Patient/caregiver was instructed on risk factors for UTI in males as follows:
Sexual practices:
- Men giving anal sex can be at increased risk for presentation with UTI.
- This sexual practice can increasingly transmit bacteria from the anal region of the partner to the urethra in male, resulting in inflammation of urethra and UTI.
- Thus, UTI is more common in men with same sex partners.
Constipation:
- Poor bowel movements and history of chronic constipation can increase risk for UTI.
- Bowels backed-up with stool can exert pressure on the urinary bladder and prevent it from emptying completely during voiding.
- This leads to back-up of urine in the bladder.
- Retained urine is a very favorable medium for growth of bacteria, thus resulting in UTI.
Poorly controlled diabetes:
- Poorly managed diabetic patients can have high quantities of sugar in the urine.
- Increased sugar in the urine is a happy medium for the bacteria to grow and multiply, thus leading to UTI.
