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How the hell did ancient peoples deal with UTIs, did they just die?

3:49 PM · Dec 15, 2019

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Yes. But seriously... check out D-Mannose. It’s a simple sugar that mimics the structure of bladder lining cells so bacteria stick to its molecules instead of you, and get flushed out more easily. Utterly transformational if you’re a regular sufferer

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Only works on e-coli apparently, but that’s the bacteria behind ~80% of UTIs. I went from needing antibiotics nearly every month to only once in the past 4 years.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

D-mannose: a promising support for acute urinary tract infections in women. A pilot study - PubMed

The results of this study suggest that D-mannose can be an effective aid in acute cystitis management and also a successful prophylactic agent in a selected population; however, more studies will...

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Ian Miles Cheong

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Yes.

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Katherine Champagne

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😱😳 “Management included hospitalization, bed rest, attention to diet, plasters, narcotics, herbal enemas and douches, judicious bleeding (direct bleeding, cupping and leeches), and surgery for stones, abscess and retention.“

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Management of urinary tract infections: historical perspective and current strategies: Part...

Treatments for UTI until the discovery of antibiotics were largely palliative because the bacterial origin of UTI was not recognized and no specific antimicrobial therapies were available.

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Cranberry festivals.

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@adrianbdwalker

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Toga was loose fitting for a reason.

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Yes. That’s why until early 1900s the average life span was 42 years for women and 38 for men