I'm a girl and i think i have interstitial cystitis. no pain, just frequent urination. can cranberry tea be used as a preventive?

No can make it worse: Smelly urine suggests possible urinary infection. Interstitial cystitis reacts to urinary acidification from beverages or food like fruit juice, tomatoes or irritants like caffeine. Milk or making urine alkaline with sodium bicarbonate can help & try bland diet with boiled or baked foo & avoid fried or spicy food. Symptoms most often from UTI, but, can also be from stress or anxiety.

Not sure: Cranberry juice or tablets containing proanthocyanidin may or may not help reduce the risk of recurrent bladder infections for some women. Conflicting results from research studies make it difficult to know whether cranberry juice really helps or whether there's a placebo effect. As a home remedy, avoid cranberry juice if you're taking the blood-thinning medication warfarin (Coumadin. See your PMD

No: You need urine analysis and maybe culture and antibiotic.UTI is statistically much more likely than IC.f no infection then overactive bladder should be cosidered in the differential diagnosis.IC is painful.See doctor for diagnosis and treatment.Best wishes.