Is there any thing else. I get bad diarahea if I stay on them too long without a break. If not often very helpful. This is fairly easy in a limited space with lots of nitrogen to use for a food source. In practical terms this is usually intercourse.
Symptoms are usually urinary frequency, burning, spasm, etc.
Cranberry juice is of some help in changing the pH of the urine to one less hospitable to bacteria. However, antibiotics are usually the only effective treatment. If untreated, the infection can ascend to your kidneys and cause a major infection - not the best option. Chronic infections, bladder stones, cystitis, bladder spasm, incontinence, cancer, interstitial cystitis. Usually the bladder will experience overflow incontinence, since the outlet pressure is less than the pressure needed to rupture a fairly thick muscle.