Urinary Tract Infection
Added 2015-05-05 14:40:46 +0000 UTCAuuggghhhh, the dreaded UTI!
This week's comic was a not-so-subtle excuse to share with you the story of how I peed my pants this one time. Hey, I'm a TMI autobio cartoonist at heart ;)
Also! I'm FUCKING DELIGHTED to announce that the Kickstarter to produce Oh Joy Sex Toy: Volume TWO funded in roughly 16 hours! I'm not sure of the exact time, because it had funded after I went to bed. BUT. The point is: Less than 24 hours and you folks made it happen. That's a pretty humbling feeling, to have a couple hundred people trust you with their money to make a thing you're passionate about.
So thanks for that.
If you haven't gotten your pre-order for volume two in, you can do it riiiiiight this'a way!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikamoen/oh-joy-sex-toy-volume-2
Comments
Lordy bagordy, I'd never heard that!
Erika Moen
2015-05-06 14:57:52 +0000 UTCThat is super interesting! I was going off of Planned Parenthood's site, I think?
Erika Moen
2015-05-06 14:57:39 +0000 UTCYes, that's why I listed it as a preventative :)
Erika Moen
2015-05-06 14:39:11 +0000 UTCIt is worth noting that cranberry juice is only effective as a PREVENTATIVE, maybe, in SOME vulva-havers. It does nothing for penis-havers and doesn't work at TREATING an active UTI. The only thing cranberry juice does for an active UTI is provide hydration. It's a very common myth!
FaroreNightclaw
2015-05-06 06:38:57 +0000 UTCCorrection: Cranberry juice does not outright *kill* bacteria. What it does is interfere with the mechanism by which the bacteria glue themselves to each other or the urinary tract wall. Once their biofilm is dissolved, they get flushed out. <a href="http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20100823/cranberry-juice-fights-urinary-tract-infection-quickly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20100823/cranberry-juice-fights-urinary-tract-infection-quickly</a> [R]esearchers discovered that in petri dishes, cranberry metabolites in the juice prevented E. coli from sticking to other bacteria, limiting its ability to grow and multiply. If E. coli is able to connect with other bacteria, such as the bacteria found in the urinary tract, it forms a layer or "biofilm." This allows the bacteria to multiply and produce an infection. Also, I'm not sure whether the active compound is actually an acid, or some other kind of metabolically-active compound. For comparison: I grapefruit has a couple compounds in it that interact with pharmaceuticals in ways that inhibit their effectiveness. They're not acids; I think mostly they're polyphenols that gum up some enzymes that would normally help metabolize compounds that are shelf-stable as pills into compounds that actually achieve the desired effect in the body. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit</a>#Drug_interactions
Auros Harman
2015-05-05 18:08:43 +0000 UTCSomething my wife shared with me (she used to work in eldercare): UTIs can cause symptoms resembling dementia in old folks. In both sexes. So if Grampa seems to be losing his marbles, always get a UTI test! Even if he has no other UTI symptoms.
Rogers George
2015-05-05 18:01:12 +0000 UTCUuuurgh, m'god, ERIKA! I just read today's comic. I am having a super site depressed weepy day, but of course, trust Erika to make me laugh out loud multiple times amidst my blanket pile and harumphing with tiny harooing UTI bacterias and pee puns. (I don't know *what* my roommates think is going on behind these curtain-covered French doors with sobbing one minute and loud "HA!"s the next...) Also, UTIs are indeed a pisser. I have straight-up unsweetened cranberry juice in my fridge at all times exactly for that reason. I'm now going to go enjoy a celebratory pee because I have no UTI and I love OJST.
the Madhat Kat
2015-05-05 17:08:15 +0000 UTCI wasn't one of the pre-funded funders, but I'm happy to back Volume 2! Volume 1 has treated me and my comics shelf well. Congratulations!! ^_^
the Madhat Kat
2015-05-05 16:56:09 +0000 UTCLove it! I got a ton of UTIs one after another before I learned some of those prevention tips.
Ealasaid Haas
2015-05-05 16:07:11 +0000 UTC
