Urinary tract infection in women keeps recurring

Due to their physiological characteristics, women are more susceptible to urinary tract infections, and many patients are prone to recurring urinary tract infections during the treatment process. They really want to know why urinary tract infections keep recurring?

Why do women have recurring urinary tract infections?

Urinary tract infection refers to inflammation of the urethra caused by pathogens invading the urethral mucosa or tissue. Patients always experience symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, inability to hold urine, and painful urination. Because the harm is relatively serious, if the urogenital tract infection is not treated properly, it will lead to chronic renal failure, so it should be treated actively.

Some friends have been suffering from recurrent urinary tract infections. The following are the actual reasons for recurrent urinary tract infections:

1. Pathogen resistance: Due to unstandardized treatment in the early stage of the disease, blind medication, destruction of extracellular fluid, and bacterial resistance, poor efficacy, intermittent treatment, resulting in continuous urinary tract infection.

2. Decreased immunity: Some patients with urinary tract infection have decreased immunity. If they have diabetes, tumors, liver disease, malnutrition or other chronic diseases, the treatment of urinary tract infection will also cause many difficulties.

3. Infection in deep locations: Because the pathogens are hidden deep in the tissues, and lurk in the urethral recesses, paraurethral glands and other locations, it is difficult for drugs to kill them completely, leaving sequelae to treatment.

4. Influence of complications: If the condition recurs, long-term inflammatory damage will cause damage, fibrosis and deformation of the urethral mucosa and renal pelvis and calyces, which will affect the treatment of urinary tract infection, making traditional treatment ineffective and more difficult to treat.

5. Latent infection: Some urinary tract infections may occur due to the lack of drug efficacy and treatment methods, allowing bacteria to enter the latent infection state. Drinking, fatigue, stress and anxiety and other factors may induce the multiplication of latent pathogens, leading to symptoms, namely urinary tract infection attacks.

How are urinary tract infections in women treated?

Urinary tract infection is very easy to recur, so for patients, active and reliable treatment seems to be very important. Generally speaking, the treatment methods for female urinary tract infection are as follows:

Female urinary tract infections can be treated with short-term therapy of sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SMZ-TMP) or quinolones, both of which are better than β-lactamase. There are two plans for brachytherapy, namely single-dose therapy and 3-day therapy. Brachytherapy is particularly suitable for urethral surface mucosal infection, while patients with confirmed superficial tissue infection (such as latent pyelonephritis in women) usually require a longer treatment course to be effective.

The above is a detailed introduction to the reasons for recurring urinary tract infections. We hope that patients with urinary tract infections will pay more attention to prevent recurrence of the disease. Pay special attention to the early stage of urinary tract infection, which is often manifested by frequent urination, urgency, and inability to hold urine. If female friends experience the above symptoms, they should seek medical attention immediately for regular check-ups and treatment to prevent the condition from worsening.