Bladder Infections


07-Aug-06 at 10:00 AM:
NAME: Merin M.
EMAIL: cowgirlworld@yahoo.com
COUNTRY_OF_REMEDY: USA

INGREDIENTS: Although these home remedies work, they are in no way a substitute for a doctor! There are many forms of bladder infections & all can be very painful. Most people are self aware & can feel one coming on & if seeing a doctor isnt an option at the time there are some cheap options. OTC Cystex can be found for under $10.00 & relieves the pain, while taking that you should be drinking tons & tons of H20 as well as cranberry juice to clean your bladder out. Another OTC is AZO which works in the form of a natural med that works in your bladder for pain & makes it easier to urinate to "flush" the bad stuff out.There are many things you should NOT do as well. Coffee intake as well as any form of sugar can create more of a mess down there. Bubble baths,baths in
general can cause more inflammation & infection,tight underwear should be avoided as well:wear cotton!!! Cranberry pills,juice & cranberries are great ways to help & prevent these infections. Maintaining these healthy habits can prevent people from the bladder infection experiance if they focus on what there bodies need not what we want.... Don't hold your urine, if you gotta go- GO!!!!

08-Jul-06 at 12:06 PM:
NAME: Sherry
COUNTRY_OF_REMEDY: USA

INGREDIENTS: Vitamin C, Acidophilus and Water
INSTRUCTIONS: Take large doses of Vitamin C periodically through the day with lots of water. The Vitamin C kills the bad bacteria in your urine and will make you
urinate more frequently. I take the 1000 mg. 3 times a day. Take Acidophilus to replace with good bacteria.Also, very important is to never use soap to wash your genital area and forget about the medicated douches etc. All it does is create a worse problem.I used to get bladder infections all the time. My doctor was ready to
put me in the hospita.lto run tests on why I was getting them so frequently. I read this in a Nutritional HealingBook and have not had one in about 12 years now.

SUBJECT: Home Remedy
NAME: Tina

COUNTRY_OF_REMEDY: USA

INGREDIENTS: Lactobacillus Acidophulus
INSTRUCTIONS: Take two tablespoons three times daily. You shoul start to feel better after one day. Continue for three days at full dose and then with lesser dose until symptoms disappear. I use the liquid regrigerated kind found at most healthfood stores. I find this to be the most effective.

Date: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Time: 6:10 PM EST
Email address: Silvia Garcia
email_address: sgarcia@megared.net.mx
Country of Remedy: Mexico

Ingredients: Lemon juice
Instructions: Squeeze about half a cup of lemon juice and drink in the morning when youwake up. Do this everyday for about 2 weeks and you will get rid of bladder infections for good.

]Date: Friday, July 15, 2005
Time: 9:55 AM EST
Callie Preston
email_address: scubaddic@aol.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Instructions: In reading through these helpful lists, I oftentimes come across solutions, but don't have the product suggested. So here is a list of things to try that have worked for me. If you don't have one, try
using one of the others. My bladder infections usually come on during the weekend when it is hard to get in to see the doctor or to the store (due to lack of money), so I keep this list handy for episodes and use what I have at the time. If it gets bad though, I would suggest the doctor still.
ASPARAGUS or SPINACH: 1 can per day
BAKING SODA dissolved in water or ALKA SELTZER (don't take if you have high blood pressure)
CRANBERRY PILLS
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR: 2 tsp per glass with a tsp. of HONEY (An old wive's tale told to me by my grandmother before she died. The vinegar and honey reset your system, much like a computer needs rebooting. It works.)
PARSLEY
CANTHARIS (Homeopathic Pills that can be bought online)
CASHEWS/ALMONDS
RHUBARB
BEER/ACIDOPHOLOUS (sometimes yeast infections are part of bladder infections, these will help those. However, this is not an invite to "party" as the key is moderation!)
LOTS OF WATER!! (go swimming!)Most importantly, PEE as often as you can (even though you already have
the urge!)When you go to the doctor and get a prescription, most often they prescribe a sulpher product. The key is to eat foods that have sulpher in them (Asparagus, spinach, cashews/almonds, Rhubarb, dark greens, baking soda/Seltzer, etc.)and acid (Cranberries, Lemons, Rhubarb, Blueberries, etc.).Some Pharmacies also sell sulphur pills over the counter. You will probably get diarhea from taking any amount of these or a combination thereof. CHEESE, glorious CHEESE, works great in binding you back up.
Hope this helps.

Date: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Time: 1:54 AM EST
HARISA HAMMONS
email_address: HARISAMAE@AOL.COM
Country of Remedy: U.S

Ingredients: CRANDOPHILIUS
Instructions: TAKE TWO CAPSULES FOUR TIMES DAILY WITH A GLASS OF WATER. DRINK 8-10 GLASSES A WATER EACH DAY.
DO NOT CONSUME WITHIN 2 HOURS OF TAKING ANTIBIOTICS.

Ingredients: Lots of purified water.
                 Cranberry Juice
At college I drank every caffeinated and sweetened drink imaginable (and to be honest, I didn't use the bathroom unless it was absolutely an emergency, Hey, it was a community bathroom shared by twenty girls, and let's just say it wasn't very hygienic). So, I am sure you can understand as to how I woke up one Saturday morning with a bladder (urinary tract) infection. Well, I was in pain for hours. Finally, I ran out of the bathroom, went to my room, broke into my case of Dasani water, took two bottles, and ran back to the bathroom. I guzzled both bottles; less than thirty minutes later, I felt much better and was able to stay out of the bathroom longer than five minutes. I just kept drinking water and I was fine. After that I drank a glass of cranberry juice a day for a few days and felt right as rain...now I am back to the soda! Of course, I still drink plenty of water and (occasionally) cranberry juice. I hope this helps.


Date: Sunday, June 19, 2005
Time: 12:05 PM EST
Jenny
email_address: lovette20012000@yahoo.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Cranberry Tablets
Canned Asparagus (butter)
Cup of water
Instructions: Boil Asparagus, take 6 Cranberry Tablets , eat the Asparagus, drink all the juice & then drink the cup of water. I have been on every single drug out there that there is for any & all infections they have wanted to flush my bladder after 12 years of treatment & nothing working, My Dr. recommeded me learnign to live w/ the pain & i could not do that. The nurse recomennede this treatment i gave it a try i now do not need a flushing scraping & draining all i need is to drink & eat this. i do this off & on every month - I have Not had an infection for 1 year - AMAZING - IT ALSO HELPS ALOT W/ CRAMPS & BLOATING !!!!! ALMOST LIKE A CURE !!!MY DR WAS ALSO AMAZED AT THE RESULTS OF THIS & IS RECOMMENDIGN IT TO SOME OF HIS PATIENTS AS WELL

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2005
Time: 10:30 AM EST
K. Lee
email_address: geauxp@charter.net
Country of Remedy: usa

Ingredients: Mannose sugar
Instructions: You can get mannose sugar at some health food stores. If you cannot buy it at the store do not let them sell you concentrated cranberry as this did not work for me at all. You can order it over the internet.
I always keep a bottle in the house. All you need is a 1/4 teaspoon 3 or 4 times a day. The pain should after a few hours. I struggled with bladder infections from age of 16 to 42. I heard Dr. Merry on his
radio show talk about it. He used to run charity hospital in New Orleans.

Date: Saturday, May 7, 2005
Time: 11:39 PM EST
Email address: Vicky
Country of Remedy: Canada

Ingredients: WATER

Instructions: Water will flush the bacteria from your system. Drink as much water as you can...... and to avoid the pain (when you have to pee!), you can actually pee in the bathub when it's filled with water and some baking soda, I guarantee you will not feel any pain. Try it! It's magic! I know this may sound weird or gross, but it works for me!

Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Time: 10:44 PM EST
Lee
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Pau D'Arco tea
Instructions: Try to find Pau D'Arco tea in loose leaf. It is the inner bark of a tree that grows in South America so it will look kind of weird. Pour boiling water over a tablespoon and let it steep for about 15 minutes. Drink this 3 times a day in conjunction with other remedies. This works for a variety of illnesses as Pau D'Arco has antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties.

.Date: Monday, December 20, 2004
Time: 12:11 PM EST
Monica
Country of Remedy: United States

Ingredients: Instant Coffee
Instructions: I have been getting bladder infections for 11 years, usually once a month. If I do not take medication within ten minutes of feeling one coming on, you might as well take me to the hospital. My siter-in-law made me a cup of room
temperature water and a spoon full of instant coffee (needs to dissolve). It is really gross but is took the pain away with 5 min. I always have instant coffee handy and a glass of water (the water to be able to drink the coffe). Make sure to drink the coffee at one time, do not sip.

Date: Thursday, October 28, 2004
Time: 8:36 PM EST
Meri Dorman
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Cran-grape juiceInstructions: At the first sign of pain, drink nothing but crangrape juice. It works just as well as cranberry, but tastes better. Also cut back on drinking any carbonated drinks as this can cause and aggravate an infection.

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Time: 10:32 AM EST
Jacqueline Johnson
Jacqueline_Johnson@acml.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Uristat pills for the pain (Found over the counter)
Lots of water
Lots of cranberry juice
Instructions: Take 2 Uristat (which will turn your urine red) in the morning and 2 more before dinner w/ a glass of water. Make sure to drink plenty of water and cranberry juice throughout the day. The pills will relieve the pain associated w/ bladder infections, but it will not cure the infection. My doctor prescribed Levaquin, which worked very well. Hope these remedies are helpful. I know what it's like to have a bladder infection, and it's not fun!

Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Time: 2:59 PM EST
Karinna Ball
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Canned Asparagus
Instructions: This remedy honestly works! I do not know why it works so well - but you will be amazed! You will need 5 cans of asparagus (any brand). Just consume a can a day - juice and all for five days. The bladder infection will usually be gone before the end of the 5 days!! It has been over ten years since I discovered this remedy and now I very rarely even get a bladder infection - although I used to fairly regularly - but now even whne I feel the slight twinge of one coming on - I just eat a can of asparagus for a day or maybe two and it is GONE!!

Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Time: 10:11 AM EST
Xylina
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Cranberry Tablets and Vitamin C tabs
Instructions: You can now buy cranberry tablets, instead of drinking nasty cranberry juice. A bottle will cost you about 7 bucks but its well worth it. The instrutions will say to take 1-2 tabs2-3 times a day. When I feel a bladder infection coming on ,you have to start treating early, I take 8 three times a day for the first day and then 6 the next two days three times a days, and then I go to 3 three times a day for the next 4 days. Your urine will smell really bad but It works. I keep a bottle of cranberry tablets on hand for quick treatment.Its totally safe and effective. Pop a couple of vit-c tabs everyday while using this remedy for extra effectiveness and you can't lose.

Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Time: 9:52 PM EST
emily johnson
email_address: emily212000@yahoo.com
Country of Remedy: usa

Ingredients: cranberry pills
Instructions: I am amazed that more people dont know about cranberry pills. They are an amazing thing, every time I have any sort of pain or signs of UTI I just take a couple pills(cranberry concentrate) and within half an hour I'll be all back to normal. I am not kidding, these have been my saving grace for a couple years now. They are sold in most stores, either in the vitamin section or more often with the feminine products.

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2004
Time: 1:06 AM EST
Email address: MELINDA
Subject: Home RemedyCountry of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: ASPARAGUS
Instructions: TAKE ABOUT 5 OR 6 ASPARAGUS STALKS BOIL THEM UNTILL
SQUSHY EAT AND DRINK THE JUICE FROM THE POT DO THIS ABOUT 2 OR THERE TIMES
OVER A FEW DAYS IT SHOULD HELP CLEAR IT QUICKER

Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Time: 9:44 PM EST
Carrie May
email_address: carriemay81@yahoo.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: CYSTEX an OTC drug
Instructions: CYSTEX is an over the counter urinary pain relief medicine. It costs about $7 at walmart. It does not turn you pee red! It's not the best for PAIN (try AZO for that) but CYSTEX contains an ingrediant METHENAMINE. It's a lower dose of it, but it is also what a doctor would prescribe. Take it for a few days (even if pain goes away and you feel normal again) because the METHENAMINE is really good at killing the bacteria.

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Time: 2:16 PM EST
Brandy Porter
Country of Remedy: U.S.A

Ingredients: Teaspoon of Baking Soda.
Glass of water.
Instructions: Take a teaspoon of Baking Soda and add it too a full glass of water. This will subside the burning sensation. Do not use this method with Cranberry juice,
the two together will cancer out. Also, don't use this to much, or if you are sensitive to salt.

Date: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Time: 5:25 AM EST
Email address: Kara
email_address: candy_scars@hotmail.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Alkaseltzer

Instructions: I know this remedy is already on this site, but as someone who has a body that is highly suseptable to infection (example: I get a couple of bladder infections or sinus infections a month) I SWEAR BY alkaseltzer! I guess that the asprin in alkaseltzer is an anti-pyruviate (anti-puss) which clears the infection up before it can cause too
much damage.

Date: Sunday, October 12, 2003
Time: 1:11 AM EST
Joy
tigresscatfish@aol.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Beer / any brand
Instructions: When suffering a bladder infection, drink a beer. The yeast in the beer (any brand) works with your body for a quick recovery.

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Date: Monday, September 29, 2003
Time: 9:45 AM EST
Jessica Steier
email_address: friendofdion@netzero.com
Country of Remedy: USA

Ingredients: Parsley leaves, flakes, What ever kind of parsley you have
Instructions: Boil water.. Pour in Cup . Use just a small (emphasis on SMALL) pinch of Parsley and place it in the cup. Let
steep for a few minutes and you can either filter the parsley out or drink it. But this will releive the discomfort of a bladder infection until you can see a doctor. Do not use Parsley if you arepregnant, this can/Will induce labor!!! Will work within 20 minutes to help with pain.

Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Time: 12:41 AM EST
Jen
Country of Remedy: Canada
Ingredients: cranberry juice
K-B herb or a herbal diuretic
Instructions: These herbs are available at most drug stores and health food stores. Just take 2 tablets twicea day and your infection should clear up really quickly. Continue taking for 2-3 days after symptoms disappear. (K-B works better than the diuretic, but either
one will do the trick).Drinking cranberry juice will also help. This remedy cured me even after the doctor's antibioticswouldn't work.

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Time: 9:46 PM EST
Sharon
USA

Ingredients: Cranberry juice
Lemon water
AZO tablets
Instructions: If you notice the infection in time, take AZO tablets (ask your pharmacist, they're over the counter but maybe onthe shelf behind the counter) Take these as directed on the package anddrink plenty of cranberry juice and lemonwater. Natural cranberry juice is better (usually sold in health food stores) but doesn't taste as good as the kind in the grocery store. Don't be alarmed,the AZO tablets will make your pee red


or orange.Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Time: 9:06 AM EST
Sheila
sheilz97@aol.com
Country of Remedy: U.S.A.

Ingredients: Alka-Seltzer, water
Instructions: take a glass of water, add Alka-Seltzer (follow instructions on the box)..Infection dissapears instantly!!!!

Diana
Ingredients: Apple cider vinegar

Instructions: Every day - not just when you're afflicted with a bladder
infection, drink a glass of apple cider vinegar (about 1 tablespoonful) mixed with water over ice. It makes a tangy drink that will keep you infection free forever. It's also an
excellent diuretic.

Hi There I suffer from reaccuring bladder infections and here are some useful home remedies.

Parsely Leaf Tea

Take a bunch of parsely leave and boil in water for a few minutes. Let stand until cool then drink. You want to make about a litre of this stuff and drink the whole thing. Don't add sugar!! This remedy came from my aunt who has been using this method for over 20 years.

 

Home Made Cranberry Juice

Take a bag of fresh or frozen cranberries and boil them in water (they will fall apart). Cool and drink. Don't Add Sugar!!! This remedy is also useful for people with kidney problems as well. I hope that these home remedies will be as usefull to someone as they are to me.

Sincerly. Tijana Bodiroga
tbodiroga@safetyexpress.com

 

Jamie Evans
United States
just drink a lot of water and plenty of cranberry juice and it will clear right up, if your infection isn't too severe.


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