| A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial | | | | Natural Cure for Urinary Tract Infection |
| infection that affects any part of the urinary | | | | Although natural remedies are being studied for |
| tract. Although urine contains a variety of fluids, | | | | urinary tract infection, it is important to seek |
| salts, and waste products, it usually does not | | | | medical attention and not self-medicate. If |
| have bacteria in it. When bacteria get into the | | | | improperly treated, a urinary tract infection may |
| bladder or kidney and multiply in the urine, they | | | | spread to the kidneys. This can occur even |
| cause a UTI. The most common type of UTI is a | | | | though a person's symptoms appear to improve. |
| bladder infection which is also often called cystitis. | | | | Take cranberry juice to fight urinary tract |
| Another kind of UTI is a kidney infection, known | | | | infection. It disallows bacteria to cling to the cell, |
| as pyelonephritis, and is much more serious. | | | | which line the urinary tract. |
| Although they cause discomfort, urinary tract | | | | Prepare a mixture of 1/2 tsp baking soda in eight |
| infections are usually quickly and easily treated by | | | | ounce glass of water. It is very helpful on the |
| seeing a doctor promptly. | | | | first signs of urinary tract infection. The presence |
| Infections of the urinary tract are the second | | | | of baking soda in your system raises the |
| most common type of infection in the body. | | | | acid-base balance of the acidic urine. |
| Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for about | | | | For severe UTI blend equal parts of pipsissewa, |
| 8.3 million doctor visits each year.* Women are | | | | buchu, echinacea, and uva ursi tinctures. Have 20 |
| especially prone to UTIs for reasons that are not | | | | drops of this blended mixture every two hours |
| yet well understood. One woman in five develops | | | | for first two days and later 1 tsp four times a |
| a UTI during her lifetime. UTIs in men are not as | | | | day, till you have completely recovered. Have a |
| common as in women but can be very serious | | | | soothing tea such as marshmallow root to |
| when they do occur. | | | | counter the strong antiseptic effect of urva ursi. |
| Although most urinary tract infections or UTIs are | | | | Natural remedies have been used in traditional |
| not serious, they are painful. Approximately fifty | | | | medicine for thousands of years to support the |
| percent of all women will have at least one UTI in | | | | solid health of the urinary system, encouraging |
| her lifetime with many women having several | | | | healthy and efficient urine flow and pH balance. |
| infections throughout their lifetime. Fortunately, | | | | While drinking fluids is the best way to flush out |
| these infections are easily treated with antibiotics | | | | the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections, |
| that cause the symptoms to quickly disappear. | | | | some fluids are better than others, says Michael |
| Some women seem are more prone to repeated | | | | A. Klaper, M.D., a nutritional medicine specialist in |
| infections than others and for them it can be a | | | | Pompano Beach, Florida, and director of the |
| frustrating battle. | | | | Institute of Nutritional Education and Research, an |
| Sexual intercourse is a common cause of urinary | | | | organization based in Manhattan Beach, California, |
| tract infections because the female anatomy can | | | | that teaches doctors about nutrition and its |
| make women more prone to urinary tract | | | | relationship to disease. He says that cranberry |
| infections. During sexual intercourse bacteria in the | | | | juice is probably the best, because it helps |
| vaginal area is sometimes massaged into the | | | | prevent bacteria from anchoring to bladder walls. |
| urethra by the motion of the penis. | | | | Read about Home Remedies and Shilajit. |