Dr Emma Hayhurst of the University of South Wales
Dr Emma Hayhurst of the University of South Wales has been working on a research project to identify new, innovative ways to diagnose UTIs. Read the full story here.
The drug methenamine (which is not an antibiotic) could be as effective as antibiotics
The drug methenamine (which is not an antibiotic) could be as effective as antibiotics at preventing urinary tract infections. A recent study included women who had frequent infections of the
Parents of children suffering long-term, chronic UTIs
Parents of children suffering long-term, chronic UTIs say youngsters will still be left suffering years of debilitating pain new guidelines fail to ensure the underlying condition is effectively tested and
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recently revised the guidelines for treating children
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recently revised the guidelines for treating children, but parents say the changes fail to account for the outdated testing methods still being
Florence, 13, has seen countless doctors…
undergone intrusive surgeries, and even been encouraged to try mindfulness to overcome the pain, but the chronic infection has not subsided. One mother and her daughter’s horrific story. Read the
Children are losing their childhoods…
to agonising chronic urinary tract infections as there is currently no official treatment pathway available to them in the UK ‘My daughter told me she didn’t want to live any
Living with chronic UTIs: ‘I was sleeping on the loo with a pillow propped against the sink’
Kelly Fogerty was misdiagnosed and endured three years of excruciating pain from a chronic urinary tract infection before her health finally started to improve. I went into hospital on 25
‘I was begging to just die’: Meet three women living with chronic UTIs
This month, the NHS website finally recognised chronic UTIs as a condition after years of campaigning from the Chronic Urinary Tract Infection Campaign (CUTIC) and Bladder Health UK. PRUDE spoke
The NHS just changed its guidelines on chronic UTIs, so what does this mean for sufferers?
Despite being deeply unpleasant, UTIs, aka Urinary Tract Infections, are very common. In fact, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, up to 50% of women will experience a