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My child has a urinary tract infection

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Dear Dr Ombeva,

My three-and-a-half-year-old daughter has been treated for three episodes of urinary tract infections in the last six months. This is worrying me. I wonder whether it is poor toilet habits or poor hygiene. She never had these problems before. When she turned three, I took her to baby class, and apart from the UTIs, everything else seems to be fine.

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