Blaine, the best treatment is prevention. Do you cath? If so, look at the cleanliness of the procedure.
I change my Foley myself under rather clean, but not sterile, conditions. I used to frequently get UTI's. Under the same changing conditions, I have not had an UTI for over a year, maybe longer. I do not take any medications for UTI's. [I do take both Lasix/furosemide and Aldactone/spironolactone to lower my retained fluids. Drinking HELPs to lower my retained fluids.] I drink 10 ounces of 27% cranberry juice every morning. I drink another 15 glasses of water every day. Not counted is the water content of all the fruit and vegetables that I eat. If I walked, I would slosh. The color of your urine is a measure of sufficiency of water consumption. Pale lemon juice is the objective. If it is darker than that, drink. I do have a harmless colony of pseudomonas in my urethra because it gets very little flushing, only a few cc's every two weeks. It doesn't make headway in the bladder. [Pseudomonas color the colonized surface a bright blue/green. Through the rubber extension hose the colony appears olive drab ugly.] Occasionally the urine is a bit cloudy, an indication of bacteria, but it doesn't last more than a day or two. How does this schedule work? Mostly by constantly flushing the bladder. But the colony in the hose is evidence of another mechanism as well. I believe the cranberry juice and the bladder lining have some sort of cooperation going. Whatever, it works. Alton, sloshing in New Hampshire
