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Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Amy (Madison, WI) on 04/15/2009
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I found myself feeling like I was getting a Bladder/UTI infection. Anyone who has had one knows the feeling. So I started pounding water and did organic ACV, 1 T. or so in some warm H2O with a T. or so of Raw honey (so I could drink it down quick). Did that a couple of times the first day. Noticed a big difference in a few hours. Tonight I am drinking more water (way more than I normally drink which is at least 8-8oz. glasses a day) and am going to finish drinking a 2 liter of lite cranberry juice. Also had some Organic ACV on my salad tonight with dinner. Making a big difference. Tomorrow am going to get some acidophiles (ran out of time today). I heard though to stay away from sugar and sweets because it makes the infection worse. So I am not overdoing it on the honey. Anyone else have any advice for this?
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Posted by Janet (Cornwall, Ontario Canada) on 04/07/2009
Apple Cidar Vinegar for UTI. This makes sense, yes it is due to the PH level, I am going to try this. I also want ed to ask the lady who said her son's ear infection were cured by garlic???? How so and what do you do for this? PH level are so important, and baking soda, I have been told works to......my Mother use to wash my hair with Apple Cidar Vinigar, she said it restored your healthy shine, she also said it was good to drink, because it restored your body's natural levels....hmmm maybe Momma knew what she was talking about...I will be sure to mention it to her too, Mother's do know best! THANKS, will get back to see if it worked....the thing is I don't have an actual infection more a irritation, which I do get after intercourse, not to be to graphic, but especially after oral, I am wondering if it is just a uproot in my natural enviro....also male sperm is Alkaline....so it makes me wonder if it just throws my PH levels off........I am not sure....going to TRY! THANKS!
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Posted by Katina (Arnold, Missouri) on 03/19/2009
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I drank a small glass of water with a couple of tablesppons of Apple Cider Vinegar. 3 days of antibiotics and I was still hunched oveer in pain with a uti. I drank the water with my meal and by the time I got up to do the dishes the pain was gone. A couple of days later my urine was clear. Thank you so much.
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Posted by Kim (Gaffney, SC) on 03/14/2009
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Hi everyone, I also use ACV for bladder infections. Just had one a couple of weeks ago. I drink as much of it straight as I can stand. I would say 1/4 cup at a time every couple hours. Let that sit in your stomach a little while 1/2 hour, then drink a full glass of water. It is horrible but the reward is amazing. By the next morning it is gone. You can also do the tablespoon in your water several times a day but when I do that the symtoms usually last for three days.
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Posted by Tamara (Santa Barbara, California, CA) on 03/07/2009
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ACV is instantaneous! I knew I was in trouble this morning and being a Saturday I knew I would sit all day in urgent care. I was already drinking a strong solution of unsweetened cranberry and pure water--half and half. Then I read your site but didn't think I had any ACV--I got the flashlight out and there was a bottle in the back of the cabinet. I got a soft cloth, wet it with warm water and added about a tablespoon of ACV and wrung the sloth out. Then I applied the cloth to my poor burning urethra --just holding it there--and immediate relief! After that I have taken 8oz of water with 2 tbsp of ACV and we'll see what it does. I also took a fem-dophilus. It is just plain old ACV from the grocery store not the health food store kind. I'll keep you posted!
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Posted by Ann (Underhill Center, VT) on 03/03/2009
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After 8 months of reocurring bladder infection/irritation I began taking ACV for my varicose veins. To my surprise, my bladder symptoms almost stopped. I am looking for any other measures I can take to increase my bladder health. IN the last three months I never got a full-blown infection but just a constant feeling of irritation.
Thank you!
Annie
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Posted by Rbec09 (Nsw, Australia) on 02/09/2009
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One spoon of acv 3 times a day will help me to relieve my urinary tract infection. Then after 3 days of using it, i noticed that my urine was clear .cleared my urinary tract infection. its amazing.
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Posted by Valtrude (Gold Coast , Australia) on 02/02/2009
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I had a bladder infection which came on suddenly and servearly, I went on the web and found a feedbach of a woman. I immediately tried it whith the ACV I have in my pantry bought in supermarket and after 2 glasses it was gone, no trace of it back. Being desperate I put a shot glas of vinegar in a 8 ounce water glas and gulped it, another in half an hour. Gone. I use this vinegar in my salad dressing so I don't find it discusting. Also my allergies have dissappeared and my reflux problems seem to have gone. I since have taken a glas mid morning and mid afternoon. Regards Valtrude
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Posted by Deanna (Nashville, TN) on 02/01/2009
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ACV and my bladder infection: In the past I had tried ACV for an ulcer and it significantly eased the pain. I have recently become more frequent in the number of bladder infections I was getting, from maybe one a year to 3 or 4. This stuff is amazing. I just wonder what all else this stuff can do for people that we don't even know yet. I used about 2 tablesponns to a 12oz bottle of water. Feel sooo much better. To urinate is a good thing :) This website is awesome Thanks so much.
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Posted by Charlene (Tucson, Arizona) on 01/17/2009
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I GOT UTI/BLADDER INFECTION RELIEF USING APPLE CIDER VINEGAR! I added 2-4 tbls, of ACV to 8 oz., cold filtered water and felt relief after drinking the concoction! It took about 16 hours before I felt a lot better! The problem I had is that the mixture was so awful tasting that I got pretty severe nausea while drinking it! I even threw up a little from it! IT'S THAT GROSS!!! Next time I am going to drink a teaspoon of ACV straight up at the very first signs of possible infection.
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Posted by Sarah (Portland, OR) on 01/20/2009
If you drink ACV straight it may cause and upset stomach and digestive distress. It's best to mix it with water. If the taste is too horrible you can mix honey with it, but for a UTI honey probably isn't the best idea due to the sugar.
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Posted by Tahsha (Or) on 05/28/2018
Unless you're hypoglycemic!! Then it's bad for you!
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Posted by TONI (LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA) on 03/19/2009
Make sure you only take teaspoonful with water at a time.
P.S. I really don't know the best dose but I heard it is good to use teaspoon and water?
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Posted by Danielle (Cranston, RI, USA) on 01/03/2009
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I woke up this morning with a really bad bladder infection. I looked up home remedies for a UTI and came across this site. I took a shot glass and poured ACV from Whole Foods in it and then poured that into a water bottle full of cold water. I then chugged the whole thing and ate a few fresh strawberries to get the taste out of my mouth! Anyways, within 20min I already felt better and went back to sleep. I woke up two hours later and had no bladder pain at all! When I urinated the pain was completely gone. Thank you SO much everyone! I will now be drinking ACV everyday after reading this site and experiencing the benefits first hand! God Bless all of you!
Best Wishes,
Danielle <3
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Posted by Donna (Port Huron, MI, USA) on 12/15/2008
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To those of you who commented that you soaked in a tub with a solution of ACV because of a urinary infection, and another who used a cotton ball and applied the ACV that way, I have done something simpler that worked almost immediately (for females).
For a few years, I was getting terribly painful urinary infections. I would need medication and I would be off work for at least 3 days and in pain for at least a week. I am talking screaming pain here. It was horrible.
I woke up in the middle of the night with another infection and knew that I would need to go to Emergency. I did not want to wake my husband up for another hour or two so he could take me to Emergency and go straight to work. So in desperation, I went to my books to see if there was anything I could do to relieve the pain temporarily. In a book on Water Therapy, I found instructions for an ACV/water douche. Fortunately, I had a set as part of a hot water bottle kit.
I tried it; the burning pain left almost instantly and I fell asleep. In the morning, the infection was completely gone. I didn't even have discomfort. I have not had a urinary infection since then (more than 30 years). At the first sign, I use ACV solution. I take it in my first aid kit when I travel or go backpacking in the bush. It is remarkable. Under those circumstances, when I travel light, I just use a facecloth soaked in the warm solution.
You are right; ACV is probably the most amazing of all remedies.
My father began taking it with honey in his 50's and never had another cold despite the cold MidWest winters.
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Posted by Janet (Cornwall, Ontario Canada) on 04/08/2009
I went to the local health food store and I bought [...] apple cidar vinigar [...]. I have just drank two teaspoons in 10 ounces of water and I have tested my urin PH level and it went from 5.8 to 6.8 and I have no more uerthera burning.....I will see if this makes thing better I will keep at it tomorrow as well, I had posted earlier about the old wives tales, having much TRUTH I believe. I hope this continues to work, like I said I will continue with it tomorrow too, and I have also started eating raw carrots and celery and apples, which are all great too, to help this problem.......and some pure cranberry and dandelion and juniper mixed together for a natural light diuretic effect to help flush the out everything. ACV, also is a natural buffer which helps relieve the body of toxins to my understanding and has GREAT anitbacterial effect in it and strong sertilzation effect too, so in other words makes for a wonderful bacterial killer, GOOD thing....I hope keeps working!
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Posted by Lori (Hammond, Indiana) on 11/26/2008
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For about 2 yrs. I've been suffering from UTI's/Bladder Infections and most recently, Yeast Infections. I have been to the ER I don't know how many times, then I found a dr. that deals in that. I kept having UTI's and Bladder Infections and he kept prescribing my antiboitics, it got to the point where the antiboitics stopped working, I recently tried the ACV and I feel so much better! It really works. If I knew about this a long time ago it would of saved me a lot of trips to the ER. And I also love the added things it does for me, I have A TON of energy, my hair looks and feels a lot better, I went for a check-up last Monday and I lost 4 lbs. and I wasn't even trying. Trust me ladies, u should try the ACV!
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Posted by Wendy (A very small town, USA) on 11/03/2008
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I had a problem with frequent UTI's due to bladder retention. Nothing ever suggested to me prevented them and I've tried everything. My Doctor even wanted to put me on a low dose daily antibiotics. A friend sent my this web site thank God! Felt a difference the first day! The first day I probably went a little overboard taking a straight shot of ACV then drinking 2tbs of ACV per glass of water all through out the day. Now I take a maintenance dose of 2TBS per glass of water three times per day. So far so good. I'll update if there are any changes.
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Posted by Hannes (Mirabel, Quebec, Canada) on 11/08/2008
I have large scale retention problems causing bladder infections. ACV worked very well. But to fix the underlaying cause which is retention, I am heading for surgery next month. I was informed that with a high level of retention I'm facing deterioration of bladder and it's function and that extended backpressure due to inadequate urine flow or blockage may eventually lead to kidney problems. I decided not to let that develop. Hope my experience gives you some useful info.
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Posted by Hannes (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) on 11/20/2008
Wendy, I put an update on maintenance under my section that might interest you. Can you share your experience with maintenance, so far.
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Posted by Anne (MN, US) on 10/29/2008
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Bladder infection (to the point of bleeding)
A lot of Water as well as cranberry juice (no sugars) mixed with Apple cider vinegar works very well, but you have to drink a lot of all of them. It was gone within 3-5 days. (If you are bleeding do this still, I've bled with the infection and this really helped me. Be persistent with it.)
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Posted by Christina (somewhere, N.Carolina) on 11/02/2008
Just thought you should know that the antibiotic called Cipro causes seizures. My sister took it for a UTI & 3 or 4 months{yes,months!} later she had a seizure from it & spent a week in the hospital! If you look up Cipro online, you'll see all the side effects. They are trying to take it off the market and there are law suits pending. My sister has to take meds. for 6 months to prevent more seizures. I hope this helps...
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Posted by Hannes (Mirabel, Quebec, Canada) on 11/07/2008
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UPDATE: In my case, ACV worked very well both to kill a 4th recurring infection and then, on maintenence dose, to keep recurrance away (in spite of higher risks due to self catherderizing). As a matter of caution, I checked the kidney area daily while curing, by bouncing the wrists into the back side where the kidneys reside, assuring no pain developed and and also checked temperature; the warning is clear: Bladder infections, if treated ineffectively, can lead to kidney infections (requiring immediate professional emergency actions) and may lead to kidney failure and even shut-down!
I'm glad I found this site and thrilled that for me ACV works so well, considering a reply from Christina regarding Cipro.
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Posted by London (Sandusky, Ohio ) on 11/10/2008
That's crazy that Cipro causes seizures. I just googled it. Wow. It did give me yet another raging yeast infection, though.
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Posted by Hannes (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) on 11/20/2008
UPDATE on maintenence: Just before week-end I got sloppy with my maintenence dose intake and also got exerted physically. By early week I had the next bladder infection going as confirmed by chem strip test. This time it took more time and higher amounts of ACV than ever before to get the infection in check; it's still not totally cleared although most symptoms have subsided. So I am wondering if, by using longer term AVC maintenance doses, one runs a risk of developing an ACV-resistant bacteria culture! I now think more needs to be learned about maintenance usage.
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Posted by B (NY, NY) on 05/22/2009
That is because, it has been reported, hospitals reuse catheders.
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Posted by Anonymous (Anonymous, USA) on 05/23/2009
Doesn't CIPRO cause fluoride poisoning?
EC: According to Jason Uttley, Cipro does indeed cause fluoride poisoning. Read his fantastic article on our fibromyalgia page.
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Posted by London (Sandusky, Ohio ) on 10/25/2008
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UPDATE. OK guys, I ended having to go to the hospital with a mild kidney infection, and getting Cipro- antibiotics. Now, I'm not saying apple cider vinegar does not work, I believe it does. It helped me with the pain, and staved it off for awhile, but my infection I think, had gone on too long, and was too much, and too advanced for the vinegar cure. Vinegar does work, (and I'm all about for curing yourself independently), for milder cases, but, if you really think you may be having a serious problem, like (Fever, chills), go to the emergency room, and get a taken care of.
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Posted by Ecfan99 (Everywhere, Usa) on 03/29/2012
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I took ACV for a UTI within an hour of realizing I had one. The ACV helped with the symptoms (constant feeling of having to pee, major discomfort, pain) within hours, thank goodness. Kept the ACV up for 3 days. But ended up with a kidney infection and doubled over in pain. Got into the doctor ASAP, and am now on antibiotics. I will use ACV again for symptoms, but will get to the doctor as soon as possible next time to prevent spreading.
