How to treat chronic UTIs.

Many women suffer from frequent UTIs. Sometimes, even the normal course of antibiotics will not keep a UTI at bay. If you have had a UTI in the last three months, and have taken antibiotics, you should not have a recurrence. If you do, you might want to consider lifestyle changes that will help prevent and treat a UTI.

1. Wear cotton underware, not synthetic fabrics.

2. Avoid sexual contact during a flare-up.

3. Drink AT LEAST eight glasses of water a day.

4. Take cranberry suppliments, preferably organic. These absorb better than cranberry juice and most cranberry juices are "cocktails" and are not potent enough.

5. Avoid caffein, alchohol, and refined sugar for as long as possible.

6. Take an acidopholis suppliment that is dairy/casein free, dosed at 4 - 10 billion per dose. (Make sure to use a suppliment that has to be refridgerated, so the cultures are live)

7. Take warm baths in a clean tub with no soap or bubble bath for about 20 minutes a day.

8. Wash the outside of the genital area with a mild, preferably all natural soap. Do not use soap on the inner labia or vagina, but only wanter.

9. Never Douche!!

10. For an infection that you just can't kick, go on a water/cranberry fast for half a day, then only eat fruit the rest of the day. Day two introduce veggies and whole grains, and avoid animal products for as long as possible. The exception to this would be yogurt, starting at the end of day two.