Water infection

[josaphine32]

Can anyone give me any advice on how long it will take for Trimethoprim to work, The doctor prescribed a 3 day course for my daughter she has just finished day 2 and there is little improvement, She is drinking gallons of lemon barley water and loads of plain water. she tried cranberry juice but hated it, and i really need to get her back to school tomorrow as she is doing a levels but it is very difficult when you are running for the loo every 5 mins

Any other help with this would be great .
thanks
jo

[muchlovex]

It would normally take a few days for this to clear up.

How long has she had this infection? She must continue to drink plenty of water.

muchlovex

[josaphine32]

She started to feel weird on friday and then went to her dads house for the weekend so come sunday she was in alot of pain, I was running baths at 3am in the morning eventually i managed to get her to sleep at 5am, and then rang the doctors and got an emergency appointment

[muchlovex]

Has there not been any improvement since Friday?

I hope she gets better soon.
x

[josaphine32]

no there is no improvement the tablets are a 3 day course 6 in total and she has taken 4

[muchlovex]

You could ring NHS direct and ask them if it's worth taking her back to doctors?

[Sqad]

Far be it from me BUT a three day course is going to do "bu99er all", as sne needs at least a week and usually about 2 weeks on the drug.

No improvement after 2 days is normal.

[bednobs]

missing 1 more day of school wont make much difference, i wouldn't have thought. I had to re-read because when you say "i managed to get her to sleep at 5am" i thought we were taling of a toddler :). If she's not feeling better at the end of the course, get her to go back to the gp. Does she have a temp?

[josaphine32]

thanks all, she has had stinking colds since the end of last week so she does have a temperature but i think its more from the cold than the water infection. I will see what she is like in the morning and will ring the doc for advice....is there anything else i can give her as she is on the loo every 5 mins with not much wee coming out and then has to keep running back as she thinks her bladder is going to burst

[muchlovex]

I would say that water is best as it will help to flush out any bladder infections.

[daffy654]

Your daughter needs to be quite careful in her fluid intake. Too much fluid can cause all sorts of quite dangerous problems.

[237SJ]

There is something called Cysteme you can buy over the counter that is supposed to change the acidity of the urine and it might help. I was plagued by cycstitis as a child and the only thing that did the trick was antibiotics though. I was usually on them for about a week.

[josaphine32]

thanks everyone for all your hep

[ladyalex]

Lots of water to drink, paracetamol for the pain and a hot water bottle on her tummy should help.

Also, careful gentle rinsing with very very dilute Savlon in warm water after every visit to the loo (no soap, it may irritate more) can be helpful.
Too bad that there's no improvement yet, though. Definitely go back to the GP or try to get a telephone consultation if she's still having problems tonight.

[NoMercy]

The doc should maybe have given her some fluconazole at the same time.

I had a 3 days course of Trimethoprim recently, but condensed the 6 tablets into 2 days. I felt better after about 4 days.

[DEN53]

Did she have a water sample tested, Josaphine ? as there are certain antibiotics that treat certain types of infections.

[anneasquith]

not a doctor ....................... did your gp mention cystitis?

[josaphine32]

Yeah we took in a water specimen for them to test....it was very cloudy and he noticed that straight away and did a dip test, I have spoken to out of hours service tonight ( harmoney) and they have said all that we are dooing is good and to waite to book a docs appointment in the morning....so here goes for the fourth night with no sleep but we will see what happens in the morning....thanks all

[fbg40]

Hi josaphine32
Prior to having surgery to have my prostate removed, I managed to get an infection and was prescribed the same tablets - but a week's course !! They did work after the week.
HTH
FBG40