My girlfriend is having severe pain from a urinary tract infection, possibly a kidney infection (she’s had them before). We’re wondering if you could recommend any natural remedy for the pain/symptoms? She’s been taking a daily multivitamin, dandelion, d-mannose, and B complex as far as supplements go. We’ve also seen an acupuncturist/herbalist who is getting together a custom made tea for her issues. If there’s anything you can recommend we’d appreciate it. We’re hoping to get it under control before she has to go to the hospital for antibiotics.
There are two issues to address with urinary tract infections (UTI):
- prevention and
- treatment.
The best treatment I have found includes high doses of vitamin C, about 6 to 10 grams per day and D-Mannose, about 2 grams 2 to 4 times per day. Cranberry is also effective with UTIs, but it needs to be the unsweetened variety, or in capsules. Sometimes, the addition of grapefruit seed extract also helps.
Drink plenty of water. The most common trigger for female UTIs is intercourse, so urination immediately after prevents many of them. Occasionally an antibiotic is needed. I would get a urine specimen for culture and sensitivity of antibiotics before using antibiotics so I am sure it is the best choice, which lessens the chance of needing to use more than one antibiotic.
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
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