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The Hearing Patient Voices project surveyed 410 people from around the world with chronic urinary tract infection (UTI). The online survey measured the impact chronic UTI has on quality-of-life and focused on symptoms, various life domains, emotional wellbeing, healthcare experiences and avoidable costs to the...
After frequent international travel for work, Julie developed a series of complex symptoms that were badly impacting her health. Her symptoms were put down to an auto-immune condition that she had to live with. Six years on she developed further symptoms – this time relating...
Online information and support groups can be great places to link with others who are in a similar situation. This can help reduce feelings of isolation often experienced by people suffering silently with persistent lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Online groups allow for the sharing...
People experiencing chronic pain and illness, like chronic urinary tract infection (UTI), often find their condition has as equally devastating an impact on their mental health as it does on their physical health and well-being. In a society which overwhelmingly focuses on health and ‘good’...
When Samantha felt a urinary tract infection (UTI) come on, a negative test at the Emergency Department sent her on a pathway she never expected. In no time she was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis (IC) and she underwent repeated procedures and trialled a huge variety...
Diane started to get recurrent UTIs several years after surgery for urinary incontinence using transvaginal tape (TVT). The surgery was successful but for a time she needed a catheter to empty her bladder. After a routine colonoscopy and stopping hormone replacement therapy (HRT), a tsunami...
This is my story...
Laura's experience with urinary tract infections (UTIs) was limited. She'd only had two UTIs before, but her third was different. It did not fully respond to antibiotics and her symptoms returned within days to weeks after each prescribed treatment. She went through the usual process...
Alicia's first ever urinary tract infection (UTI) struck in the middle of the night. She knew something was terribly wrong, but doctors at her local hospital in Spain looked at the negative dipstick and sent her home with some cream. As the weeks went on,...
At the age of five or six, Bella knew there was something different about her. Her bladder often hurt and she could not control the urgent need to race to the toilet frequently. This led to 'accidents', unsympathetic teachers, teasing kids and doctors who misunderstood...