How to prevent urinary tract infection?

Here are strategies to help prevent urinary tract infections in women:

• Drink plenty of fluids.

• Always wipe front to back.

• Urinate as soon as possible after sex.

• Try a different method of contraception if you use a spermicide.

• Consider vaginal estrogen in postmenopausal women.

• Consider taking a probiotic. This may help decrease the number of UTI-causing bacteria that live in the vagina.

• Consider drinking cranberry juice. However, studies on the effectiveness of this strategy are not conclusive.