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  2 0 I have a similar problem and I've found that taking cranberry pills daily and Cystex when I feel the initial symptoms after intercourse generally keeps me UTI-free. It also helps to drink lots of water and/or red berry juice - it doesn't have to be cranberry - and avoid alcohol and caffeine. I treat drinking alcohol the same way I do intercourse and take preventative measures before and after. e.strange answered in Lady Sex about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by Heather Corinna, e.strange, and Heather Corinna… 0 0 Just one tricky bit with the cranberry. Not as a preventative, but if and when someone already *has* or is getting a UTI, or if someone has IC, cranberry is very much not advised. So, though we've all said it already, the best bet is to start at a healthcare providers office, be sure y'all know what the real deal is, and take it from there. Heather Corinna commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Interesting. I've never heard that before. In fact, my doctor is the one who told me to load up on the cranberry, and she never mentioned that I should avoid it if I actually have a UTI. e.strange commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 The warning really is more about interstitial or chronic (non-bacterial) cystitis than for someone with the occasional UTI. For someone like the person asking here about UTIs, who seems to have them chronically, IC may be an issue, so you'd want to have that ruled out first before using cranberry. Heather Corinna commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Ahh, that makes sense. We had already ruled out IC at the time that my doctor recommended cranberry. e.strange commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 i also tend to get UTIs (almost) every time i have sex. i did low-dose prophylactic antibiotic for a while, which worked great. it's supposed to be hard on your kidneys, though. i discovered later that i could use a cranberry supplement the same way: one pill a day, every day, keeps the UTI away. i discovered still later (probably 6 or 7 years after i first started having problems) that 2,000mg of vitamin C per day worked, too. the vitamin C makes your urine more acidic (the body can't use that much C all at once, so the rest goes down the drain), and the bacteria can't survive in that environment. all three methods worked equally well; the vitamin C was the cheapest. i took two 1,000mg tabs, one at breakfast and one at dinner. for what it's worth, my mom also had a problem with UTIs when she was younger, so whatever the cause, it's probably something i inherited. Valkyrie answered in Lady Sex about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by ajmee… 0 0 thank you, that's a really good idea. ajmee commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Definitely consult a physician. I have had friends who have dealt with this by taking cranberry pills or D-Mannose ( a sugar that prevents bacteria from adhering to urethral walls) before and after sexual activity. Regular antibiotic use can kill your digestive and vagina flora and cause other problems but if you need them, take them. You can take a probiotic along with and after to replenish the healthy bacteria. loveofmystery answered in Lady Sex about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Valkyrie… 0 0 yes to cranberry and d-mannose! woo! when my doctor initially prescribed the daily low-dose nitrofurantoin, i asked her about the possibility of developing resistance. she told me that the bacteria that cause UTIs have usually migrated from the anus to the urethra, and that the way nitrofurantoin was processed by the body (almost all of it goes directly from the bloodstream to the kidneys and down the drain) meant that it wouldn't affect any of the normal places where bacteria should be breeding. so theoretically no die-off, no resistance, no yeast overgrowth, etc. BUT: there's still the inevitability that traces of antibiotics flushed down our toilets will reach rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans, and cause the same imbalances there that they don't cause in our bodies. so there's that. Valkyrie commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 I feel your pain! And I bid thee, "get your poor urethra to a urologist." S/he is the one who can write you two prescriptions: 1) the preemptive pills you take before sex, that ward away the UTI's before they can get going, and 2) some UTI medication. S/he can also take a closer look at your urethra. Your hunch is right; once you get in this cycle, your urethral opening is like a grumpy troll just waiting to get irritated. You HAVE to break this cycle and heal up, not get triggered again. I'm sure you are hygenic... this is the common freakout of frequent UTI sufferers. When you're prone to them, it's not because you don't know how to wipe yourself... it's just our damn anatomy and susceptibility. You've been doing all those "correct" followups, with the peeing and so on... but it's not enough. And you aren't being punished for your sins. So take action and start talking to the pros. They deal with this all the time. I wish I could send you to mine, he is SO nice and pried me out of my tree several years ago when this was making me demented. I would separate the "pounding" from the "squirting" in terms of describing your symptoms. It's the opening of your urethra that gets its Irish up... think about that more than your g-spot pressure. I'm not one for sending people to doctors willy-nilly, but this is one YOU HAVE to pay attention to. I know you know how bad the pain is, and you have to take care of yourself. Knowledge, in this case, will come thru a good Urology MD, some creative antibiotics, and then you'll be set for the future. Good luck, and get that appointment! Susie Bright answered in Lady Sex about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by eh, anna… 0 0 to the OP: If you're in Seattle or nearby, I'd like to add to this comment the recommendation of Dr. Emily Bradley at the Polyclinic Urology (she works at both the Broadway and Northgate clinics). I have had similar (although not exactly the same) issues for a while, and she has been enormously helpful and knowledgeable. eh, anna commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 I just wrote a column on this a little while ago that had a lot of ideas about how to deal with chronic UTIs or urethral irritation. Why don't you take a look? You're probably not going to have to forego the sex that you enjoy in order to stop this annoying cycle of ow. Instead, what I'd suggest is seeing a healthcare provider about this, filling them in on your whole history, and making sure it's someone who deals with the urinary tract in their practice often. Have you yet tried a long-term, low-dose antibiotic prophylaxis? Given the number of times you have the UTIs in a year, and the number of times it seems like you're on the cusp of getting them, I'd have expected your healthcare provider (assuming you've been filling them in on the whole of this) to have suggested you give that a whirl by now to see if it helps. Heather Corinna answered in Lady Sex about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by ajmee… 0 0 thanks! ajmee commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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