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I've had this UTI for too long and I need HELP?
I've had a uti for so many years now I lost count. I honestly don't even know if it was an on or off thing because if it was I never noticed. I used to drink SO much water every day, I used to drink more than 8 cups of water every day and I ate healthy and yet I still have this freaking UTI.
For the past 2 years almost 3 I've drank less water, at least 2 cups a day but I don't eat a lot of sugary things and I refuse to drink soda or artificially flavored drinks and once every other day or so I drink a tiny cup of coffee with some sugar.
Sometimes it burns when I urinate sometimes it only burns after I wipe and the burn lasts for so long its depressing. I also went a few weeks replacing water with natural cranberry juice and that didn't ease anything either.
I took antibiotics before to get rid of this infection but instead it gave me a yeast infection in LITERALLY 2 minutes. I could literally feel my insides act all strange 30 seconds after I took the antibiotic and a few hours later I took a monostat to take out the yeast infection then stayed away from them forever.
I went to a doctor a few weeks ago and she gave me urine test (which didnt show anything wrong), a blood test (which I havent checked on because I have a feeling she won't tell me anything useful) and a prescription for something that numbs out ONLY the symptoms of the uti like the burning.
Every time I pee as of lately I've had to force myself to pee and it only lasts for 10 seconds or less
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- MonaLv 57 years agoFavorite Answer
Hey Hi,
It looks like you have signs and symptoms of candida yeast infection. Most doctors (99% of them will say its all in your head) I had it for over 15 yrs and it took over my life. Based on my personal experience and 100s of other women that I have talked to and helped here is what I can tell you.
1. You will experience more itching around private area
2. You will experience discharge that will make your panties dirty, your discharge could also happen while you are having intercourse. Sort of white cottage cheese.
3. You may also experience smell down there, at start it's not that bad but if you leave it untreated then things can get out of control and smell can totally ruin your life. In my case I lost my bf and job it was just too much I couldnt stay still without applying perfume every 10-15 minutes yes it was that bad.
4. Bloating/Gas what happens if after a while you dont treat it you may experience some sort of gas/bloating and it can get really embarrasing. In my case it always came when my bf was just gonna kiss me or when we would get intimate or some other random times of the day while I was doing something.
5. Painful sex, your sexual life will be severely impact because if you get vaginal yeast infection manifestation of candida then it hurts badly during sex.
3 out of 4 women gets recurring yeast infection and almost 2-3times a year.
You can read further about signs and symptoms of candida by sean brookwood who is a candida expert and well known person who has done a lot of research on topic of candida.
In regards with the treatment options (your immune system is weak so natural remedies might not be enough) available for you lets look over those, mind you I have spent tens and thousands of dollars and over a decade trying everything so what you will read below is based on my personal experience and after helping 100s of other women suffering from candida
1. Antibiotics wont really help much. If you keep up with news then CDC recently announced that the age of antibiotics is almost over. They are not great option. Further in case of candida it can help you at start but then candida will come back with furry and it will get harder to treat it.
2. OTC treatment options, many people on this site and other places or even if you go see a doctor he/she will recommend you Monistat or Diflucan while these may help cover the symptoms for a while but it wont really treat your candida. It will just go away for a while and come back. Plus its really not a cheap solution and wont do you good in long run.
3. Home Remedies option -> Not that home remedies dont work the issue is that you will have to eat/use 20-30 in order to get even a slight benefit for example -->
Garlic -> Can you eat 30 garlic a day? Unless you live in a cave with no social interaction and nothing I doubt you wanna eat all that garlic. Some people say put it up your vagina, which is so STUPID, it can get stuck I have seen tons of cases where it got stuck and they had to seek help. Its' stupid dont do it please.
Yogurt -> Can you eat 20 boxes of big yogurt? While it has good bacteria its just not enough plus it doesnt pass the outer later of stomach wall which is full of acids.
Here is what I recommend through which I got my life back and which helped 100s of other women:
1. Get on some candida diet, there are tons of them out there I personally recommend Sean Brookwood's candida treatment protocol, he has tons of great information about candida. However you can try some other candida diet if you cant follow Sean's protocol.
2. Make sure your private area is always dry dont leave it wet
3. Get yourself cotton panties
4. Make sure you are not taking douches
5. Get yourself a good candida yeast infection probiotic the one I recommend to all of my friends and other women suffering from candida is probacto probiotics, their probiotic has all the good bacteria strains that can help against candida. I been using them for over a decade now and really no complaints.
It also works for all vaginal infections. You may need to take it for at least 3-4 months followed by at least 6 months of multivitamin.
6. Get a good multivitamin, I recommend Alive Multivitamin it's great and I take it on daily basis you cant go wrong.
7. Make sure you are drinking 2-3 cups of Nettle Leaf Tea everyday.
8. Avoid alcohol
9. Avoid sugar
10. If its vaginal yeast infection (which is most of the time for most women anyways) then avoid having sex with your boyfriend/husband for a while, as you can pass it along to him. Imagine your embarrassment then when he tells his friends he caught something from you. Penile yeast infection while not that known is still something men suffer from and it can be bothersome for them.
And give it at least 2-3 months, once you have recovered make sure you take probiotics at least once a day for a while so that candida doesn't come back.
I hope it helps, let me know if you have further questions.
Source(s): personal experience - Anonymous4 years ago
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Source(s): Solve Candida Problem http://sparkindl.info/CureCandidaYeastInfection - Anonymous7 years ago
Try baking soda n vinegar mixed in cup of water bout three times a day. 1 teaspoon soda n 3 teaspoon vinegar apple cider. i got family that uses it n it helps treat n keep theirs away .its worth a try!