UTI's try D-mannose??

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Thanks Ora for the info. : )

Dee~

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My understanding is there is a lot of sugar in it, it is sugar, and I burned

like crazy when I took it.

Lona

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Sorry, if this is a repeat, but I 'think' I sent it to the wrong list originally, *grin* *sigh* ....DUH.

Thanks to and everyone who wrote about the UTI's and D-mannose... I appreciate it and those are something I rarely get, (*knock on wood*) only one in my life.... but thought the D-mannose sounded 'too easy' to be that effective.

After reading the different definitions of E-coli & Enterococcus bacteria (below) that you gave , basically the D-mannose they talked about that I orginally sent, states it's for E-Coli which is relatively uncommon in a UTI in the first place (I assume? ) I also had no idea there were so many different strains of E-coli bacteria. (more that I didn't put here)

If one is infected with the Enterococcus bacterium.. I can see why Arline has that point of view, makes sense that an antibiotic may be the only way & long term since it is so antibiotic resistant in the first place. Again why it's so necessary to know just what type of infection one is dealing with. Thanks again.

Dee~

''E. coli: Short for Escherichia coli, the colon bacillus, a bacterium that normally resides in the human colon. Most strains of E coli are quite harmless.

However, some strains of E. coli are capable of causing disease, sometimes disease of deadly proportions.

Most commonly, E. coli 01257:H7 comes from eating raw or undercooked ground beef (hamburger) or from drinking raw milk or contaminated water.

Less commonly, E coli O157:H7 can be transmitted from one person to another.''

''E. coli 0157:H7 is a major health problem. About 20,000 cases of hemorrhagic (bloody) colitis (inflammation of the bowel) due to E. coli 0157:H7 occur each year in the U.S. E coli O157:H7 produces toxins (poisons). The toxins produced by E. coli 0157:H7 can damage the lining of the intestine and are thought to participate in all of the diseases caused by E. coli 0157:H7.''

''Enterococcus:

Bacteria normally found in the feces of people and many animals. Two types of enterococci -- Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium --'occasionally' cause human disease, and most commonly urinary tract infections and wound infections.

Enterococci are among the most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The first vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) was found in 1986. Since that time, VRE has become a growing problem. Bacteria resistant to vancomycin are commonly also resistant to a similar antibiotic called teicoplanin, and vice versa.''

Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is also frequently used to treat urinary infections caused by bacteria such as E. coli."

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From: R Searle

Dee,This only works if the infection is caused by e-coli. I tried it, and it didn't work. There is a school of though that believes that repeated UTI's are caused by enterococcus (especially those infections that do not show positive on culture, ie: possibly Interstitial Cystitis). Oftentimes, a broth culture will reveal the enterococcus organism (or sometimes another organism), but D-mannose will not do anything unless the infection is caused by the e-coli organism.

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From: "DTroll" <dtroll@...

_______________________________Relief for urinary tract infections?<clipped> ''For those who may not know, D-mannose is a simple sugar that has the ability to detach the infection-causing bacteria E.coli from the walls of the bladder without upsetting the balance of the friendly bacteria necessary for good health. After being loosened from bladder walls, the bacteria are then rinsed away by normal urination.''

*quoted from the site* not me.