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Introduction
 How many times have
you had that horrible burning feeling when urinating?- How many times have you had to dash to the bathroom because
you didn't think you could make it without an "accident"?
- How many times have you had to go on antibiotics for weeks,
just to get rid of an urinary tract infection?
- How many times have you "lost your water" when
laughing or sneezing?
  Sue:
If the answers to any of the questions is "too many times" then you
need to read Dr. Larrian Gillespie's book You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis.
 Dr. Gillespie a Beverly Hills urologist,
more specifically an uro-gynecologist ( a specialist in women's urinary health) has
written a book that can help any woman avoid urinary tract infections and long weeks of
antibiotics. She tells us the truth about what these infections are and how to
prevent them.. Dr. Gillespie throws out all those myths about urinary tract infections and
replaces them with the truth.
 You
Don't Have to Live With Cystitis is written simply but communicates what
women have long wanted to know but no one has told them- how to have better urinary health
at every stage of their life.
Dr. Gillespie one of a very few female urologists and an expert in the area of pelvic pain
really gets the heart of the matter; focusing on women's bodies and how they can break
from the vicious cycle of cystitis.
Dr. Gillespie extensively covers this area of health, including the
newest treatments, how diet affects urinary health, how to treat infections naturally, and
the surprising role of exercise and lower back problems.
As usual, I am impressed with your work in You Don't Have
to Live With Cystitis : ). As with your other books, The Goddess Diet (see
interview) and The Menopause Diet
(also this interview) you really put women first and talk to us
intelligently; you give us all the facts. Thank you for your book and thank you for
talking with me
today : ).
Misconceptions
are like Vampires
Sue:
In your terrific book You Don't Have to Live with Cystitis, you really take a lot
of time discussing the many misconceptions about how women "get" cystitis. What
are some of the most common myths you hear as an urologist and why do they continue to
stay with us?
Larrian:
It's like vampires. They stay with us because we like being scared...and
unfortunately, medicine has a long history of scaring women into "doing what they are
told" regardless of the logic. An example: women are told they get cystitis because
they are not clean enough, have too much sex- while men are told they get prostatitis from
not ENOUGH sex! It's all a matter of viewpoint. The reason women get cystitis is basic:
what gets in must get out....and it all boils down to mechanics. All women get bacteria
into their bladder during intercourse...but if you can't efficiently empty your bladder
afterwards, the bacteria can multiply because of poor flow. Think of your urine stream as
being able to wash dirt from the sidewalk. If it is just a "piddle" it doesn't
do a very good job. This leads us to another myth...that women should urinate before and
IMMEDIATELY after sex. Again, whether or not you have urine in the bladder is of little
consequence as long as you can generate a good stream at an appropriate time. Leaping up
right after sex and trying to squeeze a few drops out isn't going to send those buggies
flying into the toilet...they will hold onto your bladder lining for dear life instead!
Another myth: that drinking cranberry juice treats an infection...that makes about as much
sense as putting out a fire with gasoline. Cranberry juice makes your urine MORE acidic,
which provides the bacteria with MORE urea to split in order to multiply. So don't take
cranberry juice if you HAVE an infection...instead take a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to
help calm down your symptoms and use only a single dose of an antibiotic.
Regular cystitis
and interstitial cystitis
Sue:
Women seem to have a little trouble distinguishing between cystitis and
interstitial cystitis. Could you please tell us the definition of each and how they
differ?
see
the answer 
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