The character of Sheldon Cooper was inspired by a computer programmer personally known to series co-creator Bill Prady. He is named in honor of actor/producer Sheldon Leonard and Nobel Prize Laureate Leon Cooper.
The infection is caused by bacteria. However, excessive use may irritate you. Soda also dehydrates you, and for proper urinary health you should be drinking lots of water, and also cranberry juice. Your physician was definitely right in telling you that it could have made the bladder infection worse.
A patient recently asked me if drinking diet soda increased her chances for bladder cancer. It was a question I have not addressed in quite some time and not without reason. The use of artificial sweeteners in diet soda was often on my patientsâ mindâs ten years ago due in large part to the massive attention it received by the media. While the topic no longer exists as front page news, the sobering fact remains that bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the U.S. and affects about one in 40 Americans. Have a bladder concern?