How Do You Prevent Urinary Tract Infection?
Nine million people each year visit their doctors searching for relief from urinary tract infections. Many women consider the pain from urinary tract infections worse than that from a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis. Men also experience intense pain from the infections. The pain is constant no matter how you try to position yourself to relieve it. You also feel that you constantly have to relieve yourself. And if you do try to urinate, the pain gets even worse. It all begins with bacteria getting into your urethra and growing. Wipe in the right direction. A common way infections happen is that women wiping themselves after a bowel movement, wipe back to front instead of vice versa. This may allow a bit of fecal matter into the urinary tract that then breeds bacteria. By wiping front to back, you will carry any fecal matter away from your body. Also avoid douching and scented feminine products because they can irritate the urethra. Urinate before and after sex. Having sex can als