Do I have a UTI or what?

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It started last night after I masturbated when I felt a pressure in my urethra as if I was going to have to urinate in a minute or two. An hour past, then another. I couldn't sleep at all for a while and eventually did, but not enough.

I woke up 6 hours later, urinated a small amount and I thought I was finally relieved, but one minute later the feeling arrived again. It's basically like urination "anxiety" if I can call it that, where you know you're gonna have to go soon. But it never does and it's insanely irritating.

I have no other symptoms really. Not anything besides the urge to pee, almost nothing coming out, and a slight fullness in my urethra--no more that apply to the typical UTI symptoms. Anyhow, what is this? What should I do to treat this?

So far, all I've done is drink lots of water, orange juice (which is said to make your urethra acidic resulting in no bacteria), and peeing whenever I have to. It's really annoying and worrying, please help! Thanks!

HMFan · Answer

Yup, that's what it sounds like. I had the same thing a number of years ago: urgent feeling to pee and nothing (because the bladder simply can't collect enough urine every 5 minutes...) I would suggest you go to your PCP, a urologist or local clinic and explain your symptoms. They'll take a sample to make sure it isn't gonorrhea or syphillis (or one of the other "major" infections) and probably give you a regiment of antibiotics. Often, they don't know EXACTLY what is causing the infection but as long as they've ruled out the Big G or the Big S and the antibiotics clear it up, who cares?

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