Bladder problems
Article notes from
Gotta go by Bonnie Liebman in Nutrition Action 3/2023
Incontinence, dribbling, incomplete emptying, difficulty stopping or starting
Over 60% of women have symptoms
Women- childbirth, menopause, hormone changes
Men-enlarged prostate BHP, prostate cancer & treatment
Both- obesity, diabetes, diuretics for blood pressure & other meds
For men surgery, radiation,
Occasionally squeezing pelvic muscles (the ones used to stop/hold urination) as hard as possible five times very quickly may reduce bladder problems by 70% or more
If a problem during sleep avoid liquids 3 hours before bed
Drug therapies less effective & may damage the prostate and/or bladder
If more than exercise is needed & problem is physical blockage, Urolift uses implants to hold the pathway open & Rezum uses water to remove blocking prostate tissue
UTIs
Antibiotics breed deadly antibiotic resistance, & fluoroquinolones tendon damage & other serious side effects
In two studies d-mannose, the no calorie sugar in cranberries, was 85% effective against UTIs
Drinking over 6 cups of water may reduce incidence by 50%
Post menopause vaginal estrogen cream may reduceUTIs, bioidentical may be safest
Gotta go by Bonnie Liebman in Nutrition Action 3/2023
Fluoroquinolones (generic names end in -acin) that can cause tendons to rupture
Avelox, Cipro, Levaquin, Maxaquin, Noroxin, Tequin
