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How To Cure A Bladder Infection

Friday, April 4, 2014

bladder infection symptoms
Before we go through on how to cure a bladder infection, let's me explain about bladder infection first. Do you ever experience burning or feeling painful every time do urinate ?, if yes, you are in high probability of having bladder infection. Normally this infection are caused by bacteria that growing in the bladder or urethra tube. Men, women, older people and even children can get a bladder infection. However, most bladder are found in women. Bladder infection also known as Urinary Tract Infection or UTI. The best way on how to cure this bladder infection or urinary tract infection are using medical treatment and adjusting daily habits.

Consume Water Regularly
Consuming much more water regularly will reduce the bladder infection pain. Water or fluid function are to dilute the concentration of the urine and remove the uti bacteria when urinating. Urine is a form of waste product and acids from our body. Less water consuming can make the urine become concentrated and more acidic in the acids urine is a major causes of burning and painful during urinate. Uti victims should avoid caffeine drinks like coffee, tea and soda. The caffeine substances can makes the bladder irritation become worse.

Don't Hold Your Urine
Most people always holding their urine for some reason. Holding our urine is a bad habits because it can promote the bacteria to multiply on our bladder. If you feel to urinate, don't hold it. Just go to the nearest toilet and empty our your bladder. For implementing this habits, automatically the bacteria that cause the bladder infection or Urinary Tract Infection will flush out from our bladder together with the urine. Urinating after sexual intercourse is a good habits in order to prevent bladder infections. Normally, sexual activity can makes the bacteria move easily into the tract system. Urinating will flush away the bacteria from our urinary tract system and preventing infection.

Antibiotics for Bladder Infection
Yes, this is the most common way in order to cure a bladder infection. Some cases, minor uti resolves without taking antibiotics. But the major cases need medical treatment such as antibiotics. You have to see your medical doctor in order to get the best antibiotics. Some antibiotics are not suitable to some people.

Decreasing Pain
Major bladder infection can cause pain and burning in the pelvic area even when you are not urinating. Yes, it is true that antibiotics can make us feel better but it take one to three days  to works. Get an advice from your doctor for the best pain relievers.

Foods For Uti Infection - 9 Types of Food for Urinary Tract Infection Remedies

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Does types of food taking daily can help to cure UTI faster? Absolutely yes. Some of uti victim taking their daily meals without considering their types of foods. That's why they took longer time for urinary tract infection healing. The urinary tract infection commonly caused by E Coli microorganism that grow and multiply in our urinary tract system. Today, i would like to share 9 types of foods that help us to get rid from UTIs faster beside taking an antibiotics.

Spicy food makes uti heal longer time
1. Avoid Extreme Acidic and Spicy Food
As a uti victims, we should not include the spicy, acidic and bitter in our diet. Here are the types of food that you should avoid: coffee, alcohol, tea, chocolate, smooth drink, guava, orange, pineapples, strawberries,tomato, carbonated beverage, chicken liver, corned beef, chicken, steak, corn, eggs and bitter foods.

2. Plain water
Of course you should drink much water. Taking a lot of water automatically will increase your urinating frequency. Urinate will help you to flush away the uti bacteria from your urinary system and decrease the number of that bacteria.

3. Consume Green Vegetables and Fruits
To get heal form uti faster, you should consume much green vegetables and fruits. Consume fruits that less acidic and alkaline. 

4. Taking Supplement
Supplement is a popular foods in order to get rid from uti. However, you should take the suitable supplement for UTI victims. The most suitable supplement is vitamin C. You should take up to 3000 mg of vitamin C daily until you are getting better.

5. Taking Significant Minerals
Zinc also to be said as a good supplement of utis. You may get Zinc mineral by including bananas, fish, nuts, salads, bran cereal and cheese.

6. Fiber
Fiber considered as an important foods because it's aid flush our body similar as drink a lot of water. You may get this from vegetables and fruits.

7. Cranberries
I have write about cranberries on my previous article. For your quick information, cranberries consist of proanthocyanidins which disrupt E coli, the microorganism that cause UTI, from sticking at the bladder wall. You may take cranberries supplement or drink fresh cranberries juice everyday.

8. Ingesting Foods Taking
You should taking ingesting food as your daily meal. It was said that this types of foods has a great deal of natural antibiotics which help to fight the uti infection. Example of ingesting foods are: uncooked garlic, onions, shallots, radishes, new ginger roots and finally loads of fruits and vegetables juices.

Yogurt- home remedies for uti
9. Taking Yogurt
Why taking yogurt is important? yogurt contains good bacteria or microbs which help to fight over the bad bacteria. While taking an antibiotics, the good bacteria may decrease and exposed your body on another infection. Taking yogurt will increase and maintain the number of good bacteria in our body.

Conclusion
Practice the above meals will help us to get rid from the urinary tract infection faster. Suitable food help us on healing from uti while taking an antibiotics. Don't simply fully depends with an antibiotics only. If you have another proven food for uti, please share in the comment section, so that everyone will expose with your sharing.

6 Types of Uti Treatment Without Antibiotics

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

UTI or Urinary Tract Infection absolutely can make someone feeling inconvenience and uncomfortable. That's why, people who suffering with uti commonly find the fast solution or treatment to get away from it. Normally their solution is get an antibiotic from professional medical treatment as as soon as possible. Frequently taking so much antibiotic is not good for our body because it cannot promote the formation the natural body immune system to fight against the infection. That's why here, i would like to share 6 types of uti treatment without using antibiotics.

1. Taking Cranberry Juice
Drink cranberries juice is perfect ways in order to fight and get rid from UTI. It is recommends to drink at least 250 ml glasses of cranberry juice twice per day for two days. How's cranberries juice help to fight these infection ? Cranberries which is acidity properties help to acidifies the urine and resulted on prevent bacteria from adhering to digestive tract. It also flush away the UTI bacteria out of the urinary tract system. It is recommend to drink the fresh cranberries juice. You only allowed to increase cranberries juice up to 3 glasses per day. Over than that, it can cause stomach pain or diarrhea. For cranberries juice preparation method, you can blend it. However, avoid on mix it with soda or any types of drink contains caffeine. Caffeine can worsen the UTI. Don't apply sugar in your cranberries juice because it can promote the growth of bacteria. If the cranberries is hard for you, you may taking 400 mg cranberry supplement twice per day as a juice replacement.

Get rid from uti with drink a lot of water
2. Taking A Lot of Plain Water
Drinks a lot of water also is a practical uti treatment without antibiotics. Normally, the medical doctor recommend to taking a lot of water instead taking an antibiotics tablets. The uti people are recommend to drink one glass of water every hours. Drinks 250 ml glass of water every hours for two days dramatically increase the urine flow. The more fluids taking, the number of urinating is increase. Every time do urinate or empty the bladder, the utis bacteria is flush away with the urine. Do not hold your urine because it can promote the bacteria to grow inside your urinary tract.

3. Taking Supplement
Taking correct types of supplement is also an alternative of uti treatment instead of taking antibiotic especially in the early stages of UTI infection. It is advise to take vitamin C, cranberries, goldenseal, acidophilus, urva ursi, echinacea and nettle as a major supplement. Apply this for 1 and half days. If there is no improvement, go to professional medical doctor is a second step to get help on prevent this infection from getting worse. Take 500 mg or vitamin C every other hours but stopping the dosage if it causing stomach upset. Vitamin C resulting on urine acidifies, and fully effective to kill the bacteria, beside strengthens the immune  system. Taking the cranberry supplement also acidifies the urine same as vitamin C, But, cranberries help more on prevent the uti bacteria from sticking in the wall of urinary tract. To boost up immune system and having anti inflammatory in our body, drink 250 ml or goldenseal, echinacea and nettle tea for several time per day. If it is hard for your for taking Vitamin C and Cranberry supplement, you can take 500 mg of uva ursi or half teaspoon of tincure four time daily for seven days. If your taking antibiotics, you are only allowing to take acidophilus. Acidophilus act to restore the balance of healthy bacteria after an antibiotic wipes that population out. Only take one tablet twice per day.

4. Put Away Irritants Diet
Never ever taking caffeine, alcohol, citrus and hot spices if you are on uti treatment. This types of diet can irritate your bladder. Caffeine and Alcohol is quite bad because they will dehydrate our body which is resulted on producing less of urine and of course hard to flush away the uti bacteria from the bladder system. Continues on restricting caffeine and alcohol in your diet after heal from uti also helps us especially on protecting the infection to come again in the future.

5. Practice Healthy Hygiene
Practice proper hygiene also considered as a good habits in order to get rid from Urinary Tract Infection fast. Women are advise to wipe from the front to the back whenever after using bathroom. Women also need to urinate before and after sexual activity with their partner. Don't forget to clean the genital area before and after sexual activity. Apply shower in order to wash your body. Avoid on using bath tubs because the bacteria can spread from other parts of the body to the urinary tract through bath water. Women are advice to avoid applying any perfumed product especially in their genital area. Women also advise to wear sanitary pads than tampon. If they are wearing tampon, they should change the tampon frequently to keep the area as dry as possible because some research find out that wearing tampon in a longer hours may makes the uti become worsen.

Avoid wear tight clothes to get rid from uti
6. Wear Right And Comfortable Clothes
The right types of clothing also influence on the progress of uti healing. Some types of clothes will makes the UTI hard to get away. You are advise to wear cotton types of clothes. Clothes such as cotton underwear and cotton pantyhose are better in order to get rid from uti than non-absorbent fabrics like silk or nylon. Please don't wear tight-fitting pants or shorts because it would promote moisture and trapped our sweats especially in the vital. This situation will provide a good environment for the bacteria to grow up and multiply.

Conclusion
It is good to practice this 6 method of uti treatment rather than taking antibiotics. Since,there's only some people know and apply this urinary tract infection treatment without antibiotics, I believe that this sharing will benefits us more to gain new specific knowledge. If you think that this article is worth for all, please share it in your social media wall.

3 Most Works Home Remedies for UTI That Make You Feel Better

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Not many of us know or practices a home remedies for uti really are. Normally, we are going to medical doctor to get medicine. Not many of us really sure on how's effective home remedies for UTI are. Antibiotics, known as a most popular medicine to heal Urinary Tract Infection in human. However, beside taking antibiotics home remedies also proven in order to reduce the pain and makes the person who suffering from uti (urinary tract infection) fell better after practices it regularly. Today, i would like to share the 3 most works home remedies for urinary tract infection proven especially to reduce UTI pain.

Home remedies for Urinary Tract Infection
Drink a lot of Fluid (Plain Water)
Why water? Drink a lot of water automatically makes us to urinate more frequently than usual. The bad bacteria that cause the UTI will flush or flow away with the urine. The more your drink, the more your urinate. Finally it will reduce the number of bacteria in your urinary system. It is advise to drink only plain water. Don't consume water that contain caffeine which can make our body dehydrated. Please never add sugar in your drink. Avoid alcoholic drink too.

Drink Fresh Cranberries Juice
The best Cranberries juice to drink is fresh cranberries. You may pick ready cranberries too that has been sell in market but be aware on its ingredients. Some of the packed cranberries juice contains sweetener which makes the juice too acidic. Please be noted that cranberry juice won't cure or heal a UTI, but it may prevent it recurrence especially in women. If you experience recurrent UTIs, drink 50 to 150 ml per day of pure cranberries juice. If it is a diluted juice, you should to drink more than 150 ml of it. Please be noted that drinking cranberries may cause the some side effect. It may react with regular medication and causing kidney stone. Over drink or cranberries juice also may cause diarrhea. Cranberries juice also not work for men with uti.

home remedies for UTI
Baking Soda

Baking Soda is good to reduce uti pains too. Normally, the imbalance acidity on the urinary system make us feel uncomfortable and pain. Stir half teaspoon of baking soda into a cup of water and drink it. The baking soda which is known as a base component works to neutralizes the acid in the urine, resulting on peeing less painful. However, don't consume this too much because it may disturb the flora balance in our intestine.

Using Heat Pad
Lastly, using a heat pad may also us feel better from uti pain. Place a heating pad over our pelvic area. Gentle heat help provide some pain relief.

Antibiotics For UTI That Should Not Taken By Pregnancy Women

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Antibiotics is a common and most effective way on healing uti or Urinary Tract Infection. However, not all types of antibiotics are safe and suitable for someone that suffering from this infection. That why today, i am going to write some useful information about what types of UTI antibiotics that should be avoid or not to be taken especially for the pregnancy women.Now, lets me introduce that types of antibiotics.

Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin

The first one is called Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin. Pregnancy women strongly advice Do not use this medicine or antibiotics during pregnant, breast-feeding or planning on getting pregnant. This types of uti antibiotics may cause on bad side effect and outweigh any risk to the fetus although there was not enough studies have been done with pregnant women who have taken ciprofloxacin to say that there is no risk to the fetus. 

Nitrofurantoin

This types of UTI antibiotics also should not to be taken especially those for pregnant women, breast-feeding and those for someone that planning for or to get pregnant. If you planning to use or take this antibiotics, you should ask or get an advice from your doctor. Some medicines can harm and cause bad side effect to your baby and fetus (for pregnancy woman). Make sure that you should tell anything about your condition such as you are planning to get pregnant, on breast-feeding and you are in pregnant. You should also tells them other related information about yourself so that they can give the safest and effective uti antibiotics for you.

Sulfamethoxazole with trimethoprim

The uti antibiotics or medicine like Sulfamethixazole with trimethropin medicine are also not suitable and should not be taken for pregnant women, during breast-feeding or a partners that planning to have baby. Some study said that taking this uti antibiotics while pregnant may increased risk of congenital malformations, particularly neural tube defects, cardiovascular abnormalities, urinary tract defects, oral clefts, and club foot. For breast-feeding woman, it may cause the bad effect especially for  below 2 months old baby that ill, premature, jaundice or stressed (risk of bilirubin displacement and kernicterus).

As a conclusion, make sure to take all the medicine that doctor gives to us. Don't stop to take your uti antibiotics even if you feel much more better because the infection may come again and become resistant with the same antibiotics. Please see the doctor to get the right and the best antibiotics especially when you are pregnant, breast-feeding and planning to get pregnant. They are professional and know what is the best medicine or antibiotics that can heal your uti or urinary tract infection. Never get antibiotics for uti by yourself, buying it online or get it from nearest pharmacy.

4 Common And Top Antibiotics For UTI - Urinary Tract Infection Treatment and Prevention

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Urinary Tract Infection Antibiotics
Antibiotic which is also known as antibacterial, are types of medication that eliminate, destroy and slow down the growth of bacteria. There are many types of antibiotics out there that has been prove to heal UTI or urinary tract infection. Now, i would like to let everyone know the 5 common antibiotic that help to cure UTI. Before that, i would like to emphasize that don't simply take antibiotic before get an advice from professional doctor because the choices of UTI antibiotics depends on many factor such as medical history, allergies, and susceptibility of the causative microorganism to that particular. If you wrongly on taken the right antibiotic, the Urinary Tract Infection may getting worse or no improvement at all. So, lets discuss on the first common antibiotic.

1. Ciprofloxacin

Ciprofloxacin is a types of antibiotics and act in killing bacteria that commonly caused by Urinary Tract Infections. This antibiotics specialist for UTI or bladder infections, pneumonia and sinus infections.
The Ciprofloxacin came in tablet and liquid. However, Antibiotics that used for UTI are only came as extended-release tablets. This antibiotic is not suitable to all bacteria infection and cannot work of any infection caused by viruses. This medicine should be taken onle with your doctor's prescription.

2. Levofloxacin

Levofloxacin which is came from brand of Levaquin is another common types of Antibiotics for UTI. It is a qunolene antibiotics. Beside on treating Urinary Tract Infection or UTI, it also used to treat certain kinds of bacteria infection such as sinuses, skin, lung, ears, airways, bones and joints. This antibiotics works by prevent and stop the multiplication and growth of bacteria by preventing the reproduction and repair od their genetic material, DNA. However, Levofloxacin is not suitable for pregnancy woman because of its bad side effect on join and bone deformities. You are recommend to see your health care provider before taken this antibiotics. They may need your medical background information to ensure that there is no further serious complication while taking this antibiotics.

3. Nitrofurantoin

Nitrofurantoin which is came from Furadantin, Macrobid and Macrodantin Brand, is a top and common antibiotics for UTI. It is similar with types of antibiotics that discussed before, Nitrofuratoin will only be effective against infestion that caused by bacteria. It is work by killing bacteria and preventing them from growth. Finally, it helps the UTI from becoming worse and at the same time allowing the body's immune system to clear the infection easily. Do not take this antibiotics if you are allergic or you have severe kidney disease, jaundice and liver history problem especially caused by taking nitrofuratoin, less frequency of urinating than ususal and in early pregnancy (2 to 4 weeks). To make sure you are safe from further negative complication, you should tell your doctor whereas if you have kidney problem, anemia, diabetes, imbalance electrolyte or vitamin B defeciency and any types of debilitating disease.

4. Sulfamethoxazole With Trimethoprim

Sulfamethoxazole with Trimethoprim which is also known as Bactrim, is a types of antibiotics that cure UTI. It works similar as above discussed antibiotics and could not work for virus infection. Other than antibiotics for UTI, it also used to threat acute otitis media, bronchitis, Shigellosis, diarrhea and other bacterial infection. Please be note that this types of antibiotics cannot work to heal flu and cold infection which is caused by the virus. Patients who suffering from UTI and taken this antibiotics may face xommon side effect such as loss of appetite, vomiting and nausea. Patients who allergic with sulfa compound recommend to take other antibiotic rather than this.

Conclusion

The above types of antibiotic are proven antibiotics that can help on treats and healing the UTI or Urinary Tract Infection. However, before taking this antibiotics, you should see and get an advice from your nearest health care. Please be note here that not all types of antibiotics for UTI state here are suitable for everyone. Certain patients may have to find the best antibiotics that fits and have no bad side effect for them. See your doctor is the best solution for treating this types of urinary infections.




10 Top Home Remedies For UTI - Urinary Tract Infection

Monday, December 16, 2013

Beside of taking medicine such as antibiotics for UTI treatment, there were a lot of proven method on how to heal UTI infection.Today, I would like to share 15 top and most practical home remedies for UTI for your references. So, now you are going to learn a simple, easy but practical ways on how to kick out this unwanted infection.

1. Drink Plenty Water.
Why drink a lot of water? it has been proven that drink a lot of water can eliminate the bacteria from your body especially in the urinary system. The more water in your body, the more frequently urinate. Frequently urinate will help you to flush away the unwanted bacteria that stay in your urinary system and finally will help you to recover faster. How much water that you should consume ? It was said that you should drink at least 10 and above glass of water daily. Some says that you should consume water up to half of your body weight. It means of you weight 80 kg, then you should drink up to 40 kg of water. Can you do that ? For your health condition, you must.

2. Cranberry 
cranberries helps cure uti
Take cranberry supplement or cranberry juice help us to flush away the bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall. For your information, there are some compound such as proanthocyanidins which is found in cranberries that proven on help to prevent the bacteria from reaching in the wall of the urethra that cause UTI infection. Cranberry also became as a light antibiotics at the same time. How much we should drink or consume cranberries ? for those are suffering from UTI or urinary tract infection, they should consume cranberries at least 3 and more glasses of cranberries daily.

3. Vitamin C
Take much vitamin c also helps to overcome the UTI. You may taken vitamin c in supplement but it is recommended to consume natural vitamin C that contain in fruits such as fresh Orange and many more.

4. Eat Pineapple
Pineapple-UTI home remedies
Why Pineapple ? recent successful research has found that pineapple contains an enzyme called Bromelain which has got anti inflammatory properties that has a high probability on reduce the UTI symptoms. It should be consume daily in order to reduce and heal or cure the urinary tract infection. Some people may don't like it's taste. It's recommended to eat fresh pineapple than the canned ones. You should know that the canned pineapple contains a lot of preservatives and its quality is not same as the fresh one.

5. Baking Soda
How's baking soda help to cure Urinary Tract Infection ? Baking soda helps us to prevent the spreading of UTI when you consume it after notice it's first sign. You can consume it by add one teaspoon of baking soda into a glass of water and drink it at least once or twice a day. The baking soda help on rise the acid-base balance of the acidic urine and will reduce or relief from the pain. Consume baking soda make the urine acidity become neutralized and helps on fast recovery.

6. Eat Blueberries

Blueberries has been proven in order to help in the treatment of UTI. Why blueberries ? This fruits enrich with antioxidant which is good for our immune system and help to disable the growth of bacteria that causes UTI. It is recommended to eat fresh blueberries. For example, you can add some fresh blueberries in your favorite morning cereal or you may drink it as fresh juice. To make it more effective, don't put any sweetener to this juice. For those that want to prevent of being infected by UTI, include fresh blueberries on your daily meals is the best practice.

7. Cut Out Irritants

Be careful on your daily meals or types of drink especially for those who are suffering from this infection. Avoid on drink or eat such as food containing caffeine, alcohol, spicy food, carbonated drinks and artificial sweeteners. This types of meal can irritate your bladder and it will take a longer time to heal. Please focusing on health foods such as the foods that contain high fiber carbohydrates and healthy fats like olive oil which is good for our digestive health.

8. Always Empty Your Bladder

Empty your bladder as more as you can. That's why you are recommend to drink plenty of water to ensure you frequency of urinate is higher than normal. Don't hold your urine to came out. The more your urinate, your bladder become free from bad bacteria which was flush away with urine.

9. Eat Yogurt Regularly

Many UTI Doctor specialist recommend on put yogurt as your daily meals. It is because, yogurt contains brobiotics, known as the good bacteria that helps to eliminate or fight the bad bacteria that cause the UTI.

10. Hot Water Compresses

This method also help us to prevent the spread of the infection. How to do this? firstly, take somehot water and pour it in a bottle. Then, place the bottle on your lower abdomen for a few minutes. It will give you relief from pain caused by this infection. Practice this regularly and it will help to minimize the bladder pressure. You can use a heating pad on the lower abdominal area instead of water bottle.

Conclusion

When you are suffering from this infection, don't too rely on antibiotic. Please practice this method if you want to heal faster. Prevention is much better than medication. So, practice any above home remedies method to prevent from UTI.






 

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