Question

Urinary Tract Infections or UTI’s are very common in females. What are the risk factors for acquiring an infection? How can females prevent UTI’s? Provide two causes, two preventive suggestions, and two treatments. Do signs and symptoms vary in male patients? What are the risk factors for men?

Answer 1

-How to help prevent a UTI? pee after sex or intercourse, and wipe front to back after using the bathroom

-Treatments? antibiotics and drink lots of water

-UTI risk factors? sex, pregnancy, tight clothing, catheters, and any other type of obstruction

Symptoms are pretty much the same for both sex

Risk factors for men include being uncircumcised and old age

Answer 2

Disorders such as diabetes that alter or weaken the immune system raise the risk of UTI by lowering natural resistance

2. Drinking cranberry juice, empty your bladder soon after having intercourse.

3. Causes - Having sex can introduce bacteria, Not cleaning yourself right

Preventive - wipe front to back after using the bathroom.Meaning starting from the top and going down. Drinking a lot of water.

Treatments - Antibiotic usually prescribe by a doctor, Soothe UTI Pain With Heat

4. Men include being uncircumcised and old age