Urinary tract infection

I have given myself a few enemas this past year, and twice I have ended up with a urinary tract infection. I thought I was being careful to avoid contact, but is there something else I can do to prevent this from happening again? I find I get quite stimulated from them and enjoy a nice bit of masturbation, but if a UTI is to follow... No Thank You 😜

^^^^ Watch the splashing of expelled solution and be careful of how you wipe and touch yourself. Wash your entire vulva and vaginal area well.

First of all if your masturbating with your fingers, wash your hands prior to masturbating..The commercial hand cleaners that are avaliable are good for this..Otherwise use a digital vibrator, again cleansed prior to use...some women are very supectable to UTI's and its not the actual enema, its just not proper personal hygine that can cause it..

I've known people who have developed UTI's from oral sex..the mouth has a lot of "nasty" bacteria in it, and we just don't think of that..

Michael2

Enemay, do you get a lot of "splash" when you discharge your enemas? Why don't you try folding a damp washcloth & place it over your delicate female parts when you discharge your water? Some ladies [like my wife] seem to get a uti from almost anything. It is a constant battle trying to prevent them.

Always wash up after enemas to be safe and clean

A girlfriend of mine has suffered from several UT Is over the past eight months or so. She's had five surgeries on her ankle and is on pain medicine, which can be constipating. I suspect that they're caused by the enemas she takes for her chronic constipation. She doesn't know about my interest in enemas, so I haven't asked her for many details. I assume that her UT Is are caused by either splash back, contamination due to lubrication or wiping or maybe her general hygiene. She's a big gal, somewhere between 300 and 350, and with her ankle in a cast, she's not as flexible and mobile as she would like to be, so I don't know how well she is able to clean herself.

She's too embarrassed to mention her enema use to her doctor. He is Indian and has an abrasive personality and treats her like an untouchable. He already gets after her for her weight, stress level and diabetes - like it's easy to exercise and lose weight when you've been on bed rest for nearly three years. So she doesn't want to do anything else to incur his wrath. She takes stool softeners, but they don't completely take care of the problem, so she takes enemas every 3 or 4 weeks. A few days after, she gets hellacious bladder infections.

Her doctor has prescribed Keflex for her infections. I've taken Keflex for respiratory infections, but I'm not familiar with it. Whenever I have UTIs, I've always been given Cipro or Macrobid. I'm allergic to Sulfa, but that's one that is used to treat UTIs. Does anyone have any experience with Keflex and if so, is it the proper medication to treat UTIs caused by E.coli or should her doc prescribe one of the older drugs to treat it?

I'll mention the suggestions you've all given here. She hates cranberry juice and is diabetic, so she can't drink the more tastier cranberry juice cocktail. I've suggested that she take Cran-Dophilus, which is a capsule with cranberry concentrate and acidophilus. I forget which brand it is, but I've taken it before. It's in the refrigerated section of my local health food store. Any suggestions for her?

One very important note to add-wipe from front to back and not back to front and back again.It may sound simple but it can make a big difference too.If nothing else,spray warm water from shower head over the front towards the back too and clean well.A lot of people don't realize that wiping the wrong way can give you a UTI.Hope this helps!

Egads, that reminds me. Back in the early nineties, I had an annual physical, which included urine and blood tests. It was a large doctor's office and there were at least 60 people in the waiting room. It was packed! The bathroom and lab were in a different section of the building, so the nurse sent me off with a specimen cup and two towelettes. Then from across the crowded waiting room she yelled, "Don't forget, wipe from front to back!"

OMG, I was mortified! I just wanted the floor to open up and swallow me. I was in my early twenties and still shy and easily intimidated back then and this was in mixed company, so there were men all over the place. It would have been one thing had it been an OB/GYN where it was mostly women and everyone knew why they were there. But this was in front of EVERYONE. I know she wasn't thinking and that to her, it was just part of her usual routine and she said it to everyone. If she'd realized what she was saying I'm sure she would not have been so indelicate. I just kept thinking that everyone in the office was thinking that I was some kind of nasty assed skank who didn't know how to clean my own vagina. Needless to say, I found a back way into the doc's office from the lab so I didn't have to walk out to the waiting room. It was hours before I stopped blushing.