{"id":28993,"date":"2016-09-29T01:35:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T01:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/7-causes-of-urinary-tract-infection\/"},"modified":"2016-09-29T01:35:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T01:35:10","slug":"7-causes-of-urinary-tract-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/7-causes-of-urinary-tract-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"7 causes of urinary tract infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The urinary tract is a system in the body responsible for removing waste and excess water. The urinary tract consists of the bladder, the kidneys, the ureters and the urethra.}<\/p>\n<p>Urinary tract infections are caused by microbes such as bacteria overcoming the body\u2019s defences in the urinary tract.<\/p>\n<p>Common symptoms of urinary tract infections include a strong, frequent urge to urinate and a painful and burning sensation when urinating.<\/p>\n<p>Below are 7 causes of urinary tract infection<\/p>\n<p>1. Holding pee for too long can cause urinary tract infections because when urine stays too long in the bladder, it encourages the production of germs.<\/p>\n<p>2. Wiping from back to front after a bowel movement can cause urinary tract infection. Wiping from back to front causes germs to the enter the vagina.<\/p>\n<p>3. Sexual intercourse can cause urinary tract infections as it pushes germs inside the urethra. Ensure you and your partner are always clean.<\/p>\n<p>4. Urinary tract infections can also be caused by kidney stones because kidney stones make it difficult to pass urine.<\/p>\n<p>5. Use of spermicides and tampons can cause urinary tract infections.<\/p>\n<p>6. Poor personal hygiene can cause urinary tract infections.<\/p>\n<p>7. Diabetes can increase the likelihood of having urinary tract infections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-15354 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/itching.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The urinary tract is a system in the body responsible for removing waste and excess water. The urinary tract consists of the bladder, the kidneys, the ureters and the urethra.} Urinary tract infections are caused by microbes such as bacteria overcoming the body\u2019s defences in the urinary tract. Common symptoms of urinary tract infections include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[75],"byline":[2483],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-28993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-homenews","byline-elcrema"],"bylines":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28993"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=28993"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=28993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}