Understand Your Risk
nullour urinary tract can usually protect
itself from infection, but certain factors
increase your risk of denullelopinnull a nullnullInull

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Being female. About nullnull percent of
women hanulle had at least one nullnullI
durinnull their lifetime nullcompared
to nullnull percent of mennull. And, many
women will nullet more than one nullnullI
in their lifetime. nullor women, risk
also increases with anulle.

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Diabetes and other chronic
illnesses or medications that
anullect your immune system and
make it harder for your body to
nullnullht infections.

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Conditions that make it difficult
for you to completely empty
your bladder, such as enlarnulled
prostate nullin mennull, and bladder
and kidney stones.

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Menopause and postmenopause,
which cause the lininnull of the
urethra to nullet thinner as estronullen
lenullels decrease.

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Long-term use of catheters (tubes)
in the bladder.
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