Can drinking cranberry juice, a lot of water, or other fluids relieve the pain of a urinary track infection or prevent future infections?
When the body breaks down cranberry juice, it produces a substance that has been shown to have a cleansing effect in the urinary tract. It is not a reliable home treatment for infection, but may help prevent it. Be careful, though: cranberry juice contains a lot of sugar. Drinking a lot of water and juice during recovery from a UTI helps flush any bacteria or toxins from the urinary tract and improves the bacteria-killing power of urine. But you don’t need to force yourself to drink more than you feel comfortable with. Learn more about possible home remedies. Important: Get medical attention right away if you have flank pain (pain between your ribs and your hip), mid-back (kidney) pain, and high fever. These symptoms may mean that your kidneys are infected and that you need antibiotics quickly. Learn more about antibiotics.
