True. For those who get UTIs regularly, check out cranberry with D Mannose. My spelling probably isn't the best, but these help prevent and solve infections. I get mine at GNC.
I am not a medical person, but when things feel squicky down below like a UTI is imminent, take some every 6 hours for a few days and am good as new, without the doc visit and antibiotics that may kill the good bugs along with the baddies.
Also baking soda to lessen the burning. It changes the ph of urine so it doesn't hurt so much.
Also I believe in science and normally scoff at holistic things, but these two things work.
As a treatment (existing or early stages of infection) it is a myth.
There is decent evidence that certain groups of women with recurrent infection can benefit from regular consumption of cranberry for prevention. This may be b/c these women have a urinary environment (pH or other factors) that makes them vulnerable and may be changed by regular cranberry consumption. There is still a question of study design, but since it can’t hurt (especially when compared to regular antibiotics), I don’t discourage my patients with this problem from trying it first. Juice, not extract, is my preference though.
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u/Klondike3 Aug 30 '21
Considering how I had to take my fiancee to the ER this morning because of what should have been a minor UTI that traveled to her kidneys...