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Most sexually active women will at some point experience the agony of a bladder infection, or UTI. It's one of nature's missteps that our urethra (the short tube going into the bladder) is located so close to our vagina, making it easy for bacteria to be pushed north and cause a UTI. But the unluckiest among us seem to get this problem a lot. Several things can cause recurrent UTIs:
But sometimes it's bad luck in the genetic lottery, and your bladder is more prone to bacterial invasion. If general methods of prevention don't work, and you experience 2 UTIs within six months or 3 UTIs in a year, you might want to consider prophylactic antibiotics. Your gyno can prescribe a daily dose of antibiotic that you take for six months to two years. It may sound extreme, but so is the pain of a UTI--so gynos will only recommend this for women who are frequently affected. Have any of you been hit with multiple UTIs in a short time period? 2 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Antibiotics are NOT the way to go. I can't believe doctors are still prescribing long term antibiotics like this.
A UTI can be effectively treated with cranberry concentrate. When a woman first feels the onset of the burn she should make an effort to drink enough water to flush her system while taking extra strength cranberry pills referring to the directions on the package concerning dosage.
If treated early then this should start working immediatly, if not, stick with it and you will see results. Cranberry concentrate works every time, both for my mother who suffers from UTIs frequently because of menopause, and for myself, who gets them because I am a sexually active woman.
Commercially available cranberry juices do not work as well because most of them are gorged with sugar, and sugar will make your UTI worse.
It's not as simple as cranberry concentrate for many women. Stay tuned for my first post in April for more on the subject.