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A member asked:

Have a super pubic catheter and constant infections, can you have a spc for ever, what is the other options apart from intermitent. retention & pain.

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Unfortunately not: Much. Intermittent catheter ization is likely to reduce infection. Sometimes bacterium iambic may not indicate active UTI

Answered 5/18/2015

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