Finally! Researchers have confirmed what many UTI sufferers — and doctors — have been uncertain about. Yes, cranberry juice actually does prevent urinary tract infections.— via healthing_ca healthing uti bladderinfections naturalcures
A study based on mice offers hope that a vaccine can ‘teach’ the bladder to more effectively fight bacteria.“Even back in 1973, my mum was told to try cranberry juice to prevent her horrible and frequent UTIs and for her it’s been a saviour. Despite me niggling in her ear about evidence, she’s continued to take it daily, first as the nasty sour juice and in recent years, the easy to swallow capsules. As soon as she stops, wham the symptoms are back.
Recurrent UTIs are more common in women — particularly post-menopausal women — than men and are generally viewed as a women’s health issue even though they are seldom discussed. Canadian women make around 500,000 visits per year to doctors seeking treatment for a UTI, . The issue generally arises when E. coli living on the skin outside the body manages to enter the urethra, travel to the bladder and cause an infection.
According to Jacqueline Stephens, co-author of the study and an epidemiologist at Flinders University, the prevention of UTIs is vital as untreated infections can migrate to the kidneys and cause more serious complications, including, in rare cases, sepsis.“Most UTIs are effectively — and pretty quickly — treated with antibiotics, sometimes as little as one dose can cure the problem,” Stephens said. “Unfortunately, in some people, UTIs keep coming back.
The research analyzed by the team revealed that cranberries do indeed pack a powerful punch of prevention with few drawbacks. “The vast majority compared cranberry products with a placebo or no treatment for UTI and determined drinking cranberries as a juice or taking capsules reduced the number of UTIs in women with recurrent cases, in children and in people susceptible to UTI’s following medical interventions such as bladder radiotherapy,” Stephens said.
“It’s also important to consider that few people reported any side effects with the most common being tummy pain based on the results. We also did not find enough information to determine if cranberry products are more or less effective compared with antibiotics or probiotics in preventing further UTIs.”
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