Can cystitis and thrush be linked?
If you suffer from both recurring thrush and cystitis, or find that when you develop one, the other follows soon after, you’ll know how frustrating it can be.
Find out what the link isCranberry has been shown to counter the ease with which bacteria adhere to the surface of the bladder lining. This makes it harder for them to establish themselves in the bladder and cause infections.
Products containing Cranberry are therefore favoured for prevention of bladder infections. Most people prefer to take a supplement containing cranberry to drinking cranberry juice or eating cranberries because pure cranberries are extremely tart in flavour, and making them more palatable involves the addition quantities of refined sugar, which in itself promotes infections.
Uva-ursi is a herbal remedy that has a remarkable effect on the bladder. It is bladder-specific, in that it works specifically in the bladder rather than anywhere else in the body.
Uva-ursi travels through the body without doing anything, until it reaches the bladder. There it changes its chemical structure, being hydrolysed to produce a substance called hydroquinone that disinfects the bladder. This disinfecting action is not commonly accompanied by any side effects and it does not cause thrush.
For this reason Uva-ursi is popular for dealing with attacks of cystitis and for women who have suffered from recurrent urinary tract infections.
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If you suffer from both recurring thrush and cystitis, or find that when you develop one, the other follows soon after, you’ll know how frustrating it can be.
Find out what the link isEmma our women's health advisor recommends Uva-ursi & Echinacea complex to help ease symptoms of cystitis and Cranberry Complex to maintain bladder health.
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