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Here's to Your Health:  Treating a bladder infection naturally?  |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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 Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 8:53:43 PM
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Just out of curiosity, do you know of any ways to treat a bladder infection naturally? I know the tips for preventing them, but I'm wondering what helps when you actually get one...
Last time I had one it was so bad it turned into a kidney infection and they put me on Cipro. YUCK.
I think I might be getting another one (at 11 pm at night...grrr!) so any ideas? Is it something you can fight naturally or is it one of those things you have to go in for?
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
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Everyone else is already taken.
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 9:34:06 PM
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2T cinnamon 1t honey a glass of lukewarm water
page 27
Mary Janes Farm mag Vol9#3
Diana
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 05:16:13 AM
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Thank you. I noticed you said page 27, Volume 9 #3...that would be April-May issue, right?
How crazy to ask for a remedy they just wrote about! It should be arriving in my mailbox soon :)Thanks for giving me the heads up!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 06:52:05 AM
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Thats the one.
Diana
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 09:50:30 AM
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We are fans of cranberry and water. When I think I am getting one, I try to down a gallon of cranberry juice then lots of water. It works for me.
There are many herbs such as butcher's broom, dandelion, garlic, goldenseal, marshmallow root and Uva Ursi. They all do different things to help.
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barnagainkristin
True Blue Farmgirl
465 Posts
Kristin
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2010 : 8:53:26 PM
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Herbal cranberry capsules have worked for me once when I felt like I was just starting out with one. Hope you are O.K. and figure out what works.
barnagainkristin
"Others Before Self" |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 10:12:39 AM
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I was going to mention the cranberry capsules also. Keep them on hand and start taking them with LOTS of water when you feel one starting.
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
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karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 10:25:07 AM
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As a nurse the doctors really push the cranberry juice & lots of water- works for me!Good luck.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. |
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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl
1168 Posts
Amy
Seabrook
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 11:26:27 AM
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I take a cranberry cap every night and I don't get them at all.
I put off going to the Dr. I usually get a sulfa.
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KayB
True Blue Farmgirl
540 Posts
Kay
Del City
Oklahoma
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 11:47:52 AM
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I use cranberry juice and it works great. I use it for both bladder and kidney infections.
KayB
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 12:42:13 PM
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In a pinch, cream of tarter in water will also help as will a decoction made from parsley.
Blessings, Sheri
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 1:43:20 PM
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Thanks for all the suggestions ladies.
I had always heard that cranberry juice doesn't do anything once you HAVE a bladder infection, but will help prevent them. But who knows? I did try the cinnamon and honey - wow, now that is something to choke down!!
I did end up going to the doc since apparently when you have a really bad bladder infection or get a kidney infection (like I did last time) your bladder infections get worse faster. Like...you want to cry if you have to use the bathroom only 24 hours after you start thinking you might have an infection. At least that is what the doc told me. So I did get antibiotics. But I think from now on (since I'm prone to them) I might just stick with cranberry juice (the real unsweetened stuff!) as a precaution. (Which is hilarious, because when my hubby sees me with a glass of it, he thinks I'm drinking wine!)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
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Pammy
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2010 : 05:57:39 AM
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| just a thought, my mom's dr says you have to drink a lot of juice to keep the infections away, and he recommeded she take the capsules and she hasn't had an infection in over a year and she was having them a lot. I always take a probiotics daily for a few months after being on any antibiotic. Pam |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2010 : 5:56:27 PM
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sorry to say this, but if you have a bad bladder infection, you need anti-biotics. Then you can do the preventive cranberry capsules. But do not let it get bad! There are times when anti-biotics are needed. This may be one of those times.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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