Quick question - peeing

Does anyone else find, I think its pretty common, that staying very hydrated helps with pain and inflammation? I do and if so, does this mean that the pain is viral? With UTIs etc I know its important to stay hydrated so would this indicate some form of subclinical infection? I've tested negative for all these types of problems but don't really believe a word the doctor says any more. Thanks

Hi,
Yeah I find the more I drink the better I feel, I'm not sure why I suffer from the burning pain after I wee, on days where I run around like a headless chicken at work and I don't drink enough I get a stabbing pain in my tummy and down below. I am really careful to just drink water and only have the odd cup of coffee and drink decaf tea, once went through a phase of liking chocolate soya milk, vey bad burned even more when I went. Also milk chocolate makes it worse ! I'm not sure that will be the same for everyone but it is for me.

Kt

Hi, I also have this trouble, and I never really get thirsty so I kinda forget to drink enough most days :/. I think that its something to do with the urine building up inside being too..concentrated/strong (if they're the right words to use!) and then it stays there til theres enough to make you need to pee, which must irritate the area even more.. especially if you don't go as soon as you need to pee, which obviously is sometimes hard if you're not near a toilet or busy or whatever. I also think that it may be linked with cystitis, as the pee being a really high temp must make the vulvodynia burning worse. Sorry if this message doesn't really make sense, I'm not too good at explaining what I mean!! But just wanted to say I know what you mean and that's my very unscientific theory as to why ha ha!! I always think right I'm gonna drink 7-8 glasses of water tomorrow and I never manage it, I pretty much only drink water, but like 2 glasses :/ not good at all considering how bad my pain is I really don't help myself do I!!