If you’ve been dealing with recurrent UTIs, you’ll know the frustration:

Symptoms appear. You’re given a short course of antibiotics. Your symptoms improve temporarily. Then weeks or months later they return. And the cycle repeats. This can go on for years.

For some women, tests repeatedly come back “normal”, despite ongoing symptoms, and they’re told it’s Interstitial Cystitis (IC) - a label given when no infection is found.

This is because standard urine tests don’t catch everything and in many cases, they miss the problem entirely. You can test “negative” for UTIs on urine culture, and still have bacteria present.

I know this first-hand. I struggled with recurrent UTIs for 22 years, and what I later came to understand is that what I was told was a “new” infection, was in fact an unresolved one that had simply been missed.

To get a clearer picture of the bacteria driving symptoms, I use advanced DNA-based testing, such as Next Generation Sequencing. This looks at all bacterial DNA in the sample, giving a broad overview of the bladder microbiome, including those missed in standard cultures.

But it’s not just about the bladder. I also look at the wider environment that may be contributing to recurrent infections.

This can include exploring:

• gut health and microbial balance

• the vaginal microbiome and vaginal pH

• possible sources of reinfection, including a sexual activity

• nutritional status and immune resilience

• Hormonal changes, particularly low oestrogen during menopause

  Based on this, we’ll create a personalised health plan, including targeted nutrition and personalised supplementation, to put and end to bladder pain.

You don’t have to stay stuck in this cycle

If you’ve been dealing with recurring UTIs or persistent bladder pain, and would like to explore the root causes behind your symptoms to finally break the cycle, you can book a free discovery call with me to see how I can help.

Leticia x