If you see something that claims it is a cure, you might want to skip it. Instead, look for things that can help with your symptoms, but make sure your doctor knows what you are doing.
Some of these natural remedies can help you put your Crohn's into remission, and that may seem like a cure, but it is likely that this chronic condition will flare up at one point or another in your life until a true cure is one day found.
One of the first natural remedies you can try to help reduce symptoms would be to alter what you eat by following the Specific Carb diet. It is important that you talk to your doctor before you start this, as you may already be having problems with getting nutrients from your food, and this can make that worse. This diet asks you to give up vegetables, foods with preservatives, milk and related milk products, most oats and grains, and sugar. This leaves you with little choice, but you can have fresh cuts of meats and you can have many fruits. It is a lot to give up, but if it works for you, you may be happy to do it.
Another of the natural cures is to take specific herbs to reduce inflammation. These can be dangerous if mixed with some prescriptions, so talk to your doctor before you take anything. If these can succeed in reducing your inflammation, you might find many of your symptoms are going to go away. Another natural option you can try is acupuncture. The main mission behind acupuncture for Crohn's is to stimulate the points on the body that relate to the digestive system to promote self healing along with the points related to immunity to give your immune system a boost.
Two other types of natural remedies are stress relief and help with depression. Though stress is not a cause of Crohn's, it can be a trigger for a flare up. You can learn many approaches to help you relax, and these things might help improve quality of life. Activities such as yoga are great at encouraging relaxtion, and you can also employ many different breathing techniques when you are feeling under pressure. Depression is a common problem when flare-ups are bad, as they can make life difficult. You can find someone to talk to about your feelings, and you can also begin an exercise program that might also help alleviate depression.
Just because there are no natural cures for Crohn's disease does not mean there won't be one some time in the future. There might also be a medical cure, but for the time being, you can only control the root problem of inflammation, and try to lessen the severity of the symptoms that come with it.
No matter what you want to try, natural or not, you should always make sure your medical doctor knows what you are doing so that they can keep an eye on your level of nutrition. This is already a problem for Crohn's patients, and could be made worse with some of these natural cures for Crohn s disease. Find a doctor that will work with you when you want to try natural remedies, and keep up with your medical treatments as well.
Natural Cures For Disease
It usually begins with urethritis (inflammation of the urethra…the connective vessel between the bladder and the exit of the body. Doctors often refer to either cystitis and urethritis as Urinary Tract Infection, or UTI.
Sometimes the infection (if left untreated) the infection can reach the kidney and the result is a very unpleasant and dangerous illness called pyelonephritis.
Cystitis Statistics
Cystitis is common that half of all adult women will experience at least one bought of painful urination, called dysuria.
Most of these cases will be a bacterial UTI. Of all women that get UTI, at least 90% will suffer it again.
How Women Get Cystitis
Almost all of the cases of Cystitis begin as ascending infections. That means the disease agents will enter the body through the urethra and then travel upward to the bladder.
As the female urethra is very short, only 25 to 50 mm in length, this is a short trip for bacteria to get to the bladder.
The guilty culprits in UTI are overwhelmingly E.Coli (plentiful in the anus) but also many strains of Staphylococcus.
Causes of Cystitis
Poor personal hygiene. Bacteria from the anus or vaginal come in contact with the urethra.
Recurrent UTI. Once infected, women usually suffer other occurrences.
Multiple sexual partners. Women with more than one partner will contract UTI more frequently than those with only one partner.
A very short urethra
Diabetes
Chronic dehydration
Vaginitis (bacterial infections of the vagina, whose secretions reach the urethra)
Symptoms of Cystitis
The first symptoms of cystitis in women are pain with urination, or dysuria, with an urgency to urinate.
Frequent urination is also present.
Other symptoms include fever, pain in the lower back and legs, chills with trembling and sometimes nausea. The worse the symptoms are, the more the chance the infection has reached the kidneys..
Medications
Today’s treatment of cystitis includes the use of antibiotics, and some medications to alleviate the pain in urination. Some cases even require surgery.
The Mighty Cranberry
The aim is not to contract cystitis. To do this, you need to make the environment in the bladder hostile to the known invaders.
This is done mainly by drinking lots of water daily, and having a daily dose (or more) of unsweetened cranberry juice.
The natural composition of the cranberry makes the walls of the bladder very difficult for the bacteria to attach to, and thus they cannot grow.
When they are already there, the introduction of cranberry juice (having passed through the kidneys) disturbs the bacteria colonies and they tend to wash out with the urine.
Along with drinking cranberry juice, you can keep cystitis at bay by:
• drinking large amounts of fluid
• Urinating frequently, and especially after making love
• Care in the regular cleansing of the urethra and adjoining areas
• Wiping one way (from the vagina towards the anus) after urination and defecation.
Use the above tips to combat Cystitis. This article is for general advice so please make sure you seek medical advice on your condition.
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