Recurrent Uti And Itching.

[Gavmacp]

My mother gets recurrent UTI and vaginal itching.
She has seen many GP's but has not had a definitive diagnosis.
So my questions are
When creams say external use do they mean just inside the vagina I did ask a pharmacist but they did not know?
What fruit juices could she drink that may prevent this?
Would she benefit from trying to do pelvic floor exercises?
She wears pads and I suspect that this may contribute to the problems.
Anything else that I may of forgotten to ask.

[anneasquith]

thrush ?

[Gavmacp]

My mother has seen many GP's and they have never made a definitive diagnosis. I have done a lot of research and woman can suffer a myriad of problems. I think she has to bite the bullet and get more investigations.

[ummmm]

External use means outside. It relieves the itching. It's not suppose to go inside.

Apparently cranberry juice is good for water infections.

Also natural yogurt has been recommended.

[Sqad]

\\\\\When creams say external use do they mean just inside the vagina I \\\

Depends......almost certainly YES, but try it as one may be sensitive , particularly to the creams, but in the majority of cases YES>

\\What fruit juices could she drink that may prevent this? \\

Cranberry Juice....so they say....I don't believe it. No juices will make any difference.

/////Would she benefit from trying to do pelvic floor exercises? ///

If she has a degree of prolapse of the uterus or stress incontinence ( leaks when she laughs or coughs) then yes.......otherwise no.

\\\\She wears pads and I suspect that this may contribute to the problems.///

It might....but what is the alternative?

[Sqad]

\\\\\When creams say external use do they mean just inside the vagina I did ask a pharmacist but they did not know? \\\\

Confusing wording.

My answer is external creams can be used inside the vagina......but try first to exclude an exaggerated reaction.

[anneasquith]

external, outside the vagina. internal. eg pessary.

[Gavmacp]

Thank you all!

[ladyalex]

Has she been checked for diabetes?

[Eve]

Has she had any swabs done? I assume she has had urine samples sent off to a lab to check too?

Does she have a main GP she can talk it all through with in case she is just getting treated as they come rather than it being looked at as a recurrent problem?