This is what I would like to get my 89 yr old grandma on. She's had so many and sufferers from delirium when they get bad. The doctors are all so slow to recognize that she has an infection, won't take the word of the family. So we have to wait until it escalates to being an emergency. Her dr won't agree to the low dose treatment . Frustrating.

@@kellystone5387 Hi. Two years on from my last comment, and my mother is now 89 yr old herself. She did start the regime of taking the low level preventative anti-biotic and it helped the situation enormously. Her UTI infections became considerably more infrequent. She did still occasionally get them, but this was probably partly due to the fact that if someone stays on the same anti-biotic for too long, bacteria eventually becomes immune to it. So the type of anti-biotic someone takes has to be changed occasionally. With my mother this happened every 3-4 months or so. But it really did improve her quality of life. I live in the UK. I don't know what the policy of American doctors is, but in the UK I know that doctors are sometimes reluctant to put an elderly person on a long term regime of anti-biotics because it can be demanding on internal organs, like the kidneys. But, overall, I believe it is definitely worth it. There is no point in living an extra few months, when a large proportion of the last few years of life is spent plagued by delirium. In the past I have been in the frustrating position you are now in with doctors. When a person is very elderly, doctors sometimes too readily dismiss their confusion, that you know is symptomatic of a UTI infection, as dementia. As a family member this can be distressing when only a few days earlier you had been having a perfectly coherent conversation with them. I have had to strongly insist that a urine sample be taken and tested. And when this is eventually done and the UTI infection is recognised and they eventually receive anti-biotics, they are fully back to normal again within 2-3 days. I hope all goes well with you and your grandma.

@@peterc9153 Thanks for your reply. I didn't even notice how old the post was. I'm in Canada here & our tests for UTI's are pretty unreliable. I know that her dr agrees that they are unreliable bc he used to be my dr and had admitted it. My grandmother got so poorly one time that they actually called in the family to discuss hospice options. The next day we came in and she was starting to eat again. (The IV antibiotics kicked in). Regardless they still refuse & since I'm not my grandmother's power of attorney, I have no say. I'm an very glad to hear that your Grandmother has done better these past couple of years, that's awesome! Take care!

@@kellystone5387 You are clearly in a frustrating position. I hope everything works out. Best wishes.

The majority of elderly people, die because of utis that travel into the kidneys and then sepsis happens. I hope your mother has a great success!

I’m 34 and take a low dose everyday now. I literally almost lost my mind feeling like I have to pee on a daily basis.

Same! I can’t deal with this.

Do you drink coffee and or alcohol?

@@aprilmichellerose3687 how was it? Same with mine :(

Mae Tomol I stopped drinking caffeine and any soda and I didn’t have a UTI for four months after taking Cipro and now I know I have another one. It’s so painful 😩

There is a facebook support group for people with chronic/embedded UTIs. Many people seek treatment with world specialists and go on a long term antibiotic therapy.

If only pain....no cloudy foul smelling urine, could be painful bladder syndrome (least that the name I remember) which causes many of the uti symptoms...and the pain would be unchanged with antibiotics.

@Julius Seaser I tried Vitamin C to bowel tolerance. Healthy = 5 grams a day Sick = as much as 20 grams a day.....and effective! No...not an antibiotic...but still a good idea

Try D-Mannose. This is easily available on line from Amazon, and also in Vitamin stores. It is a sugar, added to water, twice a day, am and pm. The bacteria that cause UTI’s have an affinity for this sugar, and attach themselves to the sugar Instead of accumulating and growing in the bladder and are excreted. This has been a successful remedy for me, when antibiotics only worked, basically, for as long as I used them, and returned as often as every three to four weeks. Found out about this from a friend who had a similar story. Definitely worth a try. Have been symptom free for a long time now.

I hope you are not still suffering! Look up James Malone-Lee and Stuart Bundrick on KZfaq. Malone-Lee wrote a book called "Cystitis Unmasked," and it will make your pain go away for good if you get the correct treatment.

I tested positive for a uti though I nvr had any pain or burning just frequent urination and sudden spasm in the urethra that too very rare... After antibiotics my tests are negative now but I am still having the symptoms.. Shud I try d -mano??..

Thanks

There is help available! Look up James Malone-Lee and Stuart Bundrick on KZfaq. They are actually helping women because they did not accept that women do not know their own bodies! Look up these doctors and Malone-Lee has published a book called "Cystitis Unmasked." It will answer all your questions.

You are a victim of ignorant doctors who use totally outdated urinalysis and treat women like they are stupid. Look up James Malone-Lee and Stuart Bundrick on KZfaq. You are on the right track, you will need an antibiotic at full strength for a year or more. I am a 60 year old woman who has suffered for close to 30 years of severe pain in my bladder. James Malone-Lee has saved me from hell.

me too! It is frustrating

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@@innayabawany5515Hey how are you now ?

Hmm

Am very happy bcos am permanently cured from hypothyroidism with Dr iyaremoses herbal medicine on KZfaq #driyaremoses channel.

Are u better now ?

@@goldeneye9387 nope :( still on a waiting list, I have to self catheterise now

@@carntmax8952 what where your side effects bro?

Call and tell them to prescribe you a daily low dosage! God that’s ridiculous you are dealing with that and they do nothing. I told my doctor do it now, or i’m finding another doctor, it worked

Same here, I feel like I have 1 every month 🙃

jess tear I have at least one a month if not more. I’ve already had 2 surgeries to attempt to fix the issue. It sucks 😭 so painful

Caitlin Elizabeth it’s the most horrible thing! One minute I think I’m getting better because I sometimes go a few weeks without one and then BAM ANOTHER ONE 😭 the way thing to do is to sit on a towel or shower and just try to empty your bladder 🙁 nice to know I’m not alone

Jess , you look so young to be going through this. I’m having the same problem getting it like once a month so annoying not to mention painful. I thought we got it more as we got older. Hope you feeling better

1x I got it didn’t see my physician close to 1 1/2 wks of having it because I kept taking azo for the pain.big mistake ended up in the hospital close to 3 wks☹️ u get it go 👀 ur doctor.

I’ve been going through this too. Literally 6 in the past 8 months. All of mine have been pretty mild. But I’ve dealt with this all of my life, but it’s gotten tremendously worse now that my life is extremely stressful. I don’t know how to handle it anymore. Some antibiotics aren’t working anymore. My insurance won’t cover the bill for me to see a urologist.. plus I can’t afford it.

@@ballistic3101 It’s like I get a little burning sensation in the morning and then I gulp down SO much water to the point where my stomach aches and then the burning is gone… but this is SO reoccurring… it’s the only tiny solution to keep the burning away for a while.. but I’m not sure what else to do.

Have you found anything that has helped???? I feel the same way. Its as if I have a “constant” burning sensation in my urethra!! lol!!! Sometimes it “clears up”, but comes right back. For me, its the worst at night when I am trying to sleep. Because thats all my mind focuses on -_-

@@youngxmama2804 I have not sadly, the only cure is water for me.. and that’s only for a little bit. I chug a whole bottle of water in order to sleep comfortable at night, I just hope that this doesn’t form into something more serious down the road

@@youngxmama2804 the worst is trying to explain it to my gyno because she just assumes it’s a uti. When really it’s a slight burning sensation

Azo is a good brand for pain medicine, but you need to make an appointment for antibiotics to really take care of the problem

I’m sorry. My uncle was paralyzed as well, he passed from kidney stone complications 😢. Take care of yourself, you need a low dosage of year round antibiotics

I take low dosage, everyday. I’m 34, 1 baby. Kidney issues run in my family. I would rather prevent than deal with them anymore, they give me so much anxiety

Do you ever get blood in your urine?

@@Alice_here4you I don’t, oddly enough!

I'm 34 and since January of this year I've had 3 UTIs. I just had a urine culture on July 11th which came back negative, and I was so confused because I'm constantly at the Dr's for UTI pain and discomfort. Sometimes it shows I have a UTI when a simple urine test is done and sometimes it shows nothing at all yet I have all the symptoms. It's frustrating. The urologist told me to try d-mannose because I didn't want to continue taking antibiotics as I felt that they weren't working. What have you tried?

I am having one rn 😔😔😔

Same here I’m glad I’m not alone

Me too :/ how do you treat it?

hello itsme I honestly stopped taking baths and that has helped a lot! I also got these supplements from Amazon: NOW Foods D-Mannose. I take 2 a day and it has helped so much

Guys since doctors are so expensive I went to a minute clinic and did a urine test and it was positive so they gave me antibiotics and told me to drink lots of water and it went away

what’s her creatinine levels?

Omg same

Some antibiotics only kill 70% of the bacteria so you need different one

yearly low dosage antibiotic. Your body isn’t fighting it for one reason or another. No point for you to suffer

What are the side effects ?

Shanza sorry to break it to you but that does nothing for UTI, it’s an infection in the bladder and urethra not the vagina

oh but why?

No!

And wtf is that supposed to do for a uti?