Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by ShinkuOkami: Urinary Tract Infection?
I’ve recently been having some of the symptoms associated with a UTI and before I go and spend a lot of money at the doctor (there’s no bulk billing near where I live) I wanted to know if its likely I actually have one or whether i’m just paranoid.

This has been going on for quite a number of weeks now:
~ Feeling the need to go to the toilet often to urinate, but often there’s very little that needs to come out.
~ I often feel like there’s some urine still in my bladder a few minutes after peeing (most of the time).
~ A couple of times a week the urine is cloudy (so not very often).
~ Sometimes get discomfort or a quick sharp pain in my bowels if I stretch or lie down in an unusual position.

There’s no blood in my urine though, and I only have a burning sensation if my urine is quite yellow (which I’m assuming just means I haven’t had enough water).

I also suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, just in case this is just a part of that.

Thanks for any advice!
Oh, and just to note: I’m a 17 year old male.

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Answer by monkeydamour
Sounds like it. I’ve had recurring ones for years. You really need to get checked, though, because if it spreads to your kidneys you’re screwed. If it is a UTI, all you need are some antibiotics.

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Question by umm hi<333: Urinary difficulties, Vaginal Burning?
Hey, I have been having vaginal burning/irritation for some time. Recently, I woke up with massive pain in my lower abdomen. I went to the doctor and after feeling around and he agreed something was wrong with my bladder. He gave me meds for a UTI and sent me to the lab to get a urine analysis. It came back negative. I skipped my period last month as well. I just got it and it burned to even put a tampon in. In addition, I have been feeling very uncomfortable while and after I urinate. I have not been sexually active in over a year. In addition, I have been having digestive issues as well which was diagnosed as internal hemorrhoids and irritable bowel syndrome. I naturally figured that nausea and stomach pains were symptoms of my digestive problem but it may be otherwise. What can this possibly be? I have been tested for chlamydia and that was negative. Can this even be an STD since I have not been sexually active in over a year?

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Answer by sailingsoul
I don’t want to scare you and I’m no doctor but you should not take this to lightly. Some conditions that linger untreated, can cause infertility. That might mean no children ! Seeing how you have skipped a period, you should get aggressive in getting to the bottom of this, this is not good. There are different kinds of STD’s . You can have one and not know it, even after a year. That chlamydia test, is NOT !00% accurate. It is possible that you got a false negative, however slight, it can happen. Discomfort and PAIN are not to be ignored in this case. Is your doctor a GP or gyno’? You should see a Gyno’.. Go back to your doctor and or go to another. The sooner the better. Seeing one doctor only, especially when their first treatment you did not produce signs of relief. That would get my my concerns up, big time. If you are not that concerned, why should your doctor be. Your doctor is not going to suffer the consequences if your treatment is not right, YOU ARE. You are responsible to get proper treatment not your doctor, you!. Doctors are just people and might not spot a serious problem as quickly as they should. They see many patients every day and can fall into a routine where they loose their edge or drop their guard. SS

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Question by Julyana: Help with urinary tract infection?
This is my first urinary track infection for about 3 weeks now and my doctor has prescribed me with an antibiotic for the first week to treat and prevent urinary track infection bt it wouldn’t go away so he prescribed me more but a different mark.
My 2 urine tests from a week and 2 weeks ago said I still had it I took another urine test today and it came out clean but I still felt the sharp pain on my right side of my abdomen so he gave me a prescription for something for Irritable bowel syndrome symtoms since I now just have abdominal pain. do you know what can be wrong with me?

I’m 15 years old
I try drinking cranberry juice bt it makes me wanna throw up even when add water and I feel the stab of pain
I take multivitamins because the doc told me to too
sometimes the pain can get really bad to where I throw up a lot except when I’m on medication bt I don’t want to go through this :,(

my symptoms throughout the whole weeks have been:
sore throat
throwing up
pain in my right abdomen and on my lower right side of the back <- sometimes
really yellow pee even though i drink a lot of fluids

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Answer by Dylan
My gf has the same problem, he may have already told you this but stay away from caffeine and yellow drinks or juice. The only thing that does help my gf at all is cranberry juice, try holding your nose to drink it really does help, but you at least need to drink 4 or 5 cups per day, also their is a pill that you can buy at any pharmacy and it has cranberries in it, not real sure of the name but it works just as good.

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