# A Rant For The Ladies **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463 "2008-07-23T06:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/1 "2008-07-23T06:41:10Z")
Gentleman, this will be girly TMI. Consider yourself warned. . . . . . . . You know what is worse than being awake at 2:30 in the morning for no damn reason? Being awake at 2:30 in the morning because you have to pee every 15 minutes thanks to your lovely new UTI. You know what is worse than being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI? Being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI while you are on your period. You know what is worse than being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI while you are on your period? Being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI while you are on your period and starting a course of antibiotics 3 days after you have gone back on the pill. You know what is worse than being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI while you are on your period and starting antibiotics 3 days after you’ve gone back on the pill? Being mauled by a tiger. Just trying to keep things in perspective. Still, short of tiger mauling I am hard pressed to think of a less fun way to spend an evening. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/2 "2008-07-23T07:41:54Z")
UTIs are worse than Hitler, Mugabe, and puppy-killers all rolled into one. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/3 "2008-07-23T07:44:47Z")
Gah. You have my sympathies, that sounds really sucky. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/4 "2008-07-23T08:07:52Z")
:eek: I have also just learned that if you drink 32 oz of a 50/50 cranberry juice/water mix in an hour to flush the bacteria and grossness out of your system it gives you explosive diarrhea. Tonight is all sorts of educational for me. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/5 "2008-07-23T09:10:40Z")
To avoid UTIs in the future, go pee immediately after having sex. Apparently sex causes the nasty germs to go where they really shouldn’t (don’t ask me how; I don’t know. It’s just what my dr told me). So if you go pee after (I mean, don’t be rude; give him a minute to catch his breath), you will flush the nasties away. I learned this trick many, many, and yes, many years ago and have not had a UTI since. (knock wood; I’m so superstitious) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/6 "2008-07-23T09:39:03Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] :eek: I have also just learned that if you drink 32 oz of a 50/50 cranberry juice/water mix in an hour to flush the bacteria and grossness out of your system it gives you explosive diarrhea. Tonight is all sorts of educational for me. [/QUOTE] Yep, taking a lot of Vitamin C will do that for ya. I usually find that taking a buttload of Vitamin C/cranberry juice will flush out a UTI before it fully develops, though… ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/7 "2008-07-23T10:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=legalsnugs] Apparently sex causes the nasty germs to go where they really shouldn’t (don’t ask me how; I don’t know. It’s just what my dr told me). [/QUOTE] I can’t claim to be an expert, but the way this was explained to me was a little bit different: during sex, the er… activity… in the adjacent orifice can cause the walls of the urethra to rub against each other, causing some level of abrasions. If there are any bacteria sitting around, they will colonize the abrasions, so flushing them out is useful. This theory makes more sense to me, since I have noticed a definite correlation between the (ahem!) _size_ of my partner and the frequency of UTIs. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/8 "2008-07-23T10:18:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **mischievous** > > I can’t claim to be an expert, but the way this was explained to me was a little bit different: during sex, the er… activity… in the adjacent orifice can cause the walls of the urethra to rub against each other, causing some level of abrasions. If there are any bacteria sitting around, they will colonize the abrasions, so flushing them out is useful. This theory makes more sense to me, since I have noticed a definite correlation between the (ahem!) size of my partner and the frequency of UTIs. This explains so much! Alas, this is the downside to having a well endowed lover I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/9 "2008-07-23T11:46:42Z")
My doc wrote me script for post-coital antibiotics (“use as needed” 30 pills per refill- per month! He’s optomistic!!). It has saved me because I got them so frequently. Uristat also helps tremendously when they do occur. My sympathies… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/10 "2008-07-23T13:21:52Z")
Darling, we are getting to know entirely too much about your vagina. Other than that, I totally sympathize. That sounds like a ghastly combination of conditions. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/11 "2008-07-23T14:34:37Z")
Damn, that’s definitely no fun. Well, look at the bright side… . . . . . . . . Oh, wait. There _is_ no bright side. Hope you feel better soon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/12 "2008-07-23T14:57:05Z")
Seriously, Uristat. I’ll never forget the day I woke up with this awful UTI… the day after I first worked with a physical trainer. I could hardly MOVE, and Himself was out of town, and I had to shuffle down to Walgreens to get some Uristat, and I was so miserable I accidentally left the car door open in the parking lot the whole time. In the rain. Now I keep it on hand. You should too! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/13 "2008-07-23T14:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] You know what is worse than being awake at 2:30 in the morning with a UTI while you are on your period and starting antibiotics 3 days after you’ve gone back on the pill? Being mauled by a tiger. [/QUOTE] I was sure the answer would be ‘Antibiotic-induced thrush.’ What a lovely mix that would be. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/14 "2008-07-23T15:11:39Z")
Hey, at least you got the vote, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/15 "2008-07-23T15:13:10Z")
I sincerely hope I can avoid thrush! It is already getting better. The antibiotics are doing their thing and the cranberry juice is helping now that I am moderating my intake. It still hurts to pee, but I am able to go a couple hours without having that immediate need to pee that goes along with a UTI so I am well on my way to being cured here in a couple of days. Now my biggest problem is that since I basically didn’t sleep last night I am having trouble staying awake at work! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/16 "2008-07-23T15:27:48Z")
**Flanderchick** and I had mild UTI’s a few months ago. Cranberry and abstinence and it was totally gone in a few days. That being said, we both pee after sex because we don’t want to have to go through that shit again! Hope you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/17 "2008-07-23T16:00:42Z")
Why did not evolution take care of the problem long ago? Sounds like a design defect. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/18 "2008-07-23T16:39:40Z")
No, no Uristat. Seriously. **[Cystex](http://www.cystex.com/Pages/CystexHome_v2).** It has the pain relieving ingredient, an anti-bacterial ingredient to help actually hold the infection in check, and it doesn’t make you pee orange. I _live_ for Cystex. And in my case, even though I pee after sex _every_single_time_ I still get 'em if we do anything…unusual…position-wise. :o (Oh, and CVS how has a generic version of Cystex that’s way cheaper.) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/19 "2008-07-23T16:52:05Z")
It’s a wonder that this fact isn’t leveraged by modestly-hung guys, somehow. What a nice fact to slip in your [Match.com](http://Match.com) ads: _No worries about UTIs, ladies, I’m hung like a gerbil._ OK, maybe the wording needs some work. But still… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463/20 "2008-07-23T16:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] And in my case, even though I pee after sex _every_single_time_ I still get 'em if we do anything…unusual…position-wise. :o [/QUOTE] Ah, see, I never pee after sex (I know, I know, I should, ever since my sophomore biology teacher said so…er, not just to me, to the whole class!) but I rarely get them after sex…I thought I was getting one after I had sex for the first time in a while but the cranberry juice got rid of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rant-for-the-ladies/457463.md?page=2)