The real reason you get a bladder infection

A very unpleasant ailment: a bladder infection. I once had it so acutely that it was red with blood and I screamed on the toilet. And that was just an hour after I had no problems at all.

You often know for sure: if you feel such pain with the last drop of urine, then you have a bladder infection. At least 70 percent of women will experience it at some point or have had it at some point. And you naturally have to urinate very often, at least, that's how it feels. Often only a few drops come out. But how is it that you often have trouble with it? How can you prevent it? Many women suffer from it, more than men in any case. And we usually think it comes from sex; you always have to pee after sex, right? Or is it because you wear tight clothing, with jeans that don't breathe? Because you drink too little water? Well, no, there is another reason.

The wrong way
And that's pretty gross, but yes, you're probably wiping your butt wrong. There is actually only one real cause of the infection, and that is the E.coli bacteria, a poop bug. So after a big job, wiping your butt half along your urethra and thus via your vagina, you definitely don't want to do that. You should wipe your butt towards the butt side, you get it? Towards your back, not towards your stomach. Women have a fairly short urethra that is close to the anus, in case you need a lesson in anatomy. If you wipe that poop bacteria along your vagina and your urethra, then there is a chance that the bacteria will end up there. And then you don't even have to have had sex to still have trouble with your bladder. get a bladder infection.

Look, now we know that too. From now on, wipe properly and your bladder will be spared. This little fact can save a lot of women a lot of screaming in the bathroom.