A 28 white female calls the office frequently requesting antibiotics for symptom

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A 28 white female calls the office frequently requesting antibiotics for symptoms of a UTI. She comes in for a visit 4-6 times yearly for dysuria, urgency, frequency and receives treatment for a positive urine for infection. She uses a combination low-dose OCP for contraception. She and her husband have sexual intercourse 1-2 times most weeks. On close questioning the patient, she usually washes her perineum before and gets up and empties her bladder after intercourse. In spite of this, she has recurrent ( ? 3 per year or 2 or more in 6 months) UTI’s that always occurs within 12 hours of intercourse. Today, she calls complaining of UTI symptoms and asks, “What can I do to prevent this from happening?”

Today, she calls complaining of UTI symptoms and asks, “What can I do to prevent this from happening?”

What are some things that you can suggest that she can do to prevent the reoccurrence of UTIs?

When considering UTIs why may a person experience suprapubic pain, and why may a person experience flank pain? base your answer on anatomical considerations.

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THINGS WE CAN SUGGEST IN ORDER TO PREVENT FROM UTI REOCCURENCE :

A person experiences suprapubic and flank pain in urinary tract infection due to the way the organs are anotomically set as the infection passes on the bladder, ureters and kidneys it leads to pain and may cause discomfort in patient.

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