UTI's and Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
(RUTI) Women's Health
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequent clinical bacterial infections in women, accounting for nearly 25% of all infections. Around 50–60% of women will develop UTIs in their lifetimes.
Escherichia coli is the organism that causes UTIs in most patients. Recurrent UTIs (RUTI) are mainly caused by reinfection by the same pathogen.
Common symptoms of a UTI are dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, and possible haematuria. Systemic symptoms are usually slight or absent. The urine may have an unpleasant odor and appear cloudy.
UTIs are classified into 6 categories:
1- Uncomplicated infection: this is when the urinary tract is normal, both structurally and physiologically, and there is no associated disorder that impairs the host's defense mechanisms.
2- complicated infection; this is when infection occurs within an abnormal urinary tract, such as when there is ureteric obstruction, renal calculi, or vesicoureteric reflux.
3- isolated infection is when it is the first episode of a UTI, or the episodes are six months apart. Isolated infections affect 25–40% of young females.
4- unresolved infection is when therapy fails because of bacterial resistance or due to infection by two different bacteria with equally limited susceptibilities.
5- Reinfection occurs when there has been no growth after a treated infection, but then the same organism regrows two weeks after therapy or when a different microorganism grows during any period of time. This accounts for 95% of UTIs in women. Bacterial persistence happens when therapy is impaired by the accumulation of bacteria in a location that cannot be reached by antibiotics, such as infected stones, urethral diverticula, and infected paraurethral glands.
6- Relapse is when the same microorganism causes a UTI within two weeks of therapy; however, it is usually difficult to distinguish reinfection from a relapse.
Common symptoms of a UTI are dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, and possible haematuria. Systemic symptoms are usually slight or absent. The urine may have an unpleasant odor and appear cloudy.
If you are frustrated with multiple antibiotherapy and still can not get rid of the recurrent Urinary Tract Infection, we can help you.
We assess you comprehensively to find out what is the root cause of your body's weakness. Then we clarify the category of UTI and educate you about the characteristics of reinfection and relapse. We also explain the proper way to practice post-coital voiding, the importance of avoiding skin allergens, tight clothing, and bubble baths, ways to ensure personal hygiene, and the choice of alternative forms of contraception rather than spermicides.
We also help you with a wide range of supplements, diets, probiotics, and acupuncture. If at present, you have an active UTI and take antibiotics, we consider it and can even guide you on the best way to use it in conjunction with our natural treatment.