Women - help with reoccuring UTI!

Ok, so each year UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections) account for about 8 million doctor visits. Lemme tell you, if you've never had one of these, its one of the most annoying and painful things ever! Ahhh!
Women are very prone to these infections, especially if they are sexually active.
Does anyone know any natural remedies that kept this infection away? Any perscriptions? Any methods at all? I'm desperate here. I'm not going to let these little bacteria shits ruin my sex life! :$

 

I know peeing before and after sex can help...

 

yeah i've tried that, and it does help, but i think it has more to do with some women being naturally more prone to the infection.

 

I had a gf who got those a lot. She swore by drinking tons of cranberry juice.

 

Hey I'm gonna post a link to a thread from a little while back. It's got a bunch of great info in it.


http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9378&highlight=urinary

Within the thread, I posted a link to another thread that has additional info in it. Hope it helps and hope you feel better soon. UTI's are a bitch!

 

I know it sounds kinda funny, but celery seed tea helps a lot, especially if it seems to wanna creep into your kidneys.

 

Ugh! pink_floyd, I know what you mean. I get those more frequently than I should be, too...and it's sooooo annoying. It's just because of being sexually active. And, yeah, I've heard that you should pee right after you have sex to help prevent that. UTI's are like one of the most annoying things in the world.....

 

God... I got one once, and my mom wouldn't take me to the doctor.... I would have taken myself, but I only had like 5 bucks... so, I kept thinking it would get better, and it didn't... then it became a kidney infection and I had to get a shot in my ass... It was awful. But the nurse called me Kiddo, and I felt better.

 

Aren't kidney infections wonderful? I had a huge recurring one that they wound up operating on - mmmmm oxycocet...

 

I feel yall!.. its hell I had one for about a month and kept thinking it was going away.. till last week I couldnt take it anymore I was on the road a few thouand miles away from home with nomoney I had to run to the ER and get some meds I felt like my insides had a bunch of little paper cuts and someone put lemon on them. thy gave me this med that made me pee orange but everything feels better.. and yep cranberry dose help and peeing after and b4 sex.

 

The most important preventitives that my lovers have used is simply not shaving and not wearing panties. That may sound strange, but it has helped several women in my life over the past 20 years or so.

 

take cranberry capsules and Lactinex (ask for it at the pharmacy counter, it should be in the refrigerator). Lactinex is probiotics, similar to acidophilus.

 

doctors will also prescribe Macrodantin, Macrobid, or Bactrim to take daily for prophylaxis, or to take post-coitus for prophylaxis. You should talk to your doc if you get them frequently...

 

Cranberry juice should work!

 

Not shaving? Do you mean your pubes, or anything at all? Just wondering. (An OTHER good reason not to remove the pubic hair the good Lord gave you!!!!)

Photo, I have dealt with serious, surgery neccesary UTIs in the past (shit, I never got Oxy!) the problem with prophylaxis is that when (and you will) get a breakthrough infection, it is basically impossible to stop. You usually end up on IV meds then. Womyn who have repeated infections need to have their partner's throat tested for staph and strep. Really. (Not all UTIs are E Coli, all mine were staph or other bacerium.) Surgery to correct a constricted urethra and or remove infected polyps in the urethra may be neccesary. I had this done, and it was YEARS before I ever had an other UTI. When I do get them, they are nothing like they used to be, none of that screaming red blood and horrible pain. The Lactinex, or any enteric coated Acidophilus can help, as well as cranberry, as Photo suggested. I prefer the enteric coated Acidophilus, as most of it will be killed in your stomach acid, if it isn't enteric coated (meaning it will ONLY dissolve and start to work once it gets into your intestines where it does it's work to prevent yeast and other pathogens.)

Be VERY careful or totally avoid any anal sex play, this can really bring bacteria into your urethra.

 

WOW, I had no idea! I am sorry you went through all of that, but thanks for the info. Would that be the same if you only took antibiotics post-coitus? I am not sure I would want to test it! I never, ever thought of having your parters throat swabbed fot bacteria cultures. What a good idea! I will keep that in mind for the very many patients I see with recurrent UTI's, have them discuss it w/MD.
Thanks Maggie.

 

Yes, as it tends to cause the same type of antibiotic resistant infections. This only kills the weaker pathogens, and the stronger ones tend to take over and then you are on Floxins (like Cipro) or IV antibxs again. (And I really don't like people taking Floxins, as they are the proverbial end of the road in oral antibx treatment.)

I also use the throat culture method with my clients with repeated or resistant mastitis. Often the womyn's husband is a silent carrier. I had one client with resistant repeated mastitis,(and it is impossible to properly culture breast milk, too many antibodies) her 9 year old daughter has almost constant Strep, and was schededuled for a tonsilectomy. We cultured the entire family's nasopharengeal tract. Dad grew out some nasty Strep and after a few weeks of antibx drops and oral, not only did the mother's mastitis clear up (which not only was good for her, but good for her baby, as her doctor wanted her to wean the baby to clear up the infection) but the 9 year old's constant Strep cleared up and she didn't need the surgery! I had one odd case, again, mastitis in the mom and strep in one of the kids, where everyone was cultured and I knew someone was a silent carrier. I had read in a Veternary Journal about culturing pets. We cultured the dog, and HE grew out Strep. We treated him and everyone got better. It was pretty cool. Again, this thread was about UITs, but Silent Carriers can be to blame for a LOT of repeated infections of any kind.

 

i've also been told that UTI's can be caused by dehydration, when i've gotten them in the past, i would drink a ton of water (2 gal. at least, a day) and cranberry juice, you have to pee alot, but sooner or later, it flushes out your system, and you're all better.

 

Good golly miss molly. When I was 16 I had a kidney and UTI at the same time. At first my back was just sort of sore but eventually it got so bad it hurt to breathe and even move something as menial as an arm. I got the shot in my ass too... I remember it like it was yesterday.


Me: my ass is numb
Doc: well get up and walk in place a bit, that might help
Me: (get up and rock back and forth)
Doc: if you start to feel...
Me: oh, I feel faint (collapse)

They put me on the table and I started shaking uncontrollably and they had to hook me up to oxygen and an IV and they made me a cacoon of heated blankets. Bastard doctors shot a nerve in my ass and made me go into shock.

Well... I learned not to get it on in the park anymore. Or at least take a shower immediately after. My cure took antibiotics which if you ask me (worthless). I drank a shitload of gatorade. Now that I've given my life story.... good day to you.

 

I've had a UTI a couple times too, cranberry juice helps, I don't like it much but if you drink it regularly it helps they say. I think showing before sex and making sure that you and your lovers hands are clean before you fool around, sounds so simple but it does make a huge difference.