UTI relief????

Question

I have a friend who gets reoccuring urinary tract infections.She has been to the dr in the past.I was wondering if anyone knew of a home remedy for the pain??She has tried those Azo tablets,but they make her very ill with vomiting.

Answer 1

A urinary tract infection is an infection of the kidneys, bladder or urethra. In most cases, it is brought on by the introduction of the E. Coli bacteria into the urethra. This can cause inflammation or infection. For example, when this bacteria travels up the urethra to the bladder, it is the number one cause of bladder infections.

While the E. Coli bacteria is the most common cause of urinary tract infections, bacteria can also enter the urinary tract via the blood stream that feeds the kidneys and cause an infection. It can also be introduced through the insertion of medical instruments such as a catheter.

Normally, the urinary tract contains no bacteria. Bacteria that does enter the urethra and bladder is usually eliminated during urination. If, however, bacteria remains it can easily grow and cause an infection. The risk of a urinary tract infection is greater when the bladder or urethra becomes blocked and the flow of urine is decreased such as with an enlarged prostate or bladder stones. They cause urine to pool in the bladder and bacteria can flourish. In women, sexual intercourse, the use of a diaphragm, the combination of condoms and spermicidal foam and personal hygiene may increase the likelihood of urinary tract infections as well.

There are a number of symptoms that may indicate the presence of a urinary tract infection. They include: a persistent urge to urinate, even after the bladder has be emptied: burning during urination, both when starting and during elimination: a strong, unpleasant odor: urine that may appear cloudy: pain in the back below the ribs: fever, nausea and/or vomiting: blood in the urine.

Thankfully, there are a number of safe, natural alternative health methods you can try to help reduce the number of bladder infections you may experience.

"Recommendations For Wellness"
Drink plenty of water.
Drink unsweetened cranberry or include Cranberry/Buchu Concentrate Capsules in your health program. Cranberry juice has historically been used to prevent bacteria from attaching to the lining of the bladder. Buchu Leaf acts as a urinary tract disinfectant and diuretic, which increases urine volume and helps flush the bacteria out of the urinary tract.
Take 5000 mg. of Vitamin C daily. It has been shown to inhibit the growth of E. Coli and will increase the acidity of urine, thus creating an unfriendly environment for the growth of infection causing bacteria.
Take a natural antibiotic such as garlic, goldenseal or K ATC Concentrate to kill infection causing the bacteria.
To sooth the urinary tract try taking marshmallow or slippery elm.

Answer 2

If it's really an infection, she'll need antibiotics. She needs to keep going back to the doctor. She needs to find out the source of the infection, whether it's up from the urethra or down from the kidneys. There's a drug called Pyridium that is a urinary tract anesthetic that can be given for a couple of days while the antibiotics do their work.

Let me repeat: Go back to the doctor. Don't mess around with this one. It could spread upward into the kidneys and then go systemic. It's not worth it. Spend a little time and money and get this fixed.

Answer 3

She may not have a UTI... Something that does not go away may be related to her sexual activity such as an underlying STD or something called Intersistial Cystitis which has nothing to do with an UTI and is not an infection. Meds used for UTI's would not help her in this case. It is diagnosed by a urinary culture and other invasive tests. Go back to the MD and or specialist. It is her body and she deserves the best treatment.

Answer 4

Water, water and more WATER! Cranberry juice, green tea, blueberry juice...anything that has high levels of antioxidants (but low sugar!) would be helpful in cleansing the urinary tract, thus decreasing the pain. However, if she sees blood in her urine, she should go to the doctor immediately. Blood could indicate liver or kidney trouble. (like stones, which are extremely painful)

Answer 5

Cranberry juice or tablets do help. There is a product called UTI-Clear that she can try. These have to be started at the very first sign of a UTI; once it is a full-blown infection, she needs to take anti-biotics to clear it up. Also, if she is getting these types of infections frequently, she should have her doctor test her for diabetes. Frequent UTI's is one of the many signs of diabetes.

Answer 6

Cranberry juice has powerful antioxidants that will not only help with flushing out the bacteria that cause the UTIs but will help ease the pain.

Answer 7

Drink lots of water, and get some cranberry juice also. If you don't like the juice, they have cranberry tablets at the health food store.

Answer 8

Cranberry juice helps a lot. Also Pomegranite juice.

Answer 9

lol its always the friend eh? lol ok well u need to go back to the doctor n on top of that try usin duche' and not wearin tight clothes and not wearin swim suits all the time if thats the case n wear pantyliners as well

Answer 10

CRANBERRY JUICE PICKLE JUICE AND LOTS OF WATER.....also if she is sexually active she needs to start picking cleaner men.....i had uti all the time like 3 years ago they were even to the point of the docs using small cameras and putting them in in me pee whole to see what was wrong and when i figured out my boyfriend was a cheater and got rid of him, they completely went away and i havent had one since.....