oh man, that blows! fyl :( i hope you survive the trip!

At the risk of sounding like Buzz Killington: You shouldn't be going anywhere with anyone if you have any type of infection unless not going has an immediate impact on your academic life.

You obviously know nothing about UTIs. They are not contagious. It's not like syphilis or something. It's when bacteria gets up into your urinary tract (bladder, ureters, kidneys). You can't give it to someone else.

Very true.... they are common (especially for females) and at least a few of the people you come in contact with every day probably have an active urinary tract infection.

Also, you don't actually have to pee every 10 minutes, but it definitely feels like it. Try bargaining with your family for a pit stop every 2 hours. Also, get some cranberry pills (ask the pharmacist if you don't know what they are) and take some vitamin C. Both will help you get over the infection sooner.

i've actually found that enduring the discomfort of holding it eventually stops that sensation. it's giving in and going to the bathroom constantly that makes me feel worse.

if you can, stop in to a vitamin shop and get some d-mannose capsules. those things work like MAGIC on UTIs. it's actually better if you don't take antibiotics, which can kill the good bacteria in your system and allow the bad bacteria to build up a resistance.

All this sounds like too much work. Simple solution: get some big water bottles and a funnel from the garage/basement. Problem solved.

Yes, they are contagious. But I doubt the OP would do that with her family ...
Water bottles won't be much help to a woman.
And on top of all the nuisance her company would cause the family, she could be in serious pain.
So: this is the time to suck it up and stay at home.

The above people are totally right when they tell you to stop going so often to relieve the urge. I'm doing it today until I can make it the doctor.

Drink lots of water and cranberry juice (not cocktail), and don't go until your bladder is full. Then go to the bathroom but as soon as you finish urinating, stop trying! Repeat process until the pain no longer returns.

Side note: This only helps deal with symptoms and will not kill the infection. You should see your doctor about that.

I guess you're not going now.

Take Azo. Or don't go.

Wow. Urinary catheterization, ftw.

it helps better if you dont go too often.

I hope you're not serious. Holding in your urine makes it worse. In fact, that's one of the reasons people get UTI's.

I thought one of the main reasons for a UTI was aggressive sex. Is the pain worth the gain?

Lots of sex can give you UTIs (well, for girls anyway), but so can lots of things. It's true that holding it will do it; I had tons of UTIs as a kid due to that.

But I think maybe the first commenter was suggesting that it's best not to go every 10 minutes, the way you feel you have to with a UTI. Because you don't ACTUALLY have to pee that often with a UTI, you just feel that way.

Actually the biggest cause isn't sex in general it's not urinating after having sex (for girls)

dammmn I hope it's not a rough ride or nething. well hopefully you'll feel better once the ride is over

I feel your pain, OP. I have a urinary tract infection right now, too, but I'm not going on a long trip. I wish I was. But, FYL

Is it cystitus? I HATE that! I so feel your pain if it's that.

It's sister titus? Sister titus hurts! Daddy used to hurt too

Ouch! That blows man. Bring a bucket, air freshener, and cleaner. Pee in the bucket, dump it out the car, clean it with windex, and spray air freshener. Good luck!

That sucks! I know the feeling - I had UTI once and I had to go in my boss's car and made him stop every 5 mins so that I could pee 1ml at a time.

are you a child? i mean what kind of mentality do you have to have to not realise if youre peeing 1ml you dont actually have to go...

Obviously you know nothing about urinary tract infection, child.

ouch.

DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE. I had the same thing and my mom suggested it. Home remedy. just drink about a liter of it and it'll go away. There is something in the juice that clears everything up!! I hope that helps...

Cranberry juice only helps prevent infections. Antibiotics are necessary to help get rid of the infection.

Cranberry juice will actually help you feel better. It will help clear your kidneys out. Also drinking a lot of water will will help with making your bladder feel better. Keeping a little bit of liquid in when you pee will lessen the feel of needing to go all the time. One of the worst things you can do is have a completely empty bladder. So keep the liquids coming and avoid drinks like soda.

Of course cranberry juice and drinking lots of water are helpful with maintaining good kidney and bladder health because the fluids help you urinate frequently, which in turn helps flush out bacteria. But cranberry juice isn't going to make the infection go away; antibiotics can only do that. She needs to see a doctor. I've had a UTI before and they aren't pleasant and require medical attention or else they won't go away.

And you can end up with a kidney infection if you don't take care of it right away.

I didn't go to the doctor when I had UTI, purely out of embarassment. It went away after about a month, I seem fine now. But I hate to see what my kidney looks like. heh.

How can you be embarrassed to go to a doctor for a UTI? They see that kind of stuff all the time. You probably didn't even have a UTI if you just "got better" without treatment. Infections will spread without antibiotics.

I get UTIs on occassion and as soon as I get that tingling sensation when peeing I start drinking cranberry juice. I haven't taken antibiotics for them in about 20 years. The way my doctor put it is that the acid in the cranberry juice helps to neutralize the infection...I don't pretend to understand it. It's worked for me and for others, so really the only time antibiotics are necessary is when the UTI has gotten out of control.

If the UTI is caught early enough cranberry juice should work fine to flush it out. Just keep drinking it for a couple of days after the godsawful feeling has gone away to ensure that the infection is gone.

If people keep turning to pills to deal with everything in their life then one day those pills won't work...then were will they be?

on cranberry juice? lol

So you've been getting recurrent UTI's and the only thing you've been using is cranberry juice; that's your problem. And what kind of doctor doesn't prescribe antibiotics for a bacterial infection?

I've been trying to find information on cranberry juice and how it can treat infections but there isn't much to support that. The juice only helps to prevent them. Once infection kicks in, you NEED antibiotics. You can't just wait until the infection "gets out of control." I'm not a doctor but my knowledge of common sense tells me that bacterial infections spread without medical treatment.

Actually, many UTIs do clear up without antibiotics. If they're mild, they'll commonly clear out on their own with lots of water (and cranberry juice seems to be helpful, but the scientific evidence for that is minimal).

The risk, as others have said, is that if they DON'T clear up on their own, you can get a very serious kidney infection. I did when I was younger and didn't go to the doctor because I thought it was just the flu. By the time I made it to the hospital, I was nearly dead and had to stay there for weeks.

most self respecting doctors wouldnt give you antibiotics because youve got recurring UTI's as mentioned "occassionally". most doctors would take a more common sense logical approach and try to look at the underlying cause behind it. not just go hey, it keeps happening...try some pills.

Still don't see how doctors can send their patients who have infections home without antibiotics. I know people who have had careless doctors do that to them and end up in the hospital with an infection going through their bloodstream... and I still can't find any evidence that backs up the "cranberry juice helps UTI's" theory.

Yes, they would. Any good doctor would treat the infection, and simultaneously try to find the underlying cause of repeated infection.

For instance, my doctor prescribed me antibiotics and referred me to a specialist.

Uhhh... I hope you're not thinking of going on that trip without seeing a doctor. Antibiotics clear that right up.

I once had hallucinations and memory loss from antibiotics prescribed to treat a *subclinical* UTI.... doctors discovered it after I blacked out for an hour.... still don't know why I blacked out, though.... would have preferred the UTI, me thinks.

Bet you're really pissed off about that.

This.

it's a urinary tract infection, not an urinary tract infection

yeah i noticed that too...and was shocked when i realized not all vowels require an "an" in front of them. weird o_O

"U" doesn't always have "an" in front of it because it's pronounced as if it starts with a "y." Like your-inary tract.

Yes, go to your doctor. Antibiotics do help, but they do sometimes take a while to work. You might also have to try a few different ones if the first one doesn't work.

Take capsules with concentrated cranberries. It is like drinking several glasses of cranberry juice. It prevents inflammation of the bladder, which causes the feeling of having to urinate. You can take them for the rest of your life if you want to, and you probably won't get a UTI again.

I have had UTIs before and this has been what has worked for me. Also, drink a lot of water to help flush the bacteria out.

uhh don't go on the trip cause it's gonna be torture if your gonna go to the bathroom every 10 minutes :/

ooo you noticed that too hey? good work there. youre very observant.

adult diapers!

I think Cystex works better than Azo (or look to see if its ok to take both). I get UTIs every couple of months. That sucks, though! I hope it turns out ok.

You've doomed your family to a 25-hour car trip.

At first, they'll make the effort to find you a "clean" bathroom, but then you'll be stuck using the filthiest bathrooms in America. (Don't step on the poop on the floor.) Then, they'll tell you to go in the woods and, finally, they'll just have you stick your ass out the window, because they just can't keep stopping!

Bon voyage!

Why is everyone telling her to go to the doctor? She probably already has antibiotics but they won't have an effect soon enough for the trip.

She didn't say anything about having gone to the doctor. And I only mentioned it because other people were telling her to drink cranberry juice, as if that's going to get rid of the infection...

Doctors will almost always give you something for the pain if it's that bad. I'm assuming the OP didn't go to the doctor, otherwise the 15 minute car trip would not be that big of a deal.

15 HOUR. If it was a 15 minute drive, this wouldn't be on FNL.

OP- if it sucks, don't go. But I think you can survive it.

Time to get a catheter.

Daaamn, I had UTI from holding in my pee all the time.
Bring a couple of empty bottles along is all I can advise.

I ve had one. it does suck and later it hurts. bring some tylonal pm to make you fall asleep. you don't pee as much. -Lexi

That sucks. :/ Cranberry juice does help, but you should really get that checked out if you haven't already. I let a urinary tract infection go when I was younger and I ended up in the emergency room with a 105 degree fever. The infection spread and turns out I had osteomyelitis, which is a bone infection. I was in the hospital for two weeks in excruciating pain. So trust me on this, get some antibiotics right away!

14 and 15 appaflux. you know nothing I've had it and even my doctorsaid it helps. Shut up and stop posting wrong things

Huh?

Oh man. You need to get on antibiotics ASAP to prevent it from spreading to your kidneys. Until then, try AZO for relief.

Peeing after you have sex is a super easy way to prevent UTIs!

Also, wiping front to back :D

omg. i had that recently. ): i feel your frustration!!

Take antibiotics and drink cranberry juice + water. It'll get rid of the symptoms in no time.

Hopefully your family will be ok with making frequent stops for you. UTIs are no fun.

Sucks.
Take about 30 5L bottles and just pee in those. Wear a skirt.
Just hope no one in the car has a piss fetish.

go to the doctor and get some antibiotics to relieve the feeling of having to urinate, or run to the store and grab some uristat.

as a frequent sufferer of UTIs, you really dont HAVE to pee every 5 minutes, it just FEELS like it.

so if your taking antibiotics or at the very least take some uristat and keep down on the liquids during the trip, you should be fine (but if your not taking antibiotics then for the love of god down tons and tons of water as soon as you'll be near a bathroom, because water can flush the infection out relatively quickly

oooh your gonna have to go, likee 100 times!

Keep drinking water throughout the trip, slowly and in small amounts. And for heaven's sake get yourself to a doctor and be thankful that antibiotics can still cure a UTI.

By the way, cranberry juice or cranberry capsules are merely a preventative/old wives' tale. Take it only if you also need the extra vitamin C and if you don't have digestive problems.

Pee in their faces

I suffer from combined UTIs and kidney infections twice a year. Grow some balls. It doesnt make you have to pee every ten minutes, it just makes you feel like it.

You should try drinking some Alka Seltzer >.> it helps kill the infection.

Big deal, just stay home.

DUDEEEE I had that and it was so frigin painful to peeeeee. good luckkk I hope u have antibiotics and won't get a kidney infection

so stick a cathater tube up your "hoo hoo" and let the magic happen

Youch. I get UTIs all the time, and they're a pain in the ass when you have to be sitting down for long periods of time.
Drink lots of cranberry juice (or take concentrated cranberry pills like Azo) and water with your meals, sip at water whenever you can, and take some Cystex (an antibacterial/urinary pain reliever) until you can get to the doctor for actual antibiotics. Bring pads to line your underwear in case you accidentally piss yourself...it's a lot easier to change a pad than it is to change your pants.
CVS pharmacy sells the Cystex for about ten bucks, and the Minute Clinic they have in some of the stores can get you a urine test and a prescription for antibiotics within a half hour.

take amoxicillin. I'm 13 and get UTI's all the time. :( they suck. but hang in there, it will go away. try not to think about it.

wow sounds like a bladder infection i remember going on a whole day trip with my mum and dad and i had a bladder infection. i also remember waking up in the hotel room and trying to take my pill for the bladder infection and it lodging in my throat and my mum pushing me away cause she thought i was gonna puke on her.

a UTI IS a bladder infection.

Eurgh, that sucks. I just got rid of one a couple of days ago.
You don't wanna be going every 10 minutes - probably even if you're drinking that frequently.
You wanna be trying - and yes, I know it is hard - to do every half hour to hour, it's less painful when you do go that way.
And like everyone else has said.. drink cranberry juice and plenty of water to flush it out. I find taking over the counter medication useful. The stuff you dissolve in water. Within 2 days it's all gone and you're back to normal :)
And as for the car journey... God I hope you can sleep in cars, I really do =/ FYL definitely

D-
we both know you're not going on any trip.
-E

how do you get these? ive had jus ddnt kno how

The female urethra is only a few inches long, and it's quite easy for bacteria to find its way up there, especially during intercourse. You can get a UTI from just about anything and nothing...sometimes they just appear.

Ewwww I was there just a few months ago: 13hour solo drive back home with the worst UTI imaginable...just slap on a pad and go to the bathroom every 3 hours. Cranberry juice didn't really help and don't take it while driving till you get to where you're going cuz you'll really have to pee and not know if it's for reals.

Welcome to the world of adult diapers.

How do you know if you have a bladder infection

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don't force yourself to go to that trip.
go to a doctor and have it checked out. you'll regret it if you don't.
unless you don't mind wearing a diaper throughout the trip

buy a moterhome. it comes with a bathroom! :)

If you can't get any cranberry juice or pills, alka seltzer works just as well too. I found that out when I had a UTI and a stomach ache at the same time

If you want to take cranberry juice, it's fine. Leave the cranberry peeps alone. It may not prevent it or have any medicinal value at all, but it sure makes you have to piss more than the same amount of water does.

Antibiotics are not always the best thing for a UTI. If you went a little bit deeper than common sense you would realize that antibiotics kill the good bacteria aswell as the bad thus causing the bad to build a defense against the good bacteria.

do they make nappies for big people? i think they do.

if your a guy your good if your a girl your screwed!

Ouch!! FYL!! I had that... shittiest thing on the planet!

YDI for wiping back to front and getting it up the butt.

what do you mean "today"? that sgit doesn't just come and go like the cold stupid, it's gonna take some antibiotics an down time.

38 you dumbass where are you gonna piss on a 15 hour trip with your family this isn't a FNL cuase it's contagous or not

i have a urinary tract infection right now too and it's terrible. i can't sleep and i think my house is like 400 degrees. it sucks...

wear a skirt, bring a jar & funnel.

tell them to fuck off

use URAL! its tempory relief u can get at the drug store...works a charm..take it with water and 2 minutes later u wont feel like peeing and when u do it doesnt hurt anymore...