After marriage, Ms. Wang repeatedly experienced frequent urination, urinary urgency and painful urination. Every time you go to the hospital, the same diagnosis of “urinary tract infection”. This makes Ms. Wang painful, how exactly can urinary tract infections according to the door? Indeed, urinary tract infections are always “patronizing” women. Women are particularly vulnerable to urinary tract infections during four special periods. Menstrual period I have met several patients who have minor urinary tract infections two or three times a year, very regularly, three to five days after their menstrual period. The blood of menstruation is a natural culture medium for bacteria. The proximity of the female genital tract to the urinary tract causes bacteria within the menstrual period to be highly susceptible to retrograde infection of the urinary tract. Bacteria can easily breed and multiply in menstrual blood, which then contaminates the urinary tract. This, coupled with the fact that the body’s resistance decreases during menstruation, gives the infection a chance to take advantage of it. Therefore, it is especially important for women to drink plenty of water during menstruation. The urethra of virgins is covered by the labia majora and labia minora, and the urethra does not come into direct contact with the outside world, so it is relatively clean. After you start having sex, this natural barrier is damaged. During the newlywed period, sex is more frequent, and the male and female organs are in close contact and friction, which opens the door for bacteria to invade. During sexual intercourse, the female urethra is often squeezed into the vagina, when bacteria are very easy to breed in the urinary tract. If you don’t pay attention to the hygiene of your sex life, you will be more likely to get sick. Uterine cap and spermicide can disrupt the balance of bacteria in the vagina and reduce the protective bacteria, so harmful bacteria will take advantage of the opportunity to attack. In addition, the newlywed period is busy with wedding banquets and honeymoon trips, the emotions are more exciting and the body is easily fatigued, the body’s resistance will be reduced. So many brides get sick during the honeymoon, bringing some trouble and embarrassment to the happy and romantic days. Therefore, timely urination after each sexual intercourse, so that the bacteria that have not yet multiplied in large numbers are washed out of the body by the flowing urine, so that the urinary tract infection cannot attack. Pregnancy Because the huge uterus squeezes the bladder and urethra in the latter months of pregnancy, urine tends to stay in the bladder and bacteria can easily grow in the non-flowing urine, so the chance of infection increases greatly when you are pregnant. Menopause is also the peak period for urinary tract infections because of the decrease in estrogen, degenerative changes in the mucosa of the urethra, decreased immunoglobulin and organic acid content, and decreased local resistance. According to statistics, urinary tract infections increase by 1 to 2 percent every 10 years after menopause. The suboptimal state is no longer the privilege of men. When the body’s immunity decreases, it is the time for various diseases to invade the body. At this time, prevention is especially important. The most common bacteria that cause urinary tract infections is E. coli. Normally, it is parasitic in the intestines and does not cause disease, but if it enters the urethra by the anus, it can lead to inflammation of the urinary tract. So wipe with clean toilet paper after stool, in the order of front to back, so as not to contaminate the vaginal opening and the outer urethra. If the restroom has flushing facilities, it is best to carefully flush the anal area. In addition, vitamin C raises the acidity of urine, making it less likely for various bacteria that trigger urinary tract infections to survive. Therefore, drinking more vitamin-rich drinks such as orange juice, citric acid, and kiwi juice is beneficial for preventing urinary tract infections.