Signs & Tips for Preventing a UTI

If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection, you’re likely familiar with the uncomfortable and painful symptoms that accompany it – the constant urge to urinate and an unbearable burning sensation down below. If that’s the case, then you’d probably do anything to avoid contracting another. Here are some tips on how to identify urinary tract infections and prevent them from happening to you! Urinary tract infections, also known as UTIs, are extremely common among women. The average woman has a 50% of getting a UTI at some point in their lives and some women are more prone to developing them on a repeated basis. Unfortunately, this can become more prevalent as a woman ages since the decrease in estrogen makes the urinary tract more vulnerable to infection. UTIs are bacterial infections of mainly the bladder and urethra, but can