Long history of UTI's - or something else?

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Hi,

Since I was 16, I've suffered from Urinary Tract Infections. I'm 27 now and still suffer EVERY time I have sex (almost without exception). For quite a few years now I've avoided the issue by not having sex often at all. Recently however, I've got married and am having sex nearly every day. After 3 UTI's in 3 weeks (basically, as soon as I came off the Antibiotics, I'd get a new one), the doctor gave me Antibiotics to take as a precaution as soon as I have sex. This has worked great for 9 months now!

Problem is, it stopped working. I woke up with a bad UTI and even though I took the Antibiotics to fix it, it's taking 5-6 days to go away (its only just feeling better now..) and I still don't feel 'right'. (burning sensation in the urethra mostly)

I didn't think much about it at the time, but my ex-partner told me about 9 months ago that he had a test for STD's and got a positive for chlamydia. We'd been in a monogous relationship for the previous 8 years!! So, I thought it was a false positive or something.

Another issue is that my periods are horribly painful, and have gotten worse. Even on birth control pills, I'm taking large amounts of pain killers just to cope (mostly sleeping through!) the day or two of pain. Its so bad, I skip every second period and only have one every 2 months now.

Is it possible that chlamydia causes any of these symptoms?

Thanks.

Jenny · Site Admin Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 513

Chlamydia is more than often asymptomatic but if it shows any symptoms, they appear 3 weeks after infection. Chlamydia may cause burning sensation during urination as well as low abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between menstrual periods.

Haven’t you been tested for Chlamydia years back when the first symptoms occurred?
Because if your doctor found you had UTI, it means that he found the presence of E. coli bacteria.

I also think that you suffer from chronic UTI. Many women have such problems especially those who have frequent intercourses. What happens is that urethra becomes irritated and sometimes bladder becomes infected as well. These bacteria may be very hard to treat because they sometimes attach to the bladder walls and cannot be killed by urine acid or flushed by water and they curl up in balls and have sort of protective layers, so antibiotics hardly manage to penetrate to the core of the bacteria ball.

In some girls, chronic UTI’s may indicate urinary tract abnormalities. One of these disorders is called vesicoureteral reflux. Other causes may be immune system disorder, abnormalities in the bladder or kidneys, wiping from anus to the vagina, etc

However, you should certainly be tested for Chlamydia if you haven’t already because if Chlamydia stays in the body for too long it may cause many problems, including infertility.

Long history of UTI's - or something else?

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