ve had sex once recently and I had it straight away! x

That’s wot it use to be like with me! I’d even get it if I wore tight jeans I had it sooo often!! The bicarb thing defo helps + hot water bottle between ur thighs n sounds weird but keep ur feet warm lol. But try drink more water daily and cranberry juice with ur breakfast to help prevent it, xx

So has it stopped for you now? I’m taking cranberry extract and trying to drink lots of water. I’ll be carrying a pot of bicarb around with me permanently from now on! xx

yeh i aint had it for like 5 monthes! it really is such a horrible feeling aint it! x

It’s awful- I just want to curl up in a ball. x

oh hun its just horrible! I used to get it all the dam time. if you r..try not to have sex for a few days as it defo makes it worse.. like sex with sand paper!! ooucchhh! also to not make it worse wear cotton underwear as synthetic material can make it worse. lots of water/crandberry juice. I used to have it so bad I would have to wear pads throughout the day. Bless you xx

I suffered horrendous with this! I now keep cystecalm sachets in my drawer at work and at home!

Drinknplenty water and warm cranberry juice helps too! Also put a hot water bottleon u!

I became immune to antibiotics from docs as I suffered with cystitus every other week, its related to stress big time!!

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Thanks for all your help girls. I’ve been drinking buckets of water today and am pissing like a racehorse now x

U feeling any better hun xx

AGREE with Fairy Cystocalm …….. works really reALLY Fast and is a godsend xx I took it for three days and all was ok x

Thank god it seems to be subsiding now. I’ll be bringing out the bicarb if it happens again. Just need to remember to drink plenty of water from now on. x

Cuks cystecalm is expensive in boots but pounland has them!! So I bought ten packets! I keep them all over , soon as a feel the damthings coming on I put two packets in a glass of water and down them!! Works wonders!!

No way! When did you buy them in poundland?! I’m straight there today! x

Jesus i paid £6 in Boots – but got to say wot a godsend they are.

Cool I’ll pick some up in Poundland too!

I hate cystitis!

It was a part of my life for years, I seemed to always have it and like aysha it wud sometimes develop into kidney infections was jus awful! Touch wood all of a sudden I just stopped getting it however I no it’s like a sleeping giant and will return someday!

People used to always say drink cranberry etc bit it would never work! In the end it used to annoy my doc but frankly I couldn’t care less but I wud visit the doc everytime and get the antibiotics, as I found the oasis things wud only get rid of it for a short while then it wud come back, cystitis really is a horrible thing to go thru!

Just incase, these days I try up avoid baths with any products other than ph balanced ones, too much fizzy drinks and tight underwear and jeans, I just buy skinnys a size bigger! Also the usual washing straight after sex etc. By doing all this it’s jus doing all I can not to get it, ofcourse it doesn’t guaranttee to keep it at bay but I can’t bear cystitis xx

It’s fucking awful crampy. I dread having sex in case it comes back- how awful is that?! I’m taking a pot of bicarb around with me, no joke. I’ve just taken some now, and it’s no worse than those oasis sachets and defo cheaper! x

ive always been a sufferer… and had a week before my BA!!

cranberry juice in its purest form! not from supermarket. you have to buy from health food shop. its cranberry concentrate and you put 20ml in a small glass of water. tastes disgusting. but, cranberry from shop is NO GOOD!! will make it worst… its myth… it has to be in pure form.

it is expensive, but huni… it works magic. Only take a packet of cystitis relief as it can be real bad taking too many. you may just need a 3 day course of anti biotics from ya doc. id defo ring them mon if not cleared up.xx

Awww bless u Hun my heart proper goes out to you, I wud feel like that when it came to sex too it’s not fair :o(

And wow u learn something new, I never knew that about the cranberry in supermarkets, no wonder I thought it never worked xx

You’re right hun, it’s full of sugars and additives. At the moment I’m taking cranberry extract capsules from holland&barrett. Do you think this is still as pure? x

im not sure hun. i’ve always been a sufferer of it and docs never knew why. just must have a real sensitve body to sugars and chemicals… i did try the capsules but the drink /”feels” more effective… i’d get through a bottle in a few days and i felt so much better.x

Hi Girls! i’m a fellow sufferer. I get UTI’s (Urinary Tract Infections) which are worse than your standard bout of Cystitis If it’s really bad then it may well be a UTI and it’s best to drop a urine sample off at your Dr’s. If you keep getting them you may need anti biotics.

I’ve had so many UTI’s over the last 6-7 years that i’ve lost count, I’ve tried everything. My Dr referred me to a urologist and they put a little camera in my bladder (ouch) but they couldn’t find anything. Apparently 1 in 3 women are just prone to UTI’s and cystitis it’s soooooo painful I usually spend a few days in bed/on the loo trying to pee, crying frequently and wishing I was dead! LOL yep, they really are THAT bad and my Dr said he can’t help.

I try my best to keep them at bay by taking cranberry extract, I take one tablet a day as a preventative measure. I get mine from superdrug. I drink a lot of water. Drinking alcohol can bring on a bout so if I do drink I make sure I drink plenty of water too, and try not to drink and have sex on the same night! (I know easier said than done) Pee before and straight after sex so that any bacteria that’s been pushed into your urethra is removed before it can grow resulting in an infection. wash your *bingbing* after sex too, no soap just water, you need the good bacteria down there. Wipe front to back when you go to the loo so that bacteria from the back passage isn’t introduced to the front. Don’t wear tight underwear. Cotton underwear is the best. Don’t use fragranced bath salts/liquids and soaps down there. And last but not least DO NOT hold in your pee, that’s really bad for you.

My Dr’s put me on preventative antibiotics so I have a stash at home and I take two when I feel an infection coming on. BUT the down side of that is that the bacteria becomes resistive and you need to constantly be chaging anti biotics so I use them as a last result. What a PAIN! x

also, avoid fizzy drinks and caffiene, ESP when you have an infection x

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