UTIs are the most frequent bacterial infection in women, and 50-60 percent of us will experience a UTI in our lifetime. So, it's time we learn a little more about them:
that can live harmlessly in your gut can cause an infection if they get to your urethra or bladder.
So back to that anatomy component: The urethra is much shorter in females than it is in males, and it's also very close to the vagina and anus, Dr. Dielubanza says, which can allow bacteria—sometimes even from fecal matter—to pass relatively easily across the perineum to your urethra. In the case of cystitis, the bacteria then “use the urethra as a ladder,” she says, to get to the bladder and cause an infection.
You could also be at risk on a cellular level. “Certain people have cells with receptors that bacteria can 'stick' to more easily,” Doreen Chung, M.D., a urologist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, tells SELF. These receptors are known as toll-like receptors, or TLRs, Dr. Chung says, and they help regulate the immune system.
On the flip side, stools that are too loose are a problem, as well. Diarrhea, because it is less solid than a normal bowel movement, can allow fecal bacteria to spread more easily across the perineum and into the urinary tract. Dr. Chung suggests eating a high fiber diet and, yes, drinking more fluids. And it's important to help stop the spread of5. UTI-specific painkillers can really help you in a pinch.
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