Urinary Tract Infection

In the past year or more I have graduated to a three to four Quart enema I do not have a lot of discomfort, except for the occasional cramp, and of course the extreme fullness. I use a common curved nozzle, and take the whole bag in about 15 to 20 minutes, Recently I have developed a UTI I had been feeling a sense of having to urinate more frequently. My question is, Could the quantity be causing some problems, with my balder, and or my prostate,where my urinary tract passes so close to my colon.

Any thoughts would be helpful

EXTREMELY doubtful enemas are causing the bladder infections.

More likely, you are either contaminating yourself masturbating with your enemas, contaminating your lube or have ordinary chronic bladder/prostate infections that are flaring up.

Agree with Susie 100%. Only other thing I could think of would be a fistula between the bladder & rectum or the sigmoid colon. That would be a very rare occurrence.

vapor

A fistula between the intestine and the bladder is more common than one would think. A friend of mine has known about such a thing for a number of years, sometimes he would actually urinate feces and would have constant urinary infections. He would be placed on cipro, a very strong antibiotic. The occurrence would come and go but he finally decided to have the problem corrected.

The first step was to run a camera up the penis into the bladder and locate the fistula, it was cauterized on that end, a catheter put in place for a few days to relieve the pressure. A week later, the fistula opened up again, so now a surgery is planned to close off the fistula from the intestine end, then close it at the bladder, then to remove it. I'm told that the fistula starts with diverticulitis. I will not be a pleasant surgery.

So yes, that can be another source of a urinary tract infection.

the hoseman1

Thanks to everyone for the variety of information, I was on CIPRO now off it, seeing a Urologist going for ultrasound,Thanks for all of the tips.

Hello!

I had UTIs because of an enlarged prostate. What had been a mountain stream turned into a sluggish creek. Four years ago, when things were really terrible my GP sent me off to see a consultant urologist. She turned out to be a bright young woman who made you feel better just by looking at you!

We discussed me having an operation, transurethral resection of the prostate, but the side effects were so unpleasant that, on her advice, I decided to stick with the pills - Tamulosin and Finasteride. I bit the bullet, told her about my enema and colonics regime and asked if this was doing any harm. She responded with a resounding "no"! This was confirmed by my beloved colon hygienist who, in her day job, is a specialist colo-rectal nurse.

More recently I have been for Holmium Laser enucleation of the prostate. The results have been fantastic and two weeks post op I am up and running on all aspects of my life. At present I'm using a 1.75" diameter soft nozzle for my enemas but it won't be too long before I'm back with that wonderful SPD-2.5. retention nozzle.

As Debgirl says "play safe and enjoy"

Get in the habit of drinking lots of water and cranberry juice on a daily basis and see what happens. Perhaps it may not help but there is no harm trying.

I have been been doing enemas on a daily basis for years and have never had a problem with UTI’s even though females are more prone than males. So try this simple suggestion before visiting doctors.

Amy K: I totally agree with the water consumption. However, some recent medical research has put into question the role of cranberry juice on UTI's.

Amy K: I totally agree with the water consumption. However, some recent medical research has put into question the role of cranberry juice on UTI's.

Cranberries have been shown to be of value by reducing the bacteria's ability to adhere to mucus membranes.

Jds4med: Check the recent work done at the Cleveland Clinic.

They're talking about highly processed consumer 'juice' products.

Okay, check article by Dr. Nicolle, University of Manitobe, in the November 8th, 2016, of JAMA.