Treatments for Curing Refractory Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common disease in clinic. Patients with this disease have the symptoms of painful urination, urinary frequency and urgency, dripping after urinating. It’s commonly happened to women. However, as the increasing social activities of males in modern life,  the frequent drinking alcohol and irregular lifestyle lead to the decrease of the immunity of human body . it the main factor that cause the increase of men with UTI. 

 

Antibiotics for UTI

 

The cause of UTI is mainly infected by escherichia coli through retrograde urinary tract. The standard treatment is take the first urine in the morning as a middle urine culture. According to susceptibility test results, the doctor will choose a suitable antibiotic to cure the disease for 7 to 10 days. Three days after discontinuation of antibiotics, take consecutive urine culture for twice and the result shows negative which can be confirmed as clinical cure. However, some patients think it’s too troublesome, so they take the antibiotics treatment directly without urine culture. After 3 to 5 days’  treatment, the symptoms are relieved. They stop taking the drugs themselves without any examination and cause the disease becomes intractable and lingering or lead to the frequent recurrence of the disease. For male patients, if the treatment is not standard, it can cause bacterial prostatitis.  

 

TCM for UTI

 

In TCM (Traditional Chinese medicine), UTI is known as stranguria. The primary reason why it’s hard to cure is that the bladder is being infected, the local blood and Qi clogged and lead to the decreased resistance of bladder mucosa. The thinking of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of treating the disease is not only to inhibit the reproduction of bacteria, to improve the ability to resist adhesive of bladder mucosa is more important. It can promote the circulation of local blood and Qi to eliminate the symptoms. Patients who have taken varieties of antibiotics for curing refractory UTI should stop using them. TCM can also make the urine culture turn to negative. The Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill is one of the herbal medicines which has already cured many male sufferers with refractory UTI. Because of it’s natural formula, it has no drug resistance like antibiotics and do no harm to the body. So patients needn’t to worry about anything during the treatment. It can cure the disease from its root so that it can’t recur. 

 

Compared with the two treatments above, you can choose a suitable one to cure your intractable UTI. There is no doubt that antibiotics are quick and efficient on curing the disease, but we can’t ignore its side effects. If the drug resistance come out, the antibiotic you take will no longer take effect so that the disease can’t be cured completely. Under this condition, you’d better change you treatment. TCM may be a worth-trying treatment for you.