Alleviate Bladder Pain With These Foods & Drinks | USGA (2024)

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Foods & Drinks That Fight Bladder Pain

These foods include pears, bananas, green beans, squash, potatoes, lean proteins, whole grains, nuts, bread, and eggs. Remember that these are general guidelines and mainly apply to sensitive bladders.

Drink water.

Drinking water throughout the day helps to dilute urine and prevent kidney stones. Too few fluids can cause highly concentrated, dark yellow urine that comes with a foul odor and irritates the bladder.

Oral Medications. NSAIDS and Acetaminophen can help relieve some of the discomfort and are available over-the-counter. Amitriptyline is a type of antidepressant that is commonly used to improve IC/BPS symptoms. It has antihistamine effects, decreases bladder spasms and slows the nerves that carry pain messages.

Cranberry juice is a classic UTI home remedy. In fact, maybe the only reason you even stock the juice in the fridge is because you get such infections often — or when you feel one coming on. If you can't stand the sour taste of cranberry juice, you might be thinking about trying a cranberry pill or tablet instead.

Lemon water can irritate the bladder in some patients, causing the sensation that you need to urinate more often than usual. Patients who are prone to irritative bladder symptoms are advised to avoid citric foods such as lemons, oranges, grapefruits, and tomatoes.

Drink plenty of herbal teas – preferable loose leaf relaxing teas, chamomile, lavender, cinnamon, turmeric, fennel, calendula, lemon balm or verbena, mint, valerian, rose buds, hops, spearmint and (DGL) licorice will all help down regulate, or switch of the pain pathways and allow your bladder repair.

Conclusions: Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of overactive bladder and urinary incontinence, and vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of urinary incontinence. The development of new strategies to prevent or alleviate bladder symptoms is crucial.

How to relax the bladder naturally? ›

Each time the urge to urinate occurs, the person should try to delay urination for 5 minutes if possible. Relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, may help. People should gradually increase the holding time until there are 2–3 hour gaps between bathroom visits.

Drink plenty of liquids. Take a commercial urinary alkaliser (ask your pharmacist for advice) or one teaspoon of baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) in water. Avoid acidic foods or drinks as they cancel out the effect of urinary alkalisers and can aggravate the burning when passing urine.

Skip alcohol. Limit drinks with caffeine, such as coffee, tea and cola. They can cause you to urinate more. Know that foods such as soup add to the total amount of fluids.

To help ease symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI): take paracetamol up to 4 times a day to reduce pain and a high temperature.

There are several steps you can take to reduce the discomfort of painful urination, including drinking more water or taking an over-the-counter aid (such as Uristat® or AZO®) to treat painful urination.