I was guessing “nitpicks” as a reference to pubic lice perhaps. Otherwise, IMO, everything was cool. No biggie.
Thnx for the info, guys. She bought an over the counter thing that makes her pee orange-yellow, and she’s monitoring the situation.
“Uricalm Max.” She feels better.
Not in OP, but: why the soap as a potential cause? Dries out the lady parts, which need a moister environment for the anti-bacteria … stuff…which is the chemical environment itself?
This? (From Quadgop’s website reference):
Bacterial adhesion onto mucosal or urothelial cells is an important phenomenon determining bacterial virulence. Infection in the urinary tract is related in part to the ability of bacteria to adhere and colonize the gut, perineum, urethra, bladder, renal pelvicalyceal system, and renal interstitium [1-6]. Adhesion is particularly important when infection occurs in an anatomically normal urinary tract [3,5,6], but it is also important in recurrent cystitis and infection complicating indwelling bladder catheters [7,8].
The pathophysiology of bacterial adhesion in the urinary tract is complex. Uropathogenic Enterobacteriaceae are electronegative and too small to overcome repulsion by the net negative charge of epithelial cells. As a result, bacterial adhesion cannot occur in the absence of fimbriae or other (nonfimbrial) surface adhesion systems. These systems have favorable electrical charge and also promote adhesion via hydrophobicity. Fimbriae allow irreversible attachment to the uroepithelial cell membrane via adhesins [5,6].
This topic review will primarily consider the role of bacterial adhesion as a virulence determinant of Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis, the two most common strains responsible for urinary tract infection (UTI). Virulence factors of E. coli are mainly responsible for promoting progression of the organism from the fecal reservoir into the bladder and occasionally the kidney. In comparison, virulence factors of P. mirabilis can induce UTI but are particularly important for the formation of infectious struvite stones.
Bacterial virulence is not related to resistance to antimicrobial drugs. As an example, the most adherent strain of E. coli in the patient’s intestinal flora is usually sensitive to most antibiotics.
Multiple host-pathogen interactions are at work in urinary tract infections [9].
I’m sixty, and I used to get UTIs all the time as a young woman. These went away as I exited my “honeymoon” years. The UTIs were always accompanied by burning and pain, so I always knew when I had them. The idea that I could start getting them now and not know that I have them is alarming.
Actually, I did starting getting them again after I went through menopause. One every other month for a year, in fact. My gynecologist gave me a kind of suppository-style HRT pill, and I haven’t had one since. I know I can’t stay on the HRT forever, so I dread when I go off and have to deal with this plague again.