UTI symptoms but no UTI
I’m writing this in hopes it helps others who are going through this!
A couple of years ago I was experiencing unbearable UTI pain after my UTI had been treated. I went to a urologist and they determined I did not have a UTI. We did other testing and it all came back negative. It got to the point where the urologist thought the pain was in my head.
I knew it wasn’t in my head. It was an intense burning pain day and night. And it wasn’t going away.
I did some googling and finally came across a blog a woman had written with the same symptoms. Constant burning sensation, no UTI, and pain with sex. She had said it was a hypertonic pelvic floor.
I knew nothing about my pelvic floor but pushed my obgyn to write me a script for pelvic floor therapy. My obgyn said it was most likely cystitis and it would be chronic and never go away. I refused to hear this and went to therapy that week.
I’m so glad I trusted my gut because pelvic floor therapy was the best thing I could have ever done.
I found out that I had an overly tight pelvic floor (hypertonic pelvic floor) that was having a hard time relaxing. Within weeks my pain completely disappeared.
Hoping my experience can help anyone dealing with this pain because it can be debilitating and depressing.
xoxo