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Grace Walsh

What causes a UTI? The most common triggers - and why menopausal women are more likely to get one

Woman lying on her back in bed with hands over head to represent discount from what causes a UTI .

What causes a UTI? Even though women are 30 times more likely to develop a UTI than men, a number that rises in menopause, we don't talk about them nearly enough. 

Whether due to social stigma or the presumption that we'll 'just know' how to deal with it, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are often dismissed in the conversation about women's health and wellbeing in perimenopause and postmenopause. 

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