Chronic UTI's after Chlamydia from five years ago

Hi @strength18, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You've written a very thorough description of your medical history and experience with chlamydia trachomatis and urinary tract infections (UTIs). The persistent, recurrent nature of the UTIs is obviously having a significant negative impact on your life. I'd like to also bring @da_best into this discussion.

Strength, have any of the doctors you've seen mentioned Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)? Here's some information about it:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pelvic-inflammatory-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20352594
You mentioned that you abstained from sex to see if that may have contributed to the cause. It usually recommended to avoid sexual intercourse until treatment is completed and symptoms have resolved. Did your abstinence coïncide with the treatment?

Hello,

I am just following up to see if you have any update. My wife is suffering from the same things and went through what you did (however she doesn't have a staph or e-coli infection). Did you get treated for PID? Any updates?

Hi,
Ive also had chlamydia in may last year and still feeling some symptoms, but not so hard. my main symptom is vaginal discharge which I have ever since I was cured from chlamydia. I’ve tested all STD’s negative, and also Candida, gardanela, streptococcus…
Because of disbalanced vaginal flora for one year I’m very susceptible to new infection. One year they couldn’t find me any bacteria but the last time they found enterococcus and they ordained me Cipro also. Now I need to go retest on it. But in meantime I was reading a lot on that topic (I don’t have symptoms except vaginal discharge) and found out that Lactbacili - good bacteria - are killing these coccus bacteria in vaginal flora and in urinary tract. You can try if you are not already, to use a lot of supplements with lactobacillus as yogurt and oral probiotics, and also maybe some vaginal products. I’ve heard a lot of positive effects of lactobacillus to these bacteria.
I’m now waiting to retest again, hope that I will be negative…

Good luck!

And for God sake why these doctors think they know everything. It’s obvious that chlamydia isn’t researched very well and that there is plenty of people who have some kind of symptoms after treating it and they still doesn’t want to take any action to solve this problem for all of us, they only know how to prescribe antibiotics! I’m so angry at medical system.

Just joined the UTI group through Mayo's. Wondering if you still have problems. I didn't have Clamydia but similar uti recurrence and dismay l Same donno's from doctors. Went to yet another minute clinic for quick test and the young male nurse suggested I try D=Mannose capsules daily from now on. I had told him the only help I got as for insight from the pros was recently a young doctor told me I had a spastic bladder. The nurse said I likely had a tendency towards tiny lesions in the bladder which get inflamed and let anything attack it. We all have a certain amount of E. Coli in our systems and mine, like yours, seems to easily pick up on it and let the bacteria in the bladder lining causing an instant infection. NOT from outside the body from poor toilet and bathing techniques. I tried it and have not had a uti for over a year except when I had surgery and was limited on how much water I could have for two days. My dosage was huge initially, 3 of the 2600 mg large capsules each morning. I drank only coffed for a while with water in large amounts as usual. Over a week I added decaf and diet soda. I quit drinking except for a sip to taste after I eat a large meal.

I'd say the young nurse gave me a huge blessing, and this stuff is merely a supplement. It is a type of sugar that is not the sweet kind, but coats the walls of the bladder. I now take one morning, one evening dinner time.

Please let me know if this helps, or if you solved the problem another way. Nothing worse than getting 'that feeling' and knowing you'll be in the ER or clinic asap. Same with long drives on holiday. Bad thing to do with our type bladder. I recently flew to Asia and had no problems there either. I carry a uti test strip all the time, sometimes I feel a twinge and it's not positive for uti, just an irritation from a drink or not enough water. VT

I just wrote her myself about the post clamydia trouble. I didn't have std, but same severe and one after the other infections. I solved it with a nurse's help. If you can't see my post let me know and I will tell you what I do. It involves taking D-Mannose, 2600 mg twice a day, just a sugar supplement that coats the bladder. Harmless. Now free for over a years of uti's which had me going to er or clinic about every 3 weeks.

I had similar issue, ER or clinic every 3 weeks or so. Finally a young male nurse (the new ones hear all the new treatments it seems) and he suggested I try D-Mannose supplement. Now uti free for over a years. It's a sugar that coast the bladder lining and prevents irritants from causing 'lesions' in the lining, which then let in any bacteria there. E coli and others are in our body all the time at small amounts which in a normal person don't cause issues. Turns out I was told I have a spastic bladder, irritated by alcohol, chai latte, pop and to a lesser degree coffee. I cut out all but the coffee and some decaf diet cola. Otherwise, I drink lots of water, pee very often, don't take a long car trip unless the driver agrees to let me dictate when we stop. It is a blessing to not know the ER staff by name and have them roll their eyes when I open the door... Good luck..

My daughter did have clamydia early, and had a lesion between her vagina and anus that took about 3 years to heal. That infection is really a doozy it seems, leaving most all with post infection symptoms lasting for years.

I take d-mannose and cranberry vitamin c capsules twice a day. So far 2 years ok.

I did not have ciamydia but frequent uti they wanted me to go on intermittent caths but I refused. Went on d-mannose over 3 years now. So far so good

Correction 3 years