You peed after sex. You wiped the “right” way. You drank the cranberry juice. You took the antibiotics. So why does the UTI keep coming back?

In this episode of Unmute with Priya, I sit down with Dr. Leah Postma and Aubree Ng, founders of The UTI Clinic, for a conversation I honestly wish every woman could hear. We get into some of the biggest myths women have been told about urinary tract infections, including the shame and blame around hygiene and sex, why a negative urine culture doesn't always mean nothing is wrong, and why repeatedly treating symptoms with antibiotics may not answer the bigger question of why the infections keep happening. We also talk about something I had never had properly explained to me before: the connection between perimenopause, declining estrogen, the vagina, the bladder, and recurrent UTIs.

Leah and Aubree explain why symptoms can begin while you're still having periods, what your microbiome has to do with bladder health, and why UTIs may sometimes be a clue that something else is happening in the body. Most importantly, this conversation is a reminder that you know your body. If you've been told your tests are normal while you know something doesn't feel right, or you've been stuck in a cycle of UTIs and antibiotics wondering what you're doing wrong, you need to hear this episode.

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https://theuticlinic.org/