OCTOBER 6, 2017

Drinking More Water May Reduce the Risk for UTIs

SAN DIEGO—Women who are at risk for urinary tract infections who increased their daily water intake reduced their infection risk by almost 50%, according to a presentation at IDWeek 2017.

“While doctors have long assumed this is the case and often recommended that women at risk for UTIs increase their fluid intake, it’s never really undergone a prospective trial before,” said Thomas M. Hooton, MD, the clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the