Probiotics: will they make my bladder hurt worse?

[faith4jesus]

Hi. I have not yet been diagnosed & posted another message here called: Overactive bladder or IC. So if you want to know all my problems you can read that message first.

After doing some looking around on this website I saw that yeast can make the bladder hurt like IC. I've had problems with yeast before. When I breast fed my kids I would get yeast infections in my breast. I've had yeast around & in my mouth before too. I also have sinus problems and I have now learned that yeast can be in the sinuses too.

A friend of mine asked me if I was taking acidophilus. I looked up info on the web and on here on this site and thought it might help me taking it. I have a bottle of Probiotics and took that once when I was on a lot of antibotics for my sinuses. This was before my bladder problems started.

Right now since I am having TONS of bladder pain I am scared to take these because I don't want it to upset my bladder. If you could would you please let me know what you think?

The bottle is a Jarrow Formulas. It is Jarro-Dophilus = FOS It has high potency 6 species. This is the kind kept in the fridge. It has:

L Rhamnosus
L casei
L plantarum
l acidophilus
b longum
b breve

I have no idea what those are but I do know the acidophilus is what was suggested for the yeast. I hope someone can help.

Ashley

[Katrina]

only once have I ever suspected a probiotic may have bothered my bladder....and since I have taken the same one and drank it since I think it may have just been a coincidence. Normally probiotics are very helpful...my doctor does not believe it is possible to take too much or anything. If your worried about too much friendly bacteria in your bladder take it with food instead of just drinking it.

something else to look into.....make sure your probiotic doesn't have any lactose...since IC patients have a lot of allergies and they don't often know right away what those allergies are since it may be things that you have taken or used all your life without them bothering you.....avoiding some of the common ones can help.