What causes urinary tract infection in women?

Urinary tract infection is a disease that many people have experienced, and it is also a disease with relatively serious impact. Once you have a urinary tract infection, it will not only affect your daily life and work, but it will mainly harm your body. Women should be more careful. After a urinary tract infection, there will be urgency, frequent urination and incomplete urination. Such a disease must be adjusted and treated in time. So, what are the causes of urinary tract infection for women?

(1) The disease is more common in women because the female urethra is shorter and more relaxed than that of the male urethra, making it easier for bacteria to enter. The female urethra is close to the vagina and anus. There are a large number of bacteria around both the vagina and the anus, so it is easy to get urinary tract infection. Secondly, urinary tract infection is easy to occur during the menstrual period, and sexual intercourse can easily push bacteria from the urethra into the bladder and cause the disease.

(2) Drinking less water, working hard, holding urine, having poor physical fitness and frequent colds can easily induce urinary tract infections.

(3) Causes such as urinary stones, tumors, and urinary tract stenosis can easily lead to poor urine flow, making it difficult for bacteria to be discharged from the bladder and multiplying in large numbers. The use of urinary instruments can not only bring bacteria into the urinary tract but also easily damage the urinary tract mucosa and cause infection.

(4) Patients with diabetes, indwelling urinary catheters, and urinary tract malformations are prone to infection. For female patients with recurrent urinary tract infections, their partners should also be checked for prostatitis, urinary tract infections and other diseases, and it is recommended that couples treat the disease together.

(5) The female urethra is shorter and wider than the male urethra, making it easier for bacteria to enter.

(6) The urethral opening is too close to the vaginal opening. When there is a lot of vaginal secretions, bacteria can easily infect the urethral opening. This is especially true for women after childbirth, who are more susceptible to urinary tract infections because their pelvic muscles are relaxed and the urethral opening is wider.

(7) The menstrual period is the peak period for this disease. Because menstrual blood is mixed with many bacteria and microorganisms, it is important to keep the vulva clean during menstruation.

(8) Sexual intercourse and other factors can easily cause bacteria around the urethra to enter the bladder and cause infection.

Through the above introduction, we now know the causes of urinary tract infection for women. After having a urinary tract infection, timely examination and treatment are needed, especially going to a regular hospital for medical treatment. In addition, attention should be paid to conditioning in normal times. You can drink more water, urinate more often, and also pay attention to a regular life.