Weird Things You Know How To Do If You Get Urinary Tract Infections

Getting Used To Peeing In Cups

Although the average person typically pees in a cup about once a year or once every two years as part of a comprehensive physical exam, women with frequent UTIs are accustomed to peeing in cups much more frequently. That is because recurring UTIs require women to make many trips to the doctor’s office. Doctors ask women with a suspected UTI to pee in a cup so they can analyze the urine sample for signs of an infection, including bacteria and white blood cells. Women with frequent UTIs become experts at aiming for the small cups and not getting their hands soiled in the process.

Refusing To Use A Douche

Women who experience frequent UTIs are so sensitive to pain that the last thing they want to do is use a douche. They also know from all the research they have done on UTIs that douches are ineffective — they actually promote infections and other health problems. The concept of douching may seem appealing (people believe it keeps women clean down there), but in reality, the opposite is true. Douching changes the balance of bacteria in a way that makes it easier for them to grow and cause infections in the urinary tract. Douching is also linked to pelvic inflammatory disease and cervical cancer.