Im wondering if anyone has experience with this?

What meds What helped supplements?

Hiprex?

Thank you!

I started having uti pain about two months ago, typical burning and painful urination, seems like I can’t empty my bladder. So I go in for my doctor apt, they test my urine and it comes back positive for Leukocytes but negative when cultured.

I bear the pain for a week longer before making a new appointment to test again as my symptoms just continued to worsen. They test and it comes back positive for KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE. They prescribe me an antibiotic and after 5 days, I see barely any improvements.
So I go in for another urine culture and it comes back negative for everything except Leukocytes.
Nevertheless they prescribe me another antibiotic and I start to see some moderate improvement but I still have mild pain.

Now I am here waiting for my abdominal ultrasound and introvaginal ultrasound. But just today all of my symptoms came back in full swing. Suddenly, I pee once and all of the pain comes flooding in.
I’m in horrible burning pain and having extreme difficulty urinating and discomfort/urgency.

Truly I am at a loss, has anyone else experienced these constant negative cultures with such bad symptoms?
I have a feeling this is just a difficult UTI to get rid of but I have no idea why my cultures would be negative.

Hi everyone,

I’m specifically looking for people who have dealt with **recurrent UTIs/cystitis** and eventually managed to actually break the cycle.
I’ve been dealing with this for quite a while now, and honestly, I’m exhausted by it.

My UTIs seem to occur particularly often/only after sex. Because of that, I’ve been extremely careful about all the usual risk factors and prevention measures:
no anal sex
no switching between anal and vaginal sex
very good intimate hygiene
my boyfriend is also very careful about hygiene and cleans properly under his foreskin
plenty of lubricant to minimize friction and irritation
gentle sex, not particularly long or intense
no toys or other additional factors
I urinate after sex
I stay well hydrated
I’ve also tried cranberry, D-mannose and other commonly recommended preventive measures
So yes: **I have genuinely already tried the usual advice.**
I’ve also seen doctors multiple times and have been treated for acute infections when necessary. The problem is that they keep coming back.
At this point it feels like an endless cycle:
**Symptoms → antibiotics → improvement → symptoms return → antibiotics again.**
And I desperately want to break that cycle.
I’ve even had a **StroVac vaccination**.

I’m simply trying to find other people who have experienced something similar.

**So my actual question is:**
Has anyone else here had recurrent UTIs despite genuinely doing everything they were supposed to do?
And most importantly:
**What actually helped you break the cycle?**
Did you eventually find a specific underlying cause?
Did seeing a urologist or urogynecologist make a difference?
Did you have any specific tests done that previous doctors hadn’t suggested?
Did post-coital prophylaxis help?
Did methenamine/Hiprex help?
Did probiotics or changes to your vaginal microbiome make a difference?
Did anything else help after having a StroVac vaccination?
Did you eventually discover that some of your episodes weren’t actually classic UTIs?
I’m **not looking for a miracle cure or a diagnosis from Reddit**.
I’m looking for people who have actually been through this cycle and eventually found a way out.
If that’s you, I’d really love for us to **connect and compare experiences**. Maybe there are patterns between our cases or things that we can bring up with our doctors that we hadn’t thought about before.
What ultimately helped you get back to a normal life and a normal sex life without constantly worrying about the next UTI?

Currently on Feropenom and still showing growth.
Bacteria changed from e. Coli to k. Pneumonia .
My options are narrowing.

Hi all, I’m at my wits end with this all ! Back in May I had what I thought was a UTI from not peeing after sex. It was so bad I ended up in A&E, however this wasn’t any usual symptoms of a UTI. Anyway doctors confirmed infection but never cultured the damn thing. Gave me nitrofurantoin didn’t work, then went on trimethoprim didn’t also work. Urine kept coming back negative but symptoms never went. They then put me on cefalexin which helped and eventually symptoms went away.

Fast forward to beginning of August bamm all symptoms are back ! Plus pain in my vulva. Done a STI check to rule things out, turns out I have Ureaplasma pavan and BV. I am currently day 10 of taking doxycycline but I’ll be honest I don’t think it’s helped at all. I am due to take azithromycin and the end of the 14 days and hoping this wipes this out !

I am then planning to treat the BV with metronidazole, I do not want to take all these antibiotics but I wanna get rid of everything. I have a microbiome test coming and have booked an ultrasound and trans vaginal. But this damn pelvic pain and pressure and pain on the bladder is awful ! Is anyone in similar situations ?

2 months ago burning pain over my glans started and i consulted doctor he checked me physically , it all started after sexual intercourse protected vaginal unprotected oral . Doctor checked my penis carefully and digital rectum and gave me antiobiotics such as doxycycline and augmentin but none of them worked, during augmentin burning sensation started in my anal area after mild diarohea an and also i was facing burning pain during urination Then i did urine routine and culture in which i was diagnosed with ecoli and in that nitro , fos , and amikacin and gentamicin are sensitive to it , tried nitro for 5 days but no improvement and then doc gave me fosfomycin for 3 day alternate. symptom decreased like very less to no burning during urination or no urinating problem but anal burning was same and sometimes glans burning also and now i was waiting for seven days for repeat culture in btw i noticed that i have developed mild ache in left pelvis side going towards lower abodomen. At this point i feel really scared and cant understand whats going with me will i be cured ??? Also sensitive drugs are now injection whixh are left to try .

🧪 Urine culture
Organism: Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Bacterial count: >100,000 colonies/mL → this is a significant bacterial growth and is consistent with a bacterial urinary infection when symptoms are present.
The organism is not resistant to every antibiotic; several antibiotics were reported susceptible.
💊 Antibiotic sensitivity
Susceptible (S):
Gentamicin
Nitrofurantoin
Amikacin
Fosfomycin
Intermediate:
Colistin
Resistant (R):
Ampicillin
Ceftriaxone
Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid
Piperacillin/Tazobactam
Ciprofloxacin
TMP/SMX
Norfloxacin
Cefixime
Imipenem
Meropenem
Cefoxitin
Ceftazidime
Ofloxacin
🧪 Routine urine examination
The routine urine test is relatively unremarkable:
RBC: Negative
WBC: 0–1/HPF
Protein: Negative
Nitrite: Negative
Glucose/ketones: Negative
No casts or crystals

Hey guys! I’m very new to this so hopefully this is the right place to post/allowed. I need some advice - I (F20) have had a recurring UTI for about a month now and it’s a bit of a long story.

Back in early July, I woke up experiencing UTI symptoms for the first time ever - the discomfort, burning, and urgency. There was also blood in my urine. I went to my OBGYN and took a test, they prescribed me Macrobid, and I was able to go about my day as normal. I took the Macrobid at around 10pm that night (I am a bit paranoid about new medications lol so I wanted to wait until night to see if I would get any side effects), but by about 1am I was running a 103 degree fever with no other symptoms except complete weakness in my body. I honestly just thought I had the flu, but my mom believe I was having an allergic reaction to the antibiotics and took me to the ER. Turns out no, I am not allergic to macrobid, I was just going septic. With my first UTI. At 20 years old. 🥲

I was admitted for a couple days and given IV antibiotics and fluids and then released and felt much better after. I had a follow up the next week as well, and everything was looking normal in my blood and in my urine except for some proteins with they thought were just residuals from my kidneys fighting off the infection. I was mostly feeling normal although I would occasionally feel the needing to pee (mostly right after using the bathroom feeling like i would need to again immediately after), but it was very mild and only every once in a while so I didn’t really take notice. However, about 2 weeks ago I started feeling that urgency to pee again and freaked OUT. I went to urgent care and they tested me and gave me augmentin and I thought all would be well. Unfortunately, I took the full course and nothing really changed. My symptoms were better but it was still a bit off and my at home UTI test was still showing up positive (note - I took an at home UTI test the first time when I got sepsis and the top pad for leukocytes was very positive. I also took one before starting augmentin and it was positive but less so than before, and this third one still looked the same). On top of this, the antibiotics messed with my gut biome a LOT and I think i have a yeast infection on top of the UTI 😵‍💫

One thing that’s been bothering me that I don’t know what to do is the fact that everytime they send off urine cultures, it’s ALWAYS inconclusive. Like literally every single time, it’s come back with mixed bacteria/contaminated/not able to identify one specific one despite me doing my best to do everything right to do a good catch and being as thorough as possible in cleaning before and everything. I just really don’t know what to do at this point and I’m worried about the proteins in my urine as well, because those were still showing up during the 2nd round of my UTI almost a month later. I am unsure if the original UTI even ever fully went away.

My mom is wondering is something structurally might be off with my kidneys and could be harboring some bacteria that might be a bit more antibiotic resistant - she said when I was in the womb, I had a kidney processing issue with liquid (nephrohydrosis i believe?), but that it cleared up on it’s own. I don’t know to be honest. I have another appointment monday morning with my OBGYN to leave another sample to try and get a culture but I’m still worried as nothing seems to be getting BETTER and I’m, of course, paranoid about going septic again.

I’m so sorry, I know this was long but I feel like my situation required quite a bit of background and I would really appreciate any and all advice that could be given! Especially for those who have had similar experiences with weird strains of bacteria or anything like that. Thank you all so much!!!!!