hmm. i don't mean to second guess your dad, and you seem to be in a tight situation with your parents, but most times they do a culture to see what kind of bacteria you have in your urine and pick an antibiotic to treat it from there. it seems most times that it's either cipro or macrobid. so you're taking antibiotic you have around the house? are they helping you at all? make sure the cranberry juice is low in sugar..that's why i actually just use vitamin C because that's the ingredient in cranberry juice that helps the UTI, and most cranberry juices are very high in sugar which doesn't help out your UTI. BUT all that being said, let us know how you're doing! so sorry this had to happen :(
I agree with with saturnine that you really need to go see a doc and get a culture done.
Cranberry juice thing, it has been proven to keep away UTI. There are people that swear by the stuff. You can also get the same thing in a vitamin at the healthfood store, it actually states something about cranberry juice. I know my mother has had bad problems with UTI and she drinks cranberry juice daily, and hasn't had a problem with them since. They also make low in sugar types, and it really doesn't have to be a lot of cranberry juice to help. Most people drink sugar softdrinks anyways and that contains much more sugar. Stay away from Mountain Dews by the way as they are another issue with UTI. Just make sure you are drinking water each day. Make sure after sex that you always use the restroom. Not talking about pregnancy. But I have found that as long as I use bathroom after sex, I haven't had a UTI since.
hi. :] well actually the antibiotics, cranberry juice, and the urinary pain relief meds (phenazopyridine hcl tablets) have been really helping. it doesn't hurt at all now when i pee. just sometimes very little at the end. but for the most part it doesn't hurt at all and i'm back to peeing regularly. the urinary pain relief tablets, i think, at the main reason why i'm getting better but i'm not so sure if they exactly get rid of the bacteria. like on the back of the box, it just says that it's uses are for temporary relief of: urinary pain, burning, urgency, frequency associated with urinary tract infections aka UTIs. so like i'm not sure if the meds are just treating the symptoms or are they actually ridding my body of the UTI. cuz my main concern is to get rid of it completely. as for the cranberry juice, on the ocean spray bottle, there is a label indicating that it is working with the national kidney foundation to help stop UTIs so i think i'm good there. iono about the antibiotics but they haven't been affecting me in any negative way. but besides i feel as if i'm getting better. i think that my parents will send me to the doctors in like a day just in case but yeah. thanks sooo much for your concern. i really appreciate it.
OH! the antibiotic i'm taking is ospamox 500 mg iono what it is but my dad is telling me to take it
geee! i guess that i've been doing everything wrong -.- i'm like an avid mountain dew drinker. well not really but i do like it xD. i was wondering if you could answer another question of mine. like do people who get UTIs once in their life have a higher risk of getting it later on again?
I have no idea. I haven't personally had one since I got married 6 years ago. My mother on the other hand gets them a lot. I don't know exactly what the mountain dew does, but I have heard it from more then one doc that you should watch how many of those you drink. Who knows.