Do i have cystitis?

[taylor1063]

I have only just become sexually active, and a couple of days ago i started getting severe pain (making my eyes reallyy water!) during the end of urinating and wanting to go like twice every hour. I have blood in my urine, but i'm not sure if its period or something else. Should I go to the docters, but is there anything else i can do to stop this at home? It would be to embarassing going with my mum, because as far as i'm aware this can only be caused my sex, help!

[David A Burks, MD]

HI, this sounds like a classic case of a bladder infection.  It's common for sexually active women to start getting bladder infections.  50% of women will get a UTI in their life time and 25% will get recurrent infections.  A bad infection can cause bleeding, pain and frequency.  You need to see your doctor, either primary care or gynecologist who can handle this problem easily by doing a urine culture to identify the bacteria and which antibiotic is best for treatment.  If you had blood, frequency and urgency and it was not an infection, you need to see a Urologist to evaluate you for other problems like a stone or tumor.  Step 1 is to get the correct diagnosis.  Good Luck