A 32-year-old member asked:
At nursing homes which are predisposing factors for urinary tract infections?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
Post menopause/cathe: These are the predisposing factors for fecurrent UTI in nursing home
1 post menopausal women, as most in nursing home are postmenopausal
2 urinary incontinance is another factor and common in nursing homes
3 antibiotic use which kills the good bacteria which is protective
4 allergy to soaps, vaginal creams or other chemicals used in the genital area can predispose to utis
5 catheters use in men bph.
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