Cystitis

[BridgetBidet]

I've had terrible cystitis regularly since my teens. I had it almost constantly throughout my pregnancy, it caused complications which led my placenta to abrupt and an emergency c-section. I'm still getting it 8 months on from the birth too.

I wear clean cotton pants and don't use strong fragranced soaps to wash down there.

Has anybody ever found a solution to preventing recurrences of cystitis when you're prone? I'm getting to the end of my tether with it, it's horrible.

Drinking cranberry juice when you have not got an infection helps but not when you have cystitis, also I take a probiotic once a day and have not had an infection for two months now which believe me is a record!

I went on a long term ant biotic which stopped the regular attacks. Then drink pleanty of water, plenty of rest, wash before/after sex etcetc

I used to get cystitis attacks at least every few months and Waterfall D Mannose has completely got rid of it. I am evangelical about it and wish it was available on the NHS!! Google it or look for "Sweet Cures of York" that's their main supplier. Good luck OP, I really sympathise especially about your complications in pregnancy, how awful

Just to get on my soapbox for a second it makes me really cross that cystitis isn't taken seriously by the medical profession. It is so miserably painful and so many times I was fobbed off with "just drink some cranberry juice" or two days of antibiotics that didn't even work, then an attitude of "well it's just one of those things women get, sucks for you." I feel like if men got cystitis then millions of pounds would be diverted to find an immediate cure! (Okay that's a bit unreasonable but it makes me so angry!)