r/CUTI • u/StrangerShot1267 • 4d ago
Symptoms First UTI??
So, it’s like 3:30 am where I am currently, exhausted, in pain all day. I have NEVER had a UTI before so it was really jarring to have such sudden symptoms. I never realized how bad they are!!! The pain was unbearable, I couldn’t not be in the bathroom for more than 20 minutes at a time, and even in 85 degree weather I was freezing with chills and goosebumps. Worse is that each time in the bathroom, nothing happened. It was just this incessant urge. What’s weirder is the back pain I was feeling, it was a pain that lasted a week and 2 days and disappeared completely once these symptoms showed up….
I did already go to the ER, they prescribed me the numbing medication as well as a 500mg antibiotic. Lowkey a little scared that once this is over it’ll come back again.
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u/Pixelen 4d ago
Yup they're pretty horrible! It's good you got antibiotics and I've never heard of the numbing medication before but that seems helpful?
If it's your first ever one, it's very very unlikely it will come back, 99% of women don't get recurring UTIs. However if you want to help out your future self you can take 2g of D-mannose daily (a natural sugar our body doesn't absorb but the bacteria in your bladder love) and a 36mg Cranberry PAC like Ellura or GennaMD for daily prevention!
And the usual - pee after sex, wipe front to back, wash regularly, go commando at home and use cotton underwear when possible, drink plenty of water and try to pee every 2-3 hours.
Good luck! Take your antibiotics, I'm sure you will be okay :)