UTI's

[iadoremac]

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Originally Posted by 06290714 so there's a way for them to tell if you're prone to getting them or is it just a fact? my boyfriend MADE me drink cranberry juice but the antiobiotics i'm taking say to drink PLENTY of water and the pharmacist said too. so i been drinking lots of water but i hear different things..that cranberry juice is more important than the water drinking? idk all i know is that it totally sucks to get a uti. and i can't stand cranberry juice (only with vodka) that's my one exception so do you drink cranberry juice a glass a day and take those pills to prevent it? where can i get some..

only take anti biotics when you get uti if you take them all the time your body would become immune to it and thus it would be ineffective when you want to use it to treat a uti. drink plenty of water to help reduce the likelihood of you getting another uti

 

[Okami08]

Definitely only take antibiotics when you have an infection - the last thing you want to get is an antibiotic-resistant UTI. *shudder* You need to drink plenty of fluids to flush out your system. Drinking plenty of water dilutes the urine (that's why urine is lighter and clearer the more water you drink during the day) and flushes out your system. In addition, if you're not consuming enough fluids, your kidneys have to work even harder to filter out your system and get waste products out. If you already have a UTI, you definitely don't want to stress your kidneys out by not drinking enough, and water is typically going to provide the most hydration, the most fluids to your kidneys, and be easiest for your body (as opposed to sodas or alcohol or things like that). So, drink plenty of water, too!

 

[abbyquack]

Agreed ^^

Also, you're supposed to wipe from front to back, so that no *shudder* fecal matter gets in to your va-jay-jay, which can cause UTIs or infections. I have found however that water water water really wards them off. I used to get them all the time and that usually helped. But then one day I had the worst UTI in the world that wouldn't dissapate so I had to get on the anti-biotics. Now I haven't had one for like 3 years *knock on wood* but sometimes I do feel like one is coming on and so I just rehydrate myself which has helped.

Also, lube during sex is important if you're like me w/ no natural lubricants LOL.

 

[AlliSwan]

Aww hope you're all better by now! I have unfortunately had more than my fair share of UTI's. It does seem like once you get that first one, you're more prone to them, but I didn't know that was a fact!

Cranberry juice and water when you have one (I also drink cran juice on a semi-regular basis because I like it), AZO or Uristat when you get slammed with one and can't get antibiotics fast enough, and a good way to help prevent future infections is to take cranberry pills (found near vitamins) to "help maintain urinary tract function"--yeah, thanks, really attractive phrase I want in my medicine cabinet!

 

[06290714]

SO, the dr gave me a prescription for antibiotics and there was only 6 pills. i took them all and i feel better now? i finished the last of the pills a couple days ago HOWEVER when i urinate i feel a MINOR burn/sting? i wouldn't even say burn or sting..more like just a feeling of being uncomfortable because i knew what that pain was before the meds! but anyways so i have been drinkings TONS and TONS of water and try to drink cranberry juice when i can and i get a call from the dr today saying that the antibiotics they gave me SHOULDN'T have taken care of the problem so she's giving me new meds and that she's suprised i didn't call them first?

i was like what? i'm confused lol.
but by all means i stopped by there and picked up the prescription. hopefully i will not get one ever again (knock on wood) or at least till i'm like 80 yrs old