Treatment of persistent urinary tract infections

  Urinary tract infections, commonly known as urinary tract infections, are a common disease that afflicts people, especially women of childbearing age, and is an important cause of chronic renal failure. According to the site of infection, urinary tract infections can be divided into pyelonephritis, ureteritis, cystitis and urethritis; according to the pathogenic factors, they can be divided into simple and complicated urinary tract infections. According to statistics, more than half of adult women experience urinary tract infections. Most simple urinary tract infections are quickly relieved by antibiotic treatment and rest, but some of them recur or persist for a long time, seriously affecting their life and work.  How should this persistent urinary tract infection be treated? At present, most hospitals generally use antibiotics to gradually upgrade or combine a variety of antibiotics for long-term treatment, many patients eventually still can not be effective, some instead of the toxic side effects and dysbiosis brought about by antibiotics. The following methods will definitely help you.  1. The causative organism and drug sensitivity should be clarified. Many patients diagnosed with urinary tract infection do not do bacterial culture, that is, the application of some of the most efficient antibiotic treatment, such as the majority of the current choice of penicillins, cephalosporins and quinolones, part of the pathogenic bacteria to these antibiotics resistance, which is an important reason for delayed rational treatment. Never ignore tuberculosis, chlamydia, mycoplasma and other infections!  2, antibiotics should be sufficient dose and sufficient course of treatment. Norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin, and vincristine are commonly available in many small family medicine cabinets, and most patients take these drugs orally when symptoms appear, but stop taking them soon after symptoms are controlled; in general, pyelonephritis requires antibiotics for two weeks, but many patients cannot adhere to them. These are important reasons for antibiotic resistance.  3, to actively remove the factors that complicate urinary tract infections. Common factors are: (1) poor urinary flow, such as urinary stones, urinary tract malformation, polycystic kidney, tumor, indwelling catheter, neurogenic bladder, etc.; (2) reduced resistance, such as diabetes mellitus, hyperuricemia, long-term application of immunosuppressive drugs and other serious systemic diseases.  4. Treatment should be individualized according to the patient’s condition. For menopausal women, estrogen replacement therapy can be chosen; for those with dysbiosis, microecological therapy can be chosen; for those with psychological factors, suggestive therapy or hypnotherapy can be chosen; homeopathy is a new method carried out in recent years, characterized by a very small dose of medication and few side effects; other therapies include naturopathy, foot therapy, etc.  5, Chinese medicine dialectical treatment can solve many difficult urinary tract infections. At present, the commonly used Wu Wei Disinfection Drink and Bazheng Hefei are still a good choice for stubborn urinary tract infections.