Painful Burning Sensation In Urethra - No Uti Or Std - Female

Hi ladies, I am at wits end with urethral/vaginal pain & discomfort. I pee frequently but it does NOT hurt when I am going pee. I can't really sleep cause I keep getting up to pee also.. I was treated for UTI two weeks ago with 3 days Cipro (500mg) but on day 4 went to doc and did a quick urine test and no infection was found (but urine was not fully cultured though)... The week following the cipro I felt noticeably better so I am baffled... and upset. I feel for all of you that have had to deal with this problem for months or years, urgh. I'm 50 and just starting menopause, (still getting some periods) and the gyno told me it's probably vaginal atrophy even though that only happens to women in their 70s or 80s. WRONG! Urine tests come back negative for UTI / STD. And I found an article saying that a common test for bladder infections often MISSES too many UTIs. So they test or culture for E-Coli but don't check for soe of the less common bacteria... ?? Anyone know anything about this? Tonight I was SURE I had a UTI with the burning and peeing so much, so I took AZO and it plus advil helped a little... If AZO helps then what does this mean about it not being a UTI. It feels very uncomfortable when I move around so I have become depressed and I stay in bed. I'm beginning to think I have bladder cancer or something... Or maybe IC. So it's been two weeks of this urethral discomfort and burning, and no other tests yet. I have asked to see a urologist or a gynourologist. Does bladder cancer (maybe white blood cells) show up in urine culture? Can anyone point me in the right direction please? Any replies much appreciated thank you.

I too had pain that increased toward the end of urinating and after. Also pain worsened with sex. I constantly felt like I had a UTI but all test came back with NO UTI. Most of the pain was around/near the opening of the urethra. I went to pelvic floor/urology specialist because I had so much pain. I had difficulty walking, pain increased when I bent over, strained, picked up my kids, prior to having a bowel movement and after bowel movements. They were convinced it was pelvic floor dysfunction with nerve involvement. I spent 3 1/2 in chronic pain with constant adjustments to medications that included, muscle relaxers, Lyrica, diazepam, tramadol, etc. I had an MRI (without due) of my hips, a cystoscope, multipule exams,  2 different nerve blocks, had Botox of the pelvic floor multiple times and PT 2 times a month for 3 1/2 years with continued, chronic, daily pain. I even tried chrotherapy. Sometimes the pain was so bad that I could not walk or sit. After Dr. Google-ing for 3 1/2 years praying to find some solution, I requested my Dr. see if I could possibly have a skeen's gland infection.  She ordered an MRI with dye. Praise the Lord she did because I had diverticulitis of the urethra. I didn't even know that was possible and it was missed with all the exams and scopes. I had surgery and a week later I am now completely pain free and am weening off my last med (muscle relaxer). Don't give up. 

Please look at the info on new vaccine for UTI's called Uromune . As far as I have worked out, and I am not a doctor, but have done much research, the testing methods are the problem for a significant amount of recurrent UTI's sufferers.

i have the same problem , my doctor treats me for 

interstitial cystitis  ask your doctor if this could be your problem

PetalP did you ever find out what was going on or get some relief?

Same problem I found out what it was for me ..Candida overgrowth! Try following a Candida diet and see if your burning has a correlation with eating sugar or yeast it’s even so bad for me now that I had green tea yesterday (banned from Candida diet) and I had intense burning shortly after 

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I've been having sort of the same issue. About 6 months ago I had tha painful  urination and it lasted about a week. I took the Azo and it helped. But once it was out of my system I needed to take it again. It stopped once my menstral cycle came. About three months later it came back and I went back to the same solution. Sex was sometimes uncomfortable but it wasn't all the time. Then about a week again it went away. Now this is the third time it came back so I decided to go to my gyn and they did a UA dipstick on me and said everything was fine. No UTIs no STDs. Everything looked normal. So they prescribed me macrobid and this is my third day on it and I can honestly say it doesn't seem like it's helping. Now its more of the feeling that after I use the bathroom it burns then and makes me uncomfortable still. Sometimes it goes away on it's in but sometimes it doesn't. I just spend so much money to go to my gyn for them to tell me everything is normal but this painful burning sensation is not normal and I cannot express that enough to my doctor. They have not referred me to a urologist but after looking up and doing some research I feel like that's my only hope to feeling normal again. I'm just scared to go and put all this money out that I don't have for them to say everything is normal. 

I’m only 16 and have a similar problem idk what to do the doctor has said nothings wrong but the pain keeps getting worse. I also don’t understand why it hurts then doesnt then does again. I treated myself for a yeast infection but that did nothing so I’m really frustrated and scared

Your poor thing... I've had this for six months and it's horrible and scary. I  suggest you go and see a Women's Physio ASAP. I finally had a diagnose of High Tone Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. This basically means that the muscles in your pelvic floor go into spasm, this then mimics the pain felt from many other conditions - cystitis, thrush, you name it.  Doctors can't find it I'm afraid, they aren't trained to look at muscles and if they can't find cysts/ growths or infections they think there is nothing wrong with you.

I am now much better with physio training (and internal massage, yep you heard it) and breathing / release work techniques. She also taught me how to put pressure on the trigger points myself (using my finger) meaning i can help relax the muscles when feel a 'flare' coming on. Relaxation, yoga etc all help. But knowing what it is half the battle and takes the anxiety out of it.

They can diagnose you by feeling the muscle, I also had an ultra sound scan that showed how 'high' the muscle stayed and was pushing on my bladder causing a lot of pain,.  As i said, doctors can't really help you with this, you need to see women's physio. It's a big thing in Australia, but UK is a bit slow on the uptake.

i go to a great place in West London / Barnes called White Hart Clinic, it's about 60 pounds a session so v affordable. but there are lots of them across the country.

Good luck! Whatever your problem is, there will be some muscle spasms involved so this will help

It's also worth noting that thrush, UTIs etc, can make the muscles go into spasm AFTER the infection has been treated. It's body's defense against infection and sometimes it gets confused protecting itself against something that isn't there anymore (this is what happened in my case). Then the pain causes more spasm and then you are in a vicious circle. Some anti inflammatory drugs can help and even some antihistimines (the ones you take for hayfever) as they stop the body producing the fight or flight hormone, histamine

Hello friend, my wife is going through exactly the same problem u av. Did u find a permant solution pls. Thanks