Urinary tract infections are painful, inconvenient and incredibly common. For decades, doctors haven’t had any leads on why, even after several rounds of antibiotics, UTI pain can linger. Now they do.
Nerve growth from immune responses to the infection might be to blame, researchers report March 1 in Science Immunology. Understanding immune and nerve responses to persistent UTIs, the team says, could possibly lead to new, antibiotic-free forms of treatment.
Over half of women will have a UTI in their life, and around a quarter of infections come back within six months. The pain from these infections can be quite difficult to treat, says Marcus Drake, a neurological urologist
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