Burning and: Kidney Infections

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Though burning sensation when urinating has always, with me, accompanied

a verified urinary tract infection, burning can occur without infection.

Aside from pyridium (the dye that numbs the urethra--but not an innoncent

drug as was told me for lots of years) I don't know the remedy except

drinking lots of water. There's a very excellent urologist in Phila who

has helped many women with this problem (her last name is Whitmore) and

in fact her partner was my urologist when I developed that horrid kidney

stone. Their practice is self-referred to not as urology but something

like " pelvic floor " pathologies and they have docs in their group that

deal with all the organs/structures " la bas, " from rectum to vagina to

urethra, because pathology (in woman I assume more than in men), or at

least symptoms, in one of those structures are both hard to

distinguish/specify to the structure (you can feel pressure but not

really be able to tell if it's urinary or vaginal or rectal at times, and

also I think (don't know) that some pathologies doe affect all three.

I am impressed with that concept, breaking away from traditional medical

categories and thinking more of the way humans experience pathology and

are built.

Cranberry fruit capsules I'm NEVER without. Nature's Way I've been told

is the most reliable re dosage brand. I carry them with me. In some

seltzer they make a good drink, actually, and I do think keeping the

urine acidic is wise.

But the burning without infections is apparently a problem. Is

interstitial cystitis a condition of which that's a symptom? I.e., not

infectious inflammation.

I don't know how they treat it but maybe the diagnostic term could help

you find out.

Judith Wisdom (not a physician, if it isn't quite obvious!)

On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:26:25 -0800 (PST) Jennie Floyd

<jfloyd123@...> writes:

Hi Patti -

This has been a real problem for me over the last

nearly 25 years! I've seen various urologists and

some of the things that helped me were/are: taking

cranberry pills or drinking unsweetened juice when I

have an infection; homeopathic remedies (you should

see a certified classical homeopath to determine which

is best for you); taking macrobid after sex, and

urinating before and after intercourse; and taking

septra daily over a period of a year. This last

helped the most but it also created a huge candida

problem! it is a tough balancing act. I think

homeopathy has helped me the most but I still have

burning urine nearly every day.

Good luck - Jennie

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:17:23 EST

From: patbov4@...

Subject: kidney and bladder infections (was:

Mannotech)

I am currently having one blader/kidney infection

after another. Four

rounds

of different antibiotics and now worried about a

return of intestinal

candida

so I am back on the anti-yeast diet. Has anyone found

something that

helps

with these recurring infections? Is it due to a

weakened immune

system?

Thanks,

Pattie in GA

> I tried d-mannose from this company for my constant

> bladdey and kidney infections. Did absolutely

nothing

> to help them.

>

> FWIW - Jennie F.

>

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