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#1 User is offline   pedro2007 

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 05:13 PM

Does anyone have an idea what to do with chronic UTI? I am C 6 quad and I have been fighting with this for 25 years. Pls help thx.
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 09:20 PM

Have you looked through the Bowel and Bladder sub-forum? There's several threads on treating UTI's.

Also, what kind of catheter are you using?
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 10:09 PM

View PostKwag_Myers, on Nov 11 2009, 01:20 PM, said:

Have you looked through the Bowel and Bladder sub-forum? There's several threads on treating UTI's.

Also, what kind of catheter are you using?


Thanks for your email.

No I have never had this done yet. What would they look for when they look through the bowel? Doctors looked in my bladder and say everything looks fine.

I use the condom cath.

Its so hard to go to work and have to deal with UTI every month. I just finished a 10 day treatment. (Ciprofloxacin)
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 02:16 PM

What I mean is that there is a section of this forum specifically for Bowel and Bladder issues. If you click on this link: Bowel and Bladder, you'll see it.
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Posted 01 March 2010 - 01:17 AM

[quote name='Kwag_Myers' date='Nov 11 2009, 01:20 PM' post='138397']
Have you looked through the Bowel and Bladder sub-forum? There's several threads on treating UTI's.

Also, what kind of catheter are you using?

condom catheter.
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Posted 01 March 2010 - 12:31 PM

What about supplements? Do you take Vitamin C or Cranberry tablets? Changing the acidity of your urine might help with infections.
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Post icon  Posted 01 March 2010 - 01:08 PM

If they are e-coli infections - try d-mannose in the evening and Cranberry juice in the mornings
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Posted 07 May 2010 - 05:23 PM

I take cranberry tablets 4 a day 5 mg. I have tried mannose as well.

Thanks for your suggestions . Guys
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Posted 07 May 2010 - 07:08 PM

View Postpedro2007, on May 7 2010, 01:23 PM, said:

I take cranberry tablets 4 a day 5 mg. I have tried mannose as well.

Thanks for your suggestions . Guys

I drink almost 2 gallons of water a day take thousands of mgs of crannbrery juice pills and also take baclofen twice a week as a precautionary method. 500 mgs each. If I get infection I increase as needed. I have a supa pubic cath so I can get tehm easy as well.

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 09:27 AM

I use extenal condom drainage and have for 32 years. I find 500mg of Vit C plus Hiprex morning and night are a big help. I now take Cranberry tablet each day 1500mg. You probably have the same problem as I - high residual - not emptying bladder completely. That is most important - don't just rely on autoing but push and tap to empty as much as possible at least five tims a day.
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Posted 23 June 2010 - 11:01 AM

pedro2007,

Have you been tested for residual urine ? Are you sure that it is less than 50-100 ml ?
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Posted 23 June 2010 - 01:37 PM

I too have been suffering with chronic uti (one month of antibiotics just finish, then the next one starts).. I have become so desperate that I have decided to order the much debated "Zapper" (see the thread from a few months ago) just incase it works.. It hasn't arrived yet, but I will post an update on how it goes once I recieve it..
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Posted 02 July 2010 - 12:55 PM

Thanks for all the help

Yes, that is what the Doctors tell me that my bladder doesn't empty well enough.I am taking Flomax now see if that will help.

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