Episode Details

You finished the antibiotics and the UTI came back, and Ruth Kriz, a nurse practitioner who specializes in chronic UTI and interstitial cystitis, is increasingly convinced ammonia is a huge player in recurrent UTIs.

She has 35 years in the interstitial cystitis community, including a funded national study presented at an NIH technical conference. In Part 2 she explains how ammonia that concentrates in your bladder overnight may raise urine pH, damage the bladder lining and help biofilms hold on, and what a first morning urine pH above 6.0 may be telling you. I also ask her why cranberry juice can stop helping and why she thinks BV is a misnomer. Part 1 links are below the chapters.

Key Insights:
✅ High Ammonia May Raise Urine pH
✅ Ammonia May Help Biofilms Stay Stable
✅ Mold Toxins May Disrupt Nighttime Urination
✅ Cranberry Juice Can Stop Helping Over Time
✅ BV May Involve More Than Gardnerella
✅ Men's UTIs May Start in the Prostate

Chapters:
00:00 Could Ammonia Be Feeding Your Recurrent UTIs?
03:36 How Ammonia May Damage Your Bladder Wall
05:43 Why Chronic UTI Treatment Needs a Personal Plan
08:26 What Should Your Morning Urine pH Be?
10:42 Fullscript (Sponsor)
11:27 Is Specialized UTI Testing Worth the Cost?
14:38 What Does an At-Home UTI Test Check?
17:37 Why BV May Be a Misnomer
21:05 Is Your Vagina Really Self-Cleaning?
25:02 How to Make Bladder Instillations Easier at Home
27:52 Can Old Antibiotics Work Again After Biofilms?
30:09 Why Some UTI Antibiotics Work Better
33:48 Should You Take Probiotics With Antibiotics?

Missed Part 1? Watch or listen here:
Apple: https://tinyurl.com/3d97tva8
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5x2cyp9y
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4rcc2df4

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