Taking the pee? Cranberry juice fails to cut it

Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine ^ | Aug 24, 2009 | Unknown

[decimon]

No, I don't think Kathleen Wets composed the headline. Probably someone at Eureka Alert.

[Vigilantcitizen]

I wonder if the vodka I put in my cranberry juice helps?

[trisham]

Cranberry juice works very well, but not as a preventative. It's best used once symptoms begin.

[listenhillary]

People are going to be wee weed up over this.

[Sloth]

Now, let’s not get all wee-weed up about this.

[trisham]

Absolutely. :)

[Andyman]

Al I can say is cranberry juice works for my wife.

[webschooner]

it prolly helps you forget your problems, LOL.

[netmilsmom]

My daughter has a tipped kidney. It will straighten out when she goes through puberty and is hereditary.

Cranberry juice may not work for anyone else, but it works for her. We’ve tried different kinds of juice, tons of water and even lemonade.

Cranberry juice and avoiding bubble baths are all that keep her from UTIs.

[decimon]

Al I can say is cranberry juice works for my wife.

I'm glad it works for your wife. And don't call me Al. ;-)

[Drew68]

I wonder if the vodka I put in my cranberry juice helps?

Indeed. It makes the urinary tract infection a little less painful.

[trisham]

And don't call me Al. ;-)

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Surely you didn't take offence to that.

[svcw]

Huh? Never heard cranberry juice prevents UTI but every woman I know that has had an infection or feels one coming on has great improvement when they start pushing the juice.
I think docs just don't like the possibility that there maybe natural helps and possibly cures, instead of meds.

[Larry Lucido]

[Malsua]

Cranberry juice works. No doubt about it.

[Lazamataz]

If I got with her, I suspect — counter to the title of this thread — that I’d have a much harder time peeing.

[windcliff]

Works for me.

[listenhillary]

Looks like she’s already had three guys and she’s all red and splotchy.

[Sloth]

I suppose “Do You Have to Let it Linger?” could make a good PSA jingle to encourage people to get prompt attention for their UTIs.

[SC DOC]

Never heard cranberry juice prevents UTI but every woman I know that has had an infection or feels one coming on has great improvement when they start pushing the juice.

Cranberry juice does not prevent UTI, nor treat UTI, but does make the symptoms better. I recommend cranberry capsules (found in the vitamin section of pharmacies) to my patients receiving radiation to the pelvis which sometimes irritates the bladder causing UTI symptoms. The capsules have a greater concentration of the active ingredient of cranberries which acts as a mild anesthetic to the bladder mucosa. Cranberry juice also helps, but you would have to drink gallons per day to get the same effect.