Quality of Life Concerns with UTI
Did you know that 9 out of 10 people with chronic UTI feel that their condition has impacted their quality of life? According to a...
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Hannah Helgeson
Nov 125 min read
Advocating for Yourself While Living with UTI
Anyone who has experienced a chronic condition knows how daunting it can be to seek out medical care. It can be easy to fall into shame...
Hannah Helgeson
Oct 305 min read
The Flawed Methodology of UTI Testing
This story may sound familiar: you recognize all of the symptoms of a UTI so you make a doctor’s appointment. Once at the doctor, you are...
Hannah Helgeson
Oct 235 min read
Recurrent UTI
The definition of a recurrent UTI is as follows: having two or more infections within six months, or three or more within a year. Yet for...
hannah4518
Oct 115 min read
How our medical system fails those with UTI
There is a failure in our medical system. Those living with chronic UTI can tell this story like the back of their hand: a tale of going...
Hannah Helgeson
Sep 254 min read
What is Phage Therapy anyway?
Although bacteriophage therapy–or “phages” for short–has been a successful alternative to antibiotics for over a century in Eastern...
Hannah Helgeson
Aug 314 min read
Mental Health and Suicidal Ideation with Chronic UTI
Those with chronic UTI are no stranger to stigma. Although the illness is globally prevalent with over 400 million cases in 2019 alone,...
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