Healing Foods and Herbs for UTI and Bladder Infection

While it is more men who tend to develop kidney stones, women have the higher rates of urinary tract infections. Bladder infections affect one million Americans, 90 percent of these women, and are the most common cause of women seeking medical attention. Bladder incontinence affects 13 million American adults each year.

Your urinary tract includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Of these organs, infections of the bladder are the most common problem. You pretty much know you have a bladder infection when you experience

A burning sensation when you urinate.
A feeling to urinate constantly.
The urge to urinate but cannot.
Leaking urine.
Urine that is cloudy, dark, or bloody.

A women’s urethra is shorter than a man’s, giving bacteria a shorter distance to reach the bladder. Another problem is that the urethra is located close to a woman’s rectum, where bacteria can easily move up the urethra and enter the bladder. Not the most pleasant experience, although not as painful as kidney stones, bladder infections can be treated holistically with herbs and tinctures.

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Faith B.

3:54PM PDT on May 16, 2012

thanks for the article

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Josha N.

10:45AM PDT on May 15, 2012

Thanks a lot. I didn't know you don't always have to take antibiotics when you have a UTI.

Lin M.

8:51AM PDT on May 15, 2012

I take magnesium because I am low in that. I didn't know it did anything for the bladder but glad it does.

KS G.

7:33PM PDT on Mar 23, 2012

Thanks for the article.

Richard S.

6:11PM PST on Feb 9, 2012

good info

Michele W.

3:18PM PDT on Oct 20, 2011

Thank you

Tim C.

9:14AM PDT on Oct 20, 2011

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Emily D.

5:42PM PDT on Sep 1, 2011

interesting

sandra m.

2:10PM PDT on Aug 27, 2011

Chrissy W.

9:01PM PDT on Aug 22, 2011

I take a cranberry supplement called ellura and it has made a HUGE difference for me. I am prone to getting UTIs and since I started taking it, I have maintained a healthy urinary tract.