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Why do women seem to have urinary tract infections more often than men?

April 26, 2017infections men tract urinary women

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Why do women seem to have urinary tract infections more often than men?

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Women are thirty times more likely than men to get urinary tract infections because of the anatomy. The female urethra is much shorter than a males so the bacteria only have to travel an inch or so to create an infection whereas the bacteria have to travel a longer distance in a man.