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Reduce your risk of getting urinary tract infections

How to reduce your risk of catching UTIs (Photo: iStock)

This week's article has a bias on women, addressing urinary tract infections which tend to be a recurring reason for gynaecology consults.

Women will be familiar with UTI as the abbreviation for the said infection. The infection tends to occur mostly in the bladder and the urethra (the tube that brings urine out). In some cases, the infection can spread to affect the kidneys as well.

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