Difficulty passing water

I gave up drinking green tea as I found it had a diuretic effect, so it might help your current situation to try drinking some!
Good luck 🤞

I read that after 36 hours of urinary retention, this could become an emergency so best to call your GP now, so they are aware of your issue. I don't know anything about this medical problem. Please, take care.

Agree you should get medical advice. My first thought was a bladder infection. Have you tried running a tap and then sitting on the toilet. The sound of water running often helps.Also relax. If you are visiting the loo a lot but only able to do a few drops sounds like a UTI (bladder infection).

I agree, it does sound like a urinary tract infection. Do you have any pain at all? I think you need to see your CP for some antibiotics, In the meantime drink plenty of fluids and I hope you are soon feeling better..

For something like cystitis or a UTI you can get broad spectrum antibiotics from the pharmacy nowadays without having to go to the doctor. The pharmacist will ask you a series of questions to determine whether its a UTI. Or you can get them from an online pharmacy by going through their questionnaire. They can be delivered next day.I ts not cheap but, if like me you do not drive, it saves a taxi fare to the GP and a wait for an appointment.

To pass virtual no pee in two days is worrying and you shouldn’t leave it It could well be Cystitis but you do need a proper diagnosis if it’s new to you
You usually ( in my experience) get an awful drawing up pain when you try to pee with cystitis You feel as if your bladder is full to burst but then only a little bit comes out
You don’t mention any pain or discomfort
Please seek medical help if it’s still the same

I have had to ring 111, I've no pain, apparently less than about a pint in a day is bad and you should seek help.
Thanks everyone.

biglouis

For something like cystitis or a UTI you can get broad spectrum antibiotics from the pharmacy nowadays without having to go to the doctor. The pharmacist will ask you a series of questions to determine whether its a UTI. Or you can get them from an online pharmacy by going through their questionnaire. They can be delivered next day.I ts not cheap but, if like me you do not drive, it saves a taxi fare to the GP and a wait for an appointment.

A pharmacy won't prescribe for women with a potential UTI if they are over 65.

Let us know how you go Allsorts yes it can get serious if left
Good luck

a friend has this difficulty sometimes because constipation pressing on bladder tubes. she takes something to clear this up and all well again.
anyone heard of this

This needs urgent attention.
Please go to casualty/GP/walk in.
Do let us know.

Yes , you need a doctor asap. Walk in centre? Good luck.

Try to lean forward when weeing- another good tip is to rock from side to side or twist gently (that tip came from an Australian physio/urologist on YouTube. I have Botox injections in my bladder for over active bladder, I now don’t have to catheterise after the procedure because I do these exercises, it works for me

Mt61

Try to lean forward when weeing- another good tip is to rock from side to side or twist gently (that tip came from an Australian physio/urologist on YouTube. I have Botox injections in my bladder for over active bladder, I now don’t have to catheterise after the procedure because I do these exercises, it works for me

Push those fluids!

After speaking to 111 I was advised to go to A and E asap. I wasn't in pain so deferred it until next morning i thought another few hours wouldn't hurt, I am glad I did as the problem resolved itself in the middle of the night and I went normally, what a relief, still sluggish but keeping up drinking lots of fluid. Ive got a few other medical appointments unrelated and it was just one more or I would have acted sooner.
Thank all you lovely ladies for your advice and concern.

Pleased to hear your problem has resolved Allsorts 👍

Glad you're ok Allsorts!

While waiting to get hold of a doctor, drink water!
Lashings of it.

If you are dehydrated, then you will not be passing water, so assume you are, and drink water by the jugful.

If you are in pain then obviously you need a doctor. If you are giddy or confused, then dehydration is almost certainly the cause.

In any event a word with your doctor is a good idea, but judging from gransnet and what friends in the UK tell me, getting hold of one is virtually impossible.

No grandtante getting a doctor is not difficult everywhere in UK it seems to vary from surgery to surgery I can get a same day urgent appointment and same day medication by email if a known problem My friend at a different surgery has the same system and it seems to work well
We also now are able to get ‘some’ medication from a pharmacist for things like water infections, insect bites and other simple problems
It’s not all bad everywhere
However getting a NHS dentist is pretty dire

Trying to get a face to face appointment at my surgery is pretty dire.

I don't have an NHS dentist anymore either