Hi My mom has always believed in alternative healing and she has always suggested to make a hot tea from alfalfa. just hot water and either bulk alfalfa in a tea ball or you can use a capsule. To make it taste better I have added honey.
Hope this helps
I struggled w/them for years & the bacteria would run up into my kidneys fast.
Two suggestions:
Always, always get up and pee after intercourse. Always.
Take a garlic supplement daily. One tablet in the morning is all you need to stop the cycle, & after three months of no infections, you won't need the garlic anymore, but then refer to line one above. Always. Really.
I have suffered with uti's my entire life. What has helped me is cranberry juice. Also, there is an herb called Cranactin that you can get at pretty much any health food store that has also worked. Then there is the old stand by remedy of drinking plenty of water during the day. I don't always get the suggested 8 glasses, but at least 4 to 5 glasses helps. I hope this helps you out. I know what you are going through!!
Hi Gloria,
I drink lots of water and cranberry juice mixed about 4/1 - with the straight cranberry that you can get at vitamin cottage etc. Not cranberry coctail...
Hope that helps,
Diane
I am also prone to UTI's and have come across some interesting things that I do and they have helped. First drink tons of water! Then have some more! If you don't already, begin taking a daily cranberry supplement, a daily yeast supplement, and a daily probiotic supplement.. AZO makes both and can be purchased in walmart. The cranberry helps with the UTI's and the yeast and probiotics helps if you have to take any antibiotics. Cut out as much sugar as possible, as sugar feeds both yeast infections and UTI's.
This may sound like a strange thing to do to help, but I was told by a Dr. (my last UTI turned into a painful and serious kidney infection) that I needed to wash my hands prior to using the restroom. I work in a retail home improvement store and can get pretty dirty as I work. It never occured to me to wash before using the bathroom but was told that if your hands are dirty and as you touch the toilet paper that then comes into contact with you while wiping, that you can cause UTI problems because you are introducing dirt or bacteria through the toilet paper! So at home or at work, I now wash my hands before and after each time I use the restroom! This is important for anything that comes into contact with your private areas, so prior to sexual contact, your husband should also wash hands and private areas too!
Urinating often and before and after sex is imperitive as well! Tilt your pelvis foward to ensure you are emptying your bladder and do kegles as often as possible to strengthen your vaginal walls.
Also, NO swimming in public pools, water slides are the worst!! Even home hot tubs can be problematic!
And if you use an internal vaginal cleanser (duese, can't spell it) stop using it, it interferres with your bodies natural balances.
Hope this helps.
I know your post was from 2008, but I have to respond and hopefully it will send you the msg! I had the same deal going on as you- went to a couple of urologists, tried a mild preventative antibiotic, tried laying off the caffeine, chocolate, spicy foods, alcohol, etc. Tried peeing after sex, blaa blaa blaa, every single piece of advice. Then I discovered I have an aunt who had the same problem. She has a doc who told her about this herbal pill called "Cysta-Q" that you have to order online (might be in stores by now?) but it seriously saved my life. It's like a miracle for constant bladder infections and hyper-sensitive urethras! Go to their website and read about it. Anyhow, you can take it every day with your vitamin, or you can take it whenever you feel the burning coming on, which is when I take it. It's got Quercetin (sp?) in it, which I think is the magical ingredient that helps flush your system of bacteria. I'm trying to share this with everyone I know, because my life is no longer miserable from this!