24 min
A Deep Dive into RECURRENT UTI Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast
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- Medicine
The only thing more miserable than a urinary tract infection (UTI) is when it happens again, and again, and again. But, good news, there are ways to prevent post-menopause RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. But sometimes urinary urgency, burning, and that “gotta go” feeling is NOT FROM an INFECTION, and need a completely different kind of treatment.
You need to know the difference.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:
WHY post menopause women have so many UTIs
The typical symptoms of a UTI
What BLOOD in the urine means
Why symptoms that MIMIC a UTI but are not caused by an infection
Why it is important to get a URINE CULTURE or PCR testing
A new at HOME way to get rapid urine testing and antibiotic sensitivity
Strategies that DO NOT WORK to PREVENT recurrent urinary tract infections
Strategies that DO WORK to PREVENT recurrent urinary tract infections
How a LOCAL VAGINAL ESTROGEN can reduce or eliminate both recurrent infections and bothersome bladder symptoms that are not from an infection
A non-antibiotic option, methenamine (Hiprax™) will reduce recurrence
Strategies that MIGHT work
For more information on MY UTI- Rapid at-home testing delivered to your doorstep
Website: www.myuti.com
Facebook: @myutiwebsite
Twitter: @uti_my
For more detailed information on genitourinary syndrome of menopause, treatment options, and the impact on bladder function:
Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
Episode 6: Your Post Menopause Urethra and Why You Should Care- with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
The only thing more miserable than a urinary tract infection (UTI) is when it happens again, and again, and again. But, good news, there are ways to prevent post-menopause RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. But sometimes urinary urgency, burning, and that “gotta go” feeling is NOT FROM an INFECTION, and need a completely different kind of treatment.
You need to know the difference.
In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:
WHY post menopause women have so many UTIs
The typical symptoms of a UTI
What BLOOD in the urine means
Why symptoms that MIMIC a UTI but are not caused by an infection
Why it is important to get a URINE CULTURE or PCR testing
A new at HOME way to get rapid urine testing and antibiotic sensitivity
Strategies that DO NOT WORK to PREVENT recurrent urinary tract infections
Strategies that DO WORK to PREVENT recurrent urinary tract infections
How a LOCAL VAGINAL ESTROGEN can reduce or eliminate both recurrent infections and bothersome bladder symptoms that are not from an infection
A non-antibiotic option, methenamine (Hiprax™) will reduce recurrence
Strategies that MIGHT work
For more information on MY UTI- Rapid at-home testing delivered to your doorstep
Website: www.myuti.com
Facebook: @myutiwebsite
Twitter: @uti_my
For more detailed information on genitourinary syndrome of menopause, treatment options, and the impact on bladder function:
Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders
Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
Episode 6: Your Post Menopause Urethra and Why You Should Care- with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Episode 11: Vaginal Estrogen is Not Poison
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine.
Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on
DrStreicher.com
Instagram @DrStreich
Twitter @DrStreicher
Facebook @DrStreicher
YouTube DrStreicherTV
Books by Lauren Streicher, MD
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
24 min