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this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2025
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Sheesh this guy is gross. But concerning the water intake, I need to clarify something bc I keep seeing people recommend way too much or way too little.
Antibiotics are the easiest way to deal with UTIs and they're very effective. That you need to drink a lot of water especially during a UTI is true, but 8 litres is excessive. However, 1.5 litres is not enough. Depending on how much you exercise, how much you weigh and how tall you are, and a bunch of other factors, you need different amounts of water. The average is between 3 and 4 litres a day, and that includes water that you get from hot drinks or soups as well. So if you aim for 3 litres, you should be fine with the water intake and it could help your UTI resolve itself faster. Still, it's infuriating to no end how you're supposed to be able to get medical care and then they just pawn you off. I'm sorry you have to deal with this sweetie
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I'll try and aim for 3 litres then. I have to force myself to drink as I never feel thirsty so it's a bit difficult. If i could see a real doctor I could probably get better help but now 90% of the time if you can even get an appointment at all it turns out to be with a nurse, healthcare assistant, paramedic or someone like that and they often even admit they don't know what to do. Last time I had an appointment and it turned out to be with the nurse she said she didn't know and would ask the GP and then they just never got back to me. I'm so tired of what a struggle it is to get healthcare. Not only that but because you see a different person each time, there's no continuity, and no holistic approach to treatment. When there were the same few regular doctors here, they all knew me and if I had a problem, they already knew my health issues and would consider the problem in relation to them. Having a different rando each time, none of them know me or my problems and so nothing like that gets taken into account. Today for instance towards the end of the appointment I mentioned to this Steve person that I'd had thyroid cancer and a stroke and he said something like "Oh, did you?" in a surprised tone, he hadn't even read my medical notes, knew nothing about me. How can anyone get adequate medical care like this? I've been thinking about complaining about this to my local MP but he is totally useless too. This entire country needs to be nuked.