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2012-05-17
What is UTI and the causes?
Your urinary tract is the system that makes urine and carries it out of your body. The system is made up of your bladder, kidneys and the tubes that attach them. Infections are usually caused when germs get into the system. UTI is an acronym for Urinary Tract Infection. Although most urinary tract infections are not serious, they are painful. If you have a UTI you're not alone. Approximately 50% of all women will have at least one and many will have recurring UTIs during their lifetime.
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Bacteria are one of the most common UTI causes. This bacteria is found in the bowel on the skin near the rectum or vagina and enters the urinary tract through the urethra. By moving upwards in the urethra this bacteria causes bladder and other types of infections.
A common UTI cause is sexual intercourse. The female anatomy can make women more prone to urinary tract infections than men. This is probably because women have shorter urethras, so it is easier for the germs to move up to their bladders.
When urine is discharged the bladder contracts and when you wait longer than you should to urinate the bladder expands. Holding in the urine to long and to often can cause the muscle, over time, to weaken, and to not drain the bladder completely which increases the risk for bladder infection or a UTI. This is certainly a UTI cause that you can mange without any need for medication.
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You may be more likely to get an infection if you do not drink enough fluids, you have diabetes, or you are pregnant. You are also at risk if you have any health difficulty that block the flow of urine. Some of these issues are enlarged prostate gland and kidney stones.
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Alternative Treatments for UTI?
Aurora B asked on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
My body doesnt' cope well with anitbiotics. And water or cranberry juice just aint cutting in. Any other treatments, specifically natural ones?
Dani&Morgan replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
You sound like you are of legal drinking age. You can drink two wine coolers back to back and that will take care of it. You can also use Uristat to deal with the pain. It's OTC and you can get it at any pharmacy.
Lula-Loo replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
You can treat a UTI without antibiotics. You MUST make sure you have gotten rid of the infection, though! If an infection goes untreated, you could develop a kidney infection. Some drugstores carry home test strips, otherwise, get tested again at your doctor's office when you have completed treatment. Make sure you do this, even if you feel better! Avoid all alcohol until the infection is gone, use concentrated cranberry capsules to avoid the extra sugar. An herb that is widely used in for this is Uva Ursi. I would not recommend it! It's almost as harsh as antibiotics and has too many contraindications. Try "Nature's Way" Urinary capsules with cranberry. I have had great results with these, taking 3 in the morning and 3 at night to treat, and one a day to help prevent. And eat yogurt!
calyx156 replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
Go to either a healthfood store or a pharmacy that carries homeopathic medicines. Buy Apis 30c and Cantharis 30c. If they don't have those potencies, don't worry, buy whatever they DO have, and one of each. Try the Apis first, using 3-4 tablets every 15 minutes for the first hour, and then going to 4 doses a day, 1/2 hour before breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime, making sure not to brush w/ toothpaste for at least a half hour before taking the medicine. You must not drink coffee while taking homeopathic medicines, as well, so be careful of this or they will not work. They're extremely delicate, but extremely strong energy medicines that work thru the mucous membranes of the mouth. Their action is not completely understood by modern science to this day, but their efficacy is undeniable in my experience. Two books you could read (and that I recommend you buy) are Homeopathic Medicine At Home by Panos and Heimlich, and Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicine, by Dana Ullman. If you read the relevant sections on UTI's first and pick the remedy that most closely ressembles your own unique symptom profile, you'll save yourself a bit of money. As soon as the symptoms change or abate, discontinue the medicine, as it is entirely symptom-picture based. As soon as there is a change, it's either time to stop remedies completely, or to change to another remedy until the disease/complaint is gone. As your body does not cope well w/ antibiotics (Most people's don't whether they are aware of this or not...), homeopathy would be ideal for you, as would the study and use of herbs.
Use lots of probiotics to prevent the UTI's from returning.
Rebecca replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
I am a certified herbalist. Garlic is natures antibiotic. 4 cloves has the power of one dose of antibiotics but of course does not work in the same way.
Goldenseal (2 three times a day), Echinacea (2capsules every hour for up to a week with one week break), Cayenne (2 three times a day or more if you like...it will not hurt your but it will make you hot if you dont have air conditioning!), Parsley tea (at least 3 cups per day) are all good.
tcmrose l replied on Sat, 18 Aug, 2007
Have you checked thoroughly on what caused it? it is unlikely to relieve if you don"t know the cause, and even may lead to negative effects.
ManGoSteenGoJuice replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
I found that antibiotics usually just made a bad situation worse because they led to a yeast infection AFTER the UTI was cured :-(
Severe overuse of antibiotics can cause the immune system to crash resulting in many other immune deficiency related ailments such as chronic fatigue, candida, and sinus infection. Low level bacterial, fungal and viral infections can thrive in the body when the immune system becomes impaired.
Of course PREVENTION is the best course of action! Once you have cleared the infection, DAILY consumption of Cranberry juice or unsweetened orange juice kept the infections away, and drinking plenty of water keeps the tract clean.
I have been drinking Mangosteen Juice on a regular basis for over a year, and have not had a single episode of either UTI or a Yeast Infection ever since. Best of luck! Feel free to email me if you have any questions :-)
Kelley E replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
This message is just in case the cranberry juice you've used came from the grocery store. If it did, it probably had added sugar in it. The sugar can impede the effectiveness of the cranberry juice.
You can get concentrated cranberry juice from health food stores with no extra sugar added.
You mix it with about 4 parts water and drink it.
You could also try olive leaf extract in capsules taken orally. That might help.
Good luck and be well.
Kelley
Phoenix, AZ replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
Have you tried the cranberry vitamins. Available at Sam's club
jess91485 replied on Fri, 17 Aug, 2007
to treat it, no. The only way to get rid of it is by taking antibiotics. Discuss with your doctor what is the lowest dose yet powerful enough to get rid of it. There are over the counter treatments for the discomfort only, it won't heal it, but will make you less uncomfortable. One is cranberry pills, don't drink the juice. It's mainly sugar and will actually make it worse. Drink as much water as you can. Also, AZO makes a pills that kind of "numb" the area when you urinate it out. It really works. It does change the color of your urine, so don't be alarmed when you have orange urine. Beyond that the doctor has to help
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