Merylin, you write -
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Tell mum to drink plain cranberry juice.  Cranberry juice has something in it
that flushes out E Coli from the bladder and save her from this problem.  The
villii that E Coli has is used to stick itself to the bladder wall and to its
colleague E Coli's that are replicating like crazy by the minute in the
bladder.  The Cranberry juice damages/inactivates the villii and so the E Coli
cannot attach itself to the bladder wall or to its pals or to anywhere else
down the urethra and so is flushed away.  Those who have spent their lives in
misery with cystitis or bladder infections, constantly on antibiotics,
sometimes hospitalised, nearly always prisoners in their own homes near a loo
or bed, can now live a normal life again for the first time just because of
this simple remedy - drink Cranberry Juice.  Have a look at the cartons, you
find this in every mix, just go for as plain a type as you can, I drink Ocean
Spray Cranberry Classic.  Oh, and Blueberry Juice does the same, but Cranberry
is superior.  This is no wives tale, just one of those natural wonders.  Have
the mother always drink fluid before intercourse and then pee after
intercourse and always wash/wipe herself down below from front to back after
intercourse and going to the bathroom- the E Coli come from the rectum.  Have
partner wash himself before intercourse.  Both of them should have washed
hands well, and mother to do this automatically after going to the bathroom.
Have the mother relook at her fluid intake, she should hydrate well and not
have dark coloured pee because she is not drinking enough.  Wash towels,
flannels very regularly in hot, hot wash.  Us
Kind regards,
Helen Woodman, National Childbirth Trust Breastfeeding Counsellor