Urinary Tract Infections How To Cure and Get Rid Off Them

UTIs are quite common in people of all ages and, as many other infections, a great percentage of people will get one at some point in their life. UTIs are statistically shown to affect more women than men. It is thought that the reason for this is the shorter Urethra in women, which is thus an easier entrance for pathogenic organisms.

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that can affect the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or the urethra. The Urinary Tract is generally divided into an Upper and Lower. The lower UT consists of the Urethra and the Bladder and the upper consists of the Kidneys and Ureters.

As a rule, the farther up in the urinary tract the infection is located, the more serious it is. Simple infections occur in healthy urinary tracts at some point or another, but they are easily treated or heal on their own without complications.

Urinary tract infections are much more common in adults than in children, however, when children have persistent symptoms/ complaints of UTIs they shouldn't be ignored, especially in very young children.

Causes for Urinary Tract Infections

The most common causes are poor hygiene and sexual transmission. The most common UTIs agent is E. coli. Fungi can also embed themselves in the Urinary Tract, if you have a Candida overgrowth in your intestines and reproductive organs it can spread and enter the Urethra. All patoghens causing UTIs enter through the Urethra and travel up the UT reaching the bladder, the ureters and the kindeys.That is why one preventive measure is drinking plenty of water and flushing it out regularly.

Most susceptible to UTIs are people with kidney stones, with medical conditions that obstruct complete bladder emptying. People with weakened immune system, immune system disorders and/ or people regularly intaking immunesupressants or antibiotics. Women in menopause are also considered at higher risk of UTIs, as well as men with enlarged prostate.

Urinary Tract Infections Symptoms

The symptoms for UTIs can include:

• Dysuria - pain and/ or burning during urination.
• Sensation of needing to urinate urgently, when the amount of urine does not respond adequately to this urgency.
• Sensation that you have more urine in your bladder than you actually flush out.
• Cloudy, bad-smelling, or bloody urine.
• Chills and/ or Fevers - mild and high.
• Low mood levels, lethargy, poor apetite.
• Nausea

Other symptoms may also be present such as vomiting, diarrhea.. The symptoms associated with UTIs are quite relative and can be associated with a wide variety of other health conditions. That is why testing yourself for UTIs is an important step before taking steps to treatment. Usually urine sample is taken for testing. Testing yourself is important, especially if you haven't been diagnosed with UTIs before and you don't know what is causing your symptoms.

UTIs can be chronic and return repeatedly after treatment. If you suffer from repeating Urinary Tract Infections and you know that sexual transmission is not the cause, then what you need to do in order to fight off UTIs for good is strengthten your Immune System.

You need to supply yourself the following supplements:

• Eleuthero

• Echinacea

• Cranberry

• D-Mannose

• Rhodiola (for menopausal women)

You need not to intake them all at once, but a combination of them. Eleuthero and Echinacea are powerful immune boosters. Cranberries and D-Mannose are essential in clearing your Urinary Tract. Rhodiola is adaptogenic herb and helps your immune system fight infections.

D-Mannoseis the highlight in curing chronic UTIs. It is poorly metabolized in the body and most of it is excreted in the urine. In the process, D-Mannose molecules push out foreign pathogens out of your bladder and urethra along with the urine. It is highly effective!

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Be well and be healthy!

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