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Consultation: Cystitis

Cystitis can affect anyone but it seems to particulary plague women (the excessive amounts of cranberry juice they drink usually gives them away). Around 40% of women will get cystitis (an inflammation of the lining of the bladder) in their lifetime and it can be quite painful. Dr Pixie McKenna is on hand to diagnose the condition and provide helpful tips on preventing cystitis in this consultation that featured in series one of Embarrassing Illnesses.

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Im 17 and i have had 5 lots of cystitus in the past 5 months, i have been to the doctors and have been given antibiotics each time, but the last time i went the antibiotics havent worked and the infection is still here. i am not really happy about taking antibiotics each month. i have done a urine sample and everything come back ok but i got told i had a 'bug' that was giving me the infection. i do not understand why the infections have come on and really need to get rid of them. please help!

Hi, i am 36 years old and i hope some one can help me its driving me mad i dont know where to start !!. in august i had a poo that took me 3 hours of sitting on the toilet and pushing to get it out it was horrible !! but since then i keep getting the feeling that i need to wee all the time but often there is noyhing there i have been to the doctors and had antibiotics but water samples came back ok i do pelvic floor excersises but nothing seems to work the feeling seems to get worse when i have eaten or need to poo please someone help this is ruining my life

I have had 3 urine infections in the space of 1& 1\2 month, its incredibly painful when i go to the toilet and then once i have tried to pass urine i feel like i need to go again but i cant, its unbearably uncomfortable because i feel like the actual inside of my vagina is burning aswell, which could be another problem on top of this, i know ive had cystitis because ive been diagnosed with it before, and the doctors just gave me 3 different anti-biotics.. they worked short term and relieved the pain well, but 2 days after the course has finished it feels like its back again, it makes me feel sick to my stomach and quite often my kidneys suffer from it, ive been to hospital to sort it but i coudnt even give them a good enough sample it hurt so much, i really don't know whats left to do, i cant have sex without it being painful when we first start which makes mee feel like i'm letting him down, i really want to sort this please help me i cant stand all this false hope the doctors give me x

Hi I am 20 years old, and have suffered from cystitis for 2 years now. I have been on endless courses of antibiotics, and I recently had a consultation with a urologist. He told me that what was causing my cystitis to re-appear frequently is it's from a infection that has not cleared up 100%. he put me on a stronger course of antibiotics and "anti septic" pills for two months that were supposed to help my body fight the infection and regenerate its own anti bodies. However the cystitis is back and more vicious than before, and leaving me feeling hopeless.

hi,i have been to the doctors for 2 mounths and there have give me 7 different antibiotics and said there need to fine the rite one to treat the infection ?
I have even been to the hospital and got a swap all came back clear i really hate it its always after i do the toliet it feels really uncomfortable and now there said this is going on for to long there sendin me to urologists ? i have not had sex with my partner because iam scared i jst want it to go away plz help ? thank you ?

Hi

I have been suffering with cystitus since I was 22 and Im not 31.

It has such a negative affect on my life and Im such an outgoing person I hate this keep affecting my life and what I can and cannot do.

Ive had all the tests, seen urology been discharged because there was nothing they could do except more antibotics however like everyone else they either only work short term or just lately not at all.

The pain is horrendous and i usually always get it when I am due on.

Please help x

Hi I have suffered with what I think is cystitis for about nine years now and I am completely at my wits end! Every time I have sex I am so uncomfortable I don't sleep much as I am up all night going to the toilet and I am in so much discomfort. I have had the same expeeience with doctors as most of the people who have left comments, no infection showing up and just being prescribed anti biotics which only have a really short term effect, I am waiting on an appointment for urology but having read the other comments I'm not holding out much hope of getting any help with this AWFUL condition

I am 17 Years old and i am suffering from pains after passing urine, lower abdoman and my lower back. Ive had these pains for about 4 months now and sometimes i can go to the toliet early hours in the morning and the pain is just unbareable i cant get back to sleep. ive been to the doctors three times now and they have taking my urine three times and it has all came back negative. The doctors will just give me antibiotics and send me home im really conserned and its getting to the point were i can not be bothered with the doctors because they dont do enough to help…

hi i suffer everytime i have sex its a nightmare as i suffer with symptons of a infection on loo all time pain blood in urine etc alwys result to go to doctors for test which most of time comes back negative but always always end up on antibiotics .recently had investigation which showed neck of bladder inflamed was treated with two months of antibiotics without success and to top it all the urologists says there is nothing else he can do . i am losing faith in doctos etc completely no one seems to care that it is ruining our lives and reletionships. can anyone help.

im 16, and sometimes after going to the toilet i find that it feels like i need to go again, it feels really uncomfortable and kinda painful, i try and go but normally there is no urine i also get alot of back pains in my lower back.
I also have a kinda white gooey discharge that i don't no why it there i get lower abdominal pain before and after sex it also hurts during so don't enjoy it that much. is this cystitis?
I drink powder cranberry flavored cystitis drinks which normally helps the feeling of going to the toilet go away and also stops me from feeling uncomfortable. could you please tell me what is wrong with me?




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