Things You Didn’t Know About UTIs

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a urinary tract infection

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This bacteria is mostly to blame

The majority of UTIs are caused by E. coli bacteria. That could be why many women report feeling shame or guilt around getting them – there can be this idea that you are “dirty” or did something wrong. But it’s not your fault that whoever created women’s bodies put our anuses so damn close to our vaginas. That’s a major design flaw, if you ask me. It’s all too easy for bacteria from one end to move to the other, especially when you’re very sexually active. There is no shame in a UTI, but that doesn’t change the fact that walking down the aisle of the pharmacy with the UTI treatments is no party. In fact, Plotch got the idea of Stix after running into her boyfriend’s mom while she was buying a pregnancy test at the drug store. She felt there just had to be a better, more discreet way for women to get products related to pregnancy, ovulation, and UTIs.

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