Recurrent UTIs? Check Your Morning pH | Ruth Kriz Part 2

You finished the antibiotics and the UTI came back, and Ruth Kriz, a nurse practitioner who specializes in chronic UTI and interstitial cystitis, is increasingly convinced ammonia is a huge player in recurrent UTIs.

She has 35 years in the interstitial cystitis community, including a funded national study presented at an NIH technical conference. In Part 2 she explains how ammonia that concentrates in your bladder overnight may raise urine pH, damage the bladder lining and help biofilms hold on, and what a first morning urine pH above 6.0 may be telling you. I also ask her why cranberry juice can stop helping and why she thinks BV is a misnomer. Part 1 links are below the chapters.

Key Insights:

✅ High Ammonia May Raise Urine pH

✅ Ammonia May Help Biofilms Stay Stable

✅ Mold Toxins May Disrupt Nighttime Urination

✅ Cranberry Juice Can Stop Helping Over Time

✅ BV May Involve More Than Gardnerella

✅ Men's UTIs May Start in the Prostate

Chapters:

00:00 Could Ammonia Be Feeding Your Recurrent UTIs?

03:36 How Ammonia May Damage Your Bladder Wall