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Please help. Is this an IC flare or infection?
Hello everyone
I would really appreciate some input on what I have been struggling with for 12 days now.
I haven't yet been diagnosed with IC, but am awaiting a consultation with my uro following uro testing. However both my doctor and physiotherapist believe i have IC.
About 12 days ago i started getting a lot of pressure and pain in my abdomen (I mean more than usual). I ususally feel I need to urinate all of the time anyway but i can hold it until the pain becomes too much - usually 2 hours. However I began feeling pain all of the time, especially just above my pubic bone.
I waited a few days to see if this would pass thinking it could just be a flare but after 3 days i phoned the doctor and could only get a phone consultation. He prescribed me a course of Macrodantin 50mg 4 times a day for 7 days and asked me to bring in a sample to be sent off.
After a few days i started feeling a little better but then i started feeling worse again. The antibiotics are finished now and I need to phone up to get the results of the urine test tomorrow.
The problem is I feel worse now than before. My symptoms at the moment are (FOR THE PAST WEEK):
Urinary frequency but passing less than 100ml
Clear or pale urine, strong smelling and sometimes cloudy
Pain in abdomen, back and just above the pubic bone
Feeling of pressing down on my bladder
If i jump up and down, even after emptying I can feel my bladder move about as if its full
I feel dry around my urethral opening
I have a cross between burning and stinging pain when passing urine or when finished
I have shooting pains in my bladder and pubic bone and into my vaginal opening (between vagina and rectum)
I also have general pain elsewhere in my breasts and arms. This may be due to hormones as i have polycystic ovaries and my periods are all over the place but i would be interested to know if it could be related.
I would be grateful of any input anyone could give me because its driving me crazy. I'm housebound atm and i feel like im going to stay like this because nothing is making it better
Thank you all in advance and i pray you are all having a better day than I am, although i appreciate many of you unfortunately are not.
Lyndsay
I would really appreciate some input on what I have been struggling with for 12 days now.
I haven't yet been diagnosed with IC, but am awaiting a consultation with my uro following uro testing. However both my doctor and physiotherapist believe i have IC.
About 12 days ago i started getting a lot of pressure and pain in my abdomen (I mean more than usual). I ususally feel I need to urinate all of the time anyway but i can hold it until the pain becomes too much - usually 2 hours. However I began feeling pain all of the time, especially just above my pubic bone.
I waited a few days to see if this would pass thinking it could just be a flare but after 3 days i phoned the doctor and could only get a phone consultation. He prescribed me a course of Macrodantin 50mg 4 times a day for 7 days and asked me to bring in a sample to be sent off.
After a few days i started feeling a little better but then i started feeling worse again. The antibiotics are finished now and I need to phone up to get the results of the urine test tomorrow.
The problem is I feel worse now than before. My symptoms at the moment are (FOR THE PAST WEEK):
Urinary frequency but passing less than 100ml
Clear or pale urine, strong smelling and sometimes cloudy
Pain in abdomen, back and just above the pubic bone
Feeling of pressing down on my bladder
If i jump up and down, even after emptying I can feel my bladder move about as if its full
I feel dry around my urethral opening
I have a cross between burning and stinging pain when passing urine or when finished
I have shooting pains in my bladder and pubic bone and into my vaginal opening (between vagina and rectum)
I also have general pain elsewhere in my breasts and arms. This may be due to hormones as i have polycystic ovaries and my periods are all over the place but i would be interested to know if it could be related.
I would be grateful of any input anyone could give me because its driving me crazy. I'm housebound atm and i feel like im going to stay like this because nothing is making it better
Thank you all in advance and i pray you are all having a better day than I am, although i appreciate many of you unfortunately are not.
Lyndsay
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