Urethra pain -Sorry its a long post!

[Ziggydoodah]

Hi everyone.I am new to this community, I usually post in kidney/dialysis one. Healthunlocked has been a valuable support to me regarding my kidney journey.

However I am absolutely demented about my current situation. I am 53 years old. I had my last period about 6 years ago. I have had a relatively easy menopause. Although I think a lot of symptoms were put down to my kidney disease.

About 6 weeks ago I started getting symptoms of what i believed to be a UTI. I have had had about 2 my entire life. I got antibiotics from GP, however no infection was found. It seemed to ease the symptoms and I was just left with mild symptoms. However things started to get bad. I was up nearly every 15 mins to pee during the night. I wasn't too bad during the day. Most dialysis patients cant urinate but I had the opposite. Then it started during the day. I would go to the toilet and pee and my urethra would sting, just as I was finishing. I then felt I hadn't emptied my bladder but nothing would come out. My GP over a telephone consultation said she thought it might be vaginal atrophy. I admit I put my head in the sand. I work and attend dialysis 3 x week and the thought of another medical issue, just depressed me. I read up on it and decided to try OTC remedies. I have been on Gina since last Sat. I also got D Mannose to see if that would help. I also take probiotics for the bladder. I know it's early days but I am just getting no relief. To add to the physical symptoms i am also getting extremely anxious as I am attached to a machine for 4 hours. I can usually ask to be taken off quickly for a toilet break but one nurse had a right go at me and said I can just use a commode. I refuse to do this and believe she just couldn't be bothered taking me off. I'm just reaching out to anyone that has experienced these issues and how they dealt with it. My dialysis unit are not interested and I have no privacy to discuss such intimate things. I know the next stop is my GP but I was hoping I wouldn't have to go. Thanks in advance for any replies and hope you are all having a good day.

[wobblybee Administrator]

Hi 🙂 I’m so sorry…having had UTIs on numerous occasions I can empathise with symptoms..frequency and pain.

I have no experience with dialysis but…it’s possible you would be better not using OTC treatments in case there was interaction of some kind.

🤔 You may need further investigation since current UTI testing is negative..obviously you need relief asap.

🙂I just googled..UTI-dialysis…..and apparently UTIs are common. If the Dialysis team aren’t helpful, speak to your GP.

[Ziggydoodah in reply to wobblybee]

Thank you Wobblybee...Great name by the way 😁...Yes I think I'm.just going to have to bite the bullet and see a GP. Now for the challenge of getting an appointment. Thank you again for taking the time to reply.

[Eviedog12]

Hi there, would your problem be classed as irritable bladder? Worth an ask at your GPS. I go through stages of wanting to pee often but then it subsudes after a week or so. I don't get any pain, which is great and Ive been tested every time but no infection. I drunk a lot of water, not sure how that works on dialysis, to flush out toxins. Ive got stage 3a kidney disease so maybe that doesn't help. Hope you get things sorted.