Urinary Tract Infection

[livingwith]

This whole year has been absolutely rotten for my daughter. She started having serious UTIs around the time she had her first intercourse and has had four of them since. I don’t know if it is a series of different infections or if maybe the same one has just stuck around under the radar and become quite resistant. She’s on cipro right now, which is such a deal with the devil, as maybe it will cure the current infection, but will also kill all the good flora in her intestines and a...Read the full article

[EliseMarie]

Hi Steph, Im sorry to hear your daughter is in so much pain and not up to feeling herself. As for the UTI'S I had also had 4 at the age of 16 because I was also beginging to be sexually active. I kept on with the doctors and I was prescribed apocephalexin and sulfatrim a few times. My doctor also advised me that if my pants or underwear are too tight it may also trigger UTI as well as not urinating when I feel the urge- holding urine (which in highschool some teachers may not allow kids to go to the washroom for certain reasons such as time-wondering in the hallway ect.) Get her to drink lots of water and cranberry juice. As well as soaking in a hot bath with non perfume soaps- that really helped me. Just laying down for a few days with water, juice (unsweetend) and a few tylenol for the pain it will help a great deal. She also needs to check her sleeping patterns and get on the right track because lack of sleep messes up your immune system- maiking it weaker and unable to fight off bacteria. Oh and lots of vitamin c. You may want to see if the doctor or remedy store has a multi vitamin for a girl her age - in a low dose. That will help boost her immune system. Hope I could help.