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Persistent/embedded Urinary Tract Infections are often misunderstood by patients and doctors alike. This library is a tool to learn about the science, the testing, the myths and the education surrounding UTIs.
Laura's Story
I’ve been at this my whole life. Starting from toddlerhood, I have experienced one painful UTI after the next. I have had some times of...
Nov 6, 20243 min read
The Flawed Methodology of UTI Testing
This story may sound familiar: you recognize all of the symptoms of a UTI so you make a doctor’s appointment. Once at the doctor, you are...
Oct 30, 20245 min read
Recurrent UTI
The definition of a recurrent UTI is as follows: having two or more infections within six months, or three or more within a year. Yet for...
Oct 23, 20245 min read
How our medical system fails those with UTI
There is a failure in our medical system. Those living with chronic UTI can tell this story like the back of their hand: a tale of going...
Oct 11, 20245 min read
What is Phage Therapy anyway?
Although bacteriophage therapy–or “phages” for short–has been a successful alternative to antibiotics for over a century in Eastern...
Sep 25, 20244 min read
Charmaine's Story
My infections are chronic - meaning every single day. It started in 2018 when I thought I had a terrible back ache. I went to the GP and...
Sep 17, 20241 min read
Mental Health and Suicidal Ideation with Chronic UTI
Those with chronic UTI are no stranger to stigma. Although the illness is globally prevalent with over 400 million cases in 2019 alone,...
Aug 31, 20244 min read
Biofilm Lifestyle in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) represent one of the most common infections that are frequently encountered in health care facilities....
Jan 12, 20241 min read
Cystitis Unmasked
The late James Malone-Lee was an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at University College London (UCL). For 37 years as a clinical scientist...
Nov 11, 20231 min read
Inês' Story
I had my first infection at 14 and two more infections during adolescence.. Then, in 2020, I had two infections diagnosed with ecoli and...
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Tarnished gold—the “standard” urine culture:
reassessing the characteristics of a criterion standard for detecting urinary microbes July 2023 Linda Brubaker 1. Toby C. Chai 2. ...
Jul 30, 20231 min read
UTI Through the LifeSpan - A Patient Perspective
Let's Talk UTI was invited to speak at a CAIRIBU Connections Collaborative.. Five patients shared their powerful stories while...
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Persistent and chronic UTI is often misdiagnosed leading to improper treatment...
...lack of symptom resolution, increased healthcare expenditure and decreased quality of life for patients. What are Persistent and...
May 2, 20231 min read
FLARE - May 2023
UTI Health Alliance has made its entrance into the world and is beginning to flourish. We started by creating a patient advocacy . . .
May 1, 20233 min read
Why Do Some People Get UTIs Over and Over?
This information is pulled from National Public Radio, Goats and Soda April 13, 2023 Max Barnhard Willa Rubin is a 26-year-old high...
Apr 14, 20235 min read
Liveta's Story
Hello. 🧚♀️ I will share my story. I used to get acute cystitis as a child, but my grandmother would make parsley tea and it would go...
Mar 29, 20233 min read
Robin's Story
My symptoms first started at the age of 18. It would present with awful urethral pain and passing blood. I would obtain 7 days of...
Mar 19, 20233 min read
Jennifer's Story
I began getting UTIs in my early 20s - they became recurrent almost immediately. I was often given short-course antibiotics to treat them...
Mar 18, 20233 min read
Catherine's Story
While I had the occasional UTI during my college years, I was essentially free from UTIs my entire adult life until my late fifties. ...
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Annie's Story
My first bout with cystitis came about when I was 23 years old. I was living in a small university town. The doctor proscribed sulfa,...
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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