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Bacteria naturally lives around the opening of the urethra. Friction can cause the bacteria to get brushed into the urethra and the bacteria flourish in the warm, damp, dark space. This causes a UTI.

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Bladder infections in women are so-called ascending infections, which means that they are caused by microbes traveling upward through the urethra to the bladder.

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Hi, you could have an imbalance of natural bacteria-try eating live yoghurt on a regular basis and also drinking cranberry juice. Both of these should help

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Length of urethra.

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