Dismissed, ignored and ridiculed: How doctors are letting women down when it comes to UTIs (24 January 2022)

Summary

In this article for The Independent, Hannah Fearn looks at the issues women face when seeking treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs). New research from Garmin has found that 40% of young women say they have been accused of over-exaggerating symptoms or being “over dramatic” about their wellbeing when seeing a doctor.

The author highlights several personal stories of women who have experienced debilitating recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs), describing dismissive and discriminatory treatment from both GPs and secondary care doctors. She also looks at the work of the UK's only dedicated research centre focused on recurrent UTIs for women, based at London’s Whittington Hospital, and highlights new treatments that are becoming available for women with recurrent UTIs.

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