The soft poop allows the bad bacteria to find its way to the bladder causing UTI that takes IV meds to correct it. What ways have others found to harden the poop back up? She’s been taken off all laxatives, and we have Linzess 148mg every other day. I have requested probiotics.
I use a 2 in one, Swanson vitamins is a good source for good quality reasonably priced supplements.
Also more fiber and protein will help regulate texture.
I hope you find something that helps.
Since I learned that my frequent UTIs were caused this way, I have taken a lot more trouble in clean-up and have not had an infection in the last four years. If I get dehydrated, I can have a burning sensation similar to a UTI, but not the lower abdomen pain, and it goes within a couple of hours after drinking a pint of water.
I hope you are successful in coping with this difficult problem.
we are managing mom's frequent recurrence with hydration, a liquid cranberry, dmannose and prebiotic supplement, and cleanliness which isn't easy since she's immobile
periodic soft stool or diarrhea is hard to avoid entirely but the above regime helps plus she eats oatmeal every morning
Did you know that most of the meat purchased in grocery stores has been treated with antibiotics and they are still present when we eat them?
Just curious, because I have seen irritable bowel syndrome healed through pro and prebiotic consumption on a regular basis. The Good Lord has given us all we need to be healthy and it is not necessarily a prescription drug from a doctor. Good gut health can even handle anxiety without drugs. Just my 2 cents.
my theory now is that about a month ago when she become weak and we got her tot he ER find it her sodium was 122, she wasn’t peeing by a couple times a day. I thought UTI, not knowing about sodium, but we were at the ER before checking the urine anyway. We got her fluids and she drank Gatorade and a few days later bounced back. Then when I was able to get a urine sample, she was put on antibiotics, so we had to wait. She finished them about the time this weakness hit her, and during the last two months we have been taking her off the laxatives too since Linzess works so well. So soft poop for a while, and low sodium, so less pee, and I think it all worked toward these bacteria being super happy.
Its all natural without side effects. I used it with my Mom and my family takes 1oz everyday. I personally use for everything, in fact it was a Godsend when I had to have a tooth pulled a few years back. The less prescription meds one takes the better they will be. For every one prescription drug one takes they need 5 more to combat the side effects of the first one. Which at times is worse than the ailment in the first place. Also, you need to drink clean filtered water not tap water which is loaded with drugs. A Berkey water filter is a terrific choice, which offers fluoride filters. Or you could just buy distilled or spring water. I myself drink nothing but distilled water with minerals added back in.
I agree with istherealyreal, the good Lord gave us everything we need in nature to heal ourselves. Wishing you the best!
Does Mom drink coffee? If so cut it out. Same with Apple juice. See what happens. Laxatives can cause a person to become dependent on them.