Stopping Catheter-Related Urine Infections with Waterfall D-Mannose
The product known as 'Waterfall D-Mannose', an extract of fermented larch wood produced by Sweet Cures of York, is proving to be very effective at treating and preventing catheter-related urinary tract infections.
(PRWEB) February 24, 2005
After a former staff nurse, Fiona Richardson, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, wrote an article for New Pathways Magazine, [http://www. msrc. co. uk (http://www. msrc. co. uk)] about how Waterfall D-Mannose has changed her life, Sweet Cures has been inundated with self-catheterising customers, some of whom have been plagued with bladder infections for years, despite ongoing antibiotic treatments. Almost all of the customers have reported complete alleviation of symptoms, and are now using Waterfall D-Mannose to prevent new infections.
According to Anna Sawkins, a partner in Sweet Cures, the results have astonished both patients and doctors, and have proved that Waterfall D-Mannose works both to cure catheter-related infections, and prevent reinfection, even in a hospital environment. For example, consultants in Stoke Mandeville Spinal Injuries unit were surprised that a patient who was in for six weeks treatment, and had previously been plagued with bladder infections, had no E. coli or Klebsiella infections during his stay. He had refused antibiotics, since they had previously proven ineffective, and was self-dosing with Waterfall D-Mannose. They have since recommended the product to other patients.
John Bremner, the other partner in Sweet Cures, reinforces the point, “We have doctors passing our leaflets to their patients rather than providing antibiotics, and we have long-term results from many customers who appear to have permanently cured antibiotic-resistant cystitis problems. Our product has been recommended by consultants, gynaecologists, and family doctors, and has proven itself in the real world.”
He quotes a damning Bandolier study of hospital related cystitis:
“About a quarter of hospital patients have a urinary catheter some time during their stay, and an average of 5% (range 3-10%) will acquire a urinary tract infection every day. Clearly, then, almost all patients will have an infection after about a month. This can extend hospital stay by about three extra days, and patients with a urinary tract infection are three times more likely to die. The case-fatality rate from urinary tract related bacteraemia is 13%.” - Bandolier [http://www. jr2.ox. ac. uk/bandolier/band67/b67-4.html (http://www. jr2.ox. ac. uk/bandolier/band67/b67-4.html)]
Since Waterfall D-mannose stops urinary tract infections in over 90% of cases, and almost 100% where E. coli is the bacterium concerned, it seems clear that a lot of unnecessary deaths could be prevented if hospitals switched to using Waterfall D-Mannose instead of antibiotics for E. coli related UTIs.
John Bremner points out that it is important to achieve a high enough concentration of the product in the urine. “For catherised patients on constant drain, it may be necessary, when using Waterfall D-mannose, to interrupt the flow of urine for an hour or so by valving the catheter if this is possible. This allows the d-mannose in the urine long enough to interfere with the attachment mechanism of the bacteria. This is not a bad thing, since the bladder shrinks if it never gets the chance to fill, and that can cause its own problems.”
The average treatment dose is 1.6 grams, taken preferably with a warm drink. Trials have shown that an effective concentration in the urine is around 5.5 mg of mannose per millilitre of urine, so itÂ’s better to take the product with 100 to 150ml of fluid, then to wait an hour before drinking another 200 to 300ml.
It is particularly interesting to the medical profession that Waterfall D-Mannose works as well on antibiotic-resistant recurrent E. coli infections as it does on fresh infections. “This is because Waterfall D-Mannose works in a completely different way from antibiotics,” Mr Bremner points out.
Effectively, instead of killing the E. coli as antibiotics do, the product uses one of E. coli’s greatest strengths – the ability to attach to the mannose receptors in our cells, as a weapon against it. When you take Waterfall D-Mannose, (it’s a pleasant tasting powder that can be dissolved in a drink), over ninety percent of the mannose consumed is in the urine within an hour. The E. coli latches onto the most easily accessible mannose – the mannose in the urine, rather than the cell walls, bio-molecularly filling up the lectins (the molecular attachment points) that it normally uses to attach to the bladder and urinary tract. Since the mannose attachment is crucial to E. coli and some other bacteria’s ability to attach to cells, the bugs are then flushed away with normal urination. The E. coli that has already managed to attach to the bladder is gradually teased away, providing a full bladder cleanse. This allows the bladder to heal naturally, and since there are no bacteria actually killed in the process, there is no resultant thrush – a common side-effect of using antibiotics.
Interestingly, Waterfall D-Mannose also flushes away ‘debris’ – the broken and empty shells of dead E. coli – one possible cause of the painful bladder syndrome commonly known as interstitial cystitis.
John Bremner explains, “E. coli are bio-molecularly attached to tissue cells in the urinary tract and bladder, so when you kill them with antibiotics, the molecular bonds are not broken – it’s not as if they can consciously let go. Waterfall D-Mannose has the ability to break these bonds, and release the debris into the urine where it will be flushed away along with the live E. coli that have their mannose receptors filled with the free mannose in the urine.”
A six month clinical trial conducted by Michael Blue, a Urologist in Oklahoma, has shown good evidence to support this theory.
“Of the 18 PBS females who were treated daily with two scoops of D-Mannose, 17 (94%) reported symptom improvement, the lone exception being a subject unable to be contacted, but also not returning for treatment. Eighty percent became totally symptom free.” [www. healingtherapies. info/D-Mannose. htm (http://www. healingtherapies. info/D-Mannose. htm)]
Meanwhile, Sweet Cures has gone from strength to strength. An Italian version of their www. waterfall-d-mannose. com website was recently released, www. waterfall-d-mannose. com/Italy/ (http://www. waterfall-d-mannose. com/Italy/) and they are working on a Dutch translation next. They also have a major distributor in Austria, and they send the product worldwide to individuals, therapists, health clinics, and doctors.
“The fact is,” says Anna McNamara, “that we have a product that is considerably more effective than antibiotics or any other treatment for E. coli and Klebsiella related UTIs and bladder infections, and also for painful bladder symptoms or interstitial cystitis. No doctor is really happy with giving out antibiotics unnecessarily, but until now they had no choice. Waterfall D-Mannose provides a better, safer, more effective option, and more and more doctors are starting to get behind us, often as a result of their own patients telling them of this quick solution to antibiotic-resistant urine infections.”
Contact Details: Sweet Cures, Raveloe House, 101 Foxwood Lane, York, YO24 3LQ Tel: 01904-340916 www. waterfall-d-mannose. com
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