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Interview
How to prevent UTIs?
There are many things you can do to prevent ir, for example drinking a lot of plain water daily that helps flush our urinary tract.
Don’t hold it when you have to urine! Holding it when you need to go can help any bacteria that may be present develop into a full-fledged urinary tract infection.
How does a urinary tract infection influence urine ph?
Normally the Urine PH is not affected at all by the infection
Why does women tend to have more risk of UTIs?
Because women have a shorter a Uretra than man and that cuts down the distance that bacteria must travel to reach the Bladder
How much urine is the bladder usually full with?
Even though the bladde can hold to 600 ml of urine it usually gets to hold from 150 to 200 ml.
Isn't it true that once you have a urinary tract infection, you'll never have another one?
No infact once you get an UTI it is easier for you to get a second one.
Isn't drinking cranberry juice to prevent urinary tract infection an old wives' tale?
No, Cranberry juice actually does help, it helps by preventing bacteria from developing and becoming an UTI.