I clean bathrooms a lot. Lately I just don't seem to be able to keep my mother's bathroom clean. Yesterday I gave it a good scrubbing and thought I had it clean. It smelled like vinegar -- not great, but better than urine. A few minutes after I cleaned, my mother used the bathroom and the smell was so strong it was like I hadn't cleaned in a week. It is a strong ammonia smell -- like you smell in a dirty bathroom in a gas station.
My mother has no detectable UTI. She is diabetic, but the sugar is controlled. Maybe she needs to drink more water? What I'm hoping is there is something I can add to her diet to improve the odor. Anyone have ideas about this?
Whatever you put into your body is going to have to come out somehow. And if the body isn't hydrated enough it's not going to flush out impurities as quickly as it should. I totally agree with Nancy: more water -- and a cleaner diet.