A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of any part of the urinary system – kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra. Most females have experienced the pain of a UTI at least once in their lifetime. The consistent pressure of needing to use the bathroom, the smell of your urine, the burning pain when you urinate…add a spinal cord injury to the mix and you will be having another accident before you change from the first one.
Prevention
-cleansing genitals/urinating after sexual intercourse
-diet and exercise
-drink water
-take a d-mannose supplement or shot of apple cider vinegar daily
-(if you’re an intermittent catheter user) try Lofric Catheter
Treating a UTI
Take the following twice daily for 5 days. (If symptoms do not begin to clear in 3 contact your physician.)
-Doterra Essential Oils (2 drops)
oregano
frankincense
lemon
-a capful of apple cider vinegar
-d-mannose supplement
-drink a lot of water
Why Natural Remedies
A year and a half into my injury I became resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin (commonly prescribed for UTI’s). As soon as I finished one round my symptoms would return. I had to find a way to end the cycle. Through trial and error, I lowered the frequency of my UTI’s. Healthy diet and exercise helped to boost my immune system…and made me start drinking more water! But it wasn’t until I became a catheter sales rep that I would learn what would end them altogether. Lofric claims to be the only catheter on the market clinically proven to reduce catheter associated UTI’s by over 40%. I choose them not only for this reason, but because they are the only brand to develop catheters specifically designed to prevent UTIs. I also recommend DoTerra essential oils because they are the only brand I know of that is safe for ingestion.
Please leave your comments of how this works for you or anything you use to treat your UTI’s!
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**The views and opinions in this post have NOT been reviewed by the FDA or a medical professional.
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