Sex and infection

In cases where using antibiotics can not prevent recurrence, your doctor may suggest to take special investigation to verify the functioning of the bladder, and make sure that you do not have diabetes, tumors, kidney stones or urinary tract obstruction.
But often the cause of repeated infections and remains unknown. Even in this case, you can do a lot of length to improve their condition. For example, some women found an association between urinary tract infections and the frequency of sexual intercourse.
"Women who have noticed a link between the infection and the resumption of sexual intercourse, we are now recommended before sexual intercourse or immediately after taking one tablet of the antibiotic, said Dr. Whittemora. If we can assume that the problem is related to the use of a vaginal diaphragm (cap CR) or spermicides Chemicals, we offer to try to try other means of preventing pregnancy, such as a cap to wear on the cervix. Often this is enough to do away with the infection or alleviate the problem. "
If this does not help and the infection continues to ruin your life, it is often advised to spend a long preventive treatment, called more restrictive therapy with low doses. Doctors have found that a single antibiotic pill at night may in some cases obviate the development of infection with minimal side effects. Women who have from time to time cystitis symptoms recur, doctors are advised to be treated yourself. You tell us what medicines are effective for the disease, and then supply the medicines you reserve. At the first sign of infection you spend a short course of treatment. You do not have to call your doctor expect callback, visit the doctor, take the recipe all this takes time and costs. You already know the signs of incipient infection and can begin to take medication much earlier. You need to keep a medical journal and know what symptoms require a visit to the doctor.
If you are at an age when menopause is over, you can bring relief to such a simple thing as estrogen replacement therapy. "Sometimes all that is required is to impose an ointment containing estrogen on the vaginal area," says Dr. Whittemora.