Worst cystitis flare up in a year- need immediate relief, please help!?

by admin December 26th, 2009. Filed under: cystitis relief.


I’ve suffered from cystitis/uti’s for years, which has lead to kidney problems etc. It hasn’t been too bad over the last 6 or 7 months as I’ve had it under control with the amount of water I drink and recognising the early symptoms- I haven’t had a bad flare up for a long time.

This evening without warning the worst flare up ever has come on and has been going on for about 4 hours now- I’ve been in the bath for about two hours, have drunk so much water that I feel like I might explode and have taken a Trimethoprim. I’m in so much pain and discomfort and I just don’t know what else to do- does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get some kind of relief NOW?

I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight, I just want to cry.

Any advice appreciated
Forgot to add that it’s 8.30pm, I can’t get to anywhere and I’m freaking out :(

Plenty of fluids and definitely antibiotics. Contact NHS 24/direct.

What could be causing my overactive bladder problems? any insight!?

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4 Responses to Worst cystitis flare up in a year- need immediate relief, please help!?

  1. yellobrix
    December 26th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    You can get amazingly fast relief using over-the-counter cranberry capsules, and they’re easy to find. I get mine at the grocery store in the supplements aisle, near the pharmacy. They are also really inexpensive.

    Choose the capsules – NOT cranberry juice! The cranberry juice at the grocery is really a cocktail, packed with sugar and hardly any cranberry.

    Take 3 or 4 capsules every hour from now until you go to bed tonight. If you wake up in the night to pee, take another dose. Tomorrow you can back off to 2 capsules every couple of hours.

    After you’re better, continue to take a maintenance dosage – 2 or 3 each day.

    Study after study has shown this is more effective than antibiotics. It truly works!
    References :

  2. A N Mouse
    December 26th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Oh that must hurt! If as it sounds you’ve tried all the self help you can ring your out of hours service and/or nhs direct and ask for help – get well soon
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  3. Dr Frank
    December 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    Plenty of fluids and definitely antibiotics. Contact NHS 24/direct.
    References :
    GP for more years than I care to remember

  4. Moonflower
    December 26th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    There is not much more you can do until you buy some tablets from the Chemists. So sorry hope you feel better soon.
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