women— I’m stressing :( can you all describe to me how it felt when you’ve had a UTI if you’ve had one?? last night I felt this weird feeling from my urethra I guess like the tube where the pee travels I think? It just felt like straining and irritated in a way when I was bend forward .. it went away a little after I peed but not fully. I took cranberry pills. This morning I woke up and don’t have that feeing anymore from what I can tell. I used an AZO UTI test strip and it didn’t say positive. But now I’m afraid that I have a UTI and it’s going to get bad or spread to my kidneys or make me really ill.

was the pain coming from the hole itself when you peed or did you kind of feel pain from the urethra like the tube kinda tingled and hurt

Yes it is. I always feel somerhinf slightly and then fear the worstZ

So I wanted to hear how an actual UTI felt from people’s experience to kind of compare and see if I’m just overreactingZ

@j123 Okay! I understand, OCD does that. Are you in treatment for OCD? 😊

@ButterflyStar Yes I am! I’m so much better because I usually would Run to a doctor every day Honestly. The only reason I freak about UTI is because I read If you don’t treat them they can progress quickly to your kidneys so I never want to leave anything untreated

@j123 Aww I'm so glad you are doing better!! Yoy go girl!

@ButterflyStar Thank you :)

Did you feel it constantly or worse when you like bent forward or something

@j123 constantly

@missbluesky Idk how to explain how I feel but it doesn’t hurt feom rhe actual hole when I’m peeing it feels like the tube is inflamed or something but the pee coming out doesnt make ir hurt

@missbluesky How long did you wait before getting antibiotics ? I just fear if itd not treated ASAP I’ll get kidney infection

Oh no so you think it’s a UTI?:( I’m so scared because I really have always been afraid of getting them and tried to prevent them.. I didna few days ago but I peed after and took cranberry pills. I don’t have the sensation anymore it kind of started while I was holding in pee while driving , and then I feel the urethra I guess get really irriTted and feel weird (like the tube itself).. when I pee there’s no pain or blood. It’s better this morning so idk

It’s weird because I used the AZO UTI test strips that say are same test doctors use and it was negative last night and this morning

Ok thank you. It’s weird between I took UTI test strip last night and this morning and both were negative . I don’t have any burning Or pain it just felt more like inflammation or irritation internally but not when the pee came out if that makes sense

I honestly just fear it getrinf bad and needing antibiotics or possibly having one and not taking antibiotics ASAP and getrinf a kidney infection

@j123 Yes I get what you’re describing. The urinary area can be in that gray area sometimes unfortunately. If both tests say negative I would say that logically you are probably in the clear, though as we know anxiety doesn’t listen to logic. Hope you feel better though! ❤️