When infections keep coming back
Recurrent infections — generally two in six months or three in a year — deserve more than repeated prescriptions. The questions that matter: are these truly new infections, is something preventing the bladder from clearing properly, and are the right antibiotics being used for the right organisms?
How we evaluate them
UACC's on-site, federally certified laboratory is a real advantage here: cultures are processed by the same practice that treats you, so treatment follows the organism, not a guess. Depending on your history, evaluation may add imaging or a brief office cystoscopy to check for contributing causes.
Prevention that sticks
Prevention plans are built around your own history, and usually combine a few of these:
- Hydration and everyday habit changes that measurably lower recurrence
- For women after menopause, vaginal estrogen where appropriate — one of the most effective and most overlooked preventives
- A targeted preventive antibiotic strategy, used only when it is genuinely warranted
- Finding and treating a contributing cause — incomplete emptying, a stone, or another treatable source
The goal
Fewer infections and fewer antibiotics — both. A prevention plan that works means you stop organizing your life around the next infection.