Hi everyone! I am still preop but I've heard a lot of people lately post op get UTI infections, does anybody know why this is? & is there anyway to prevent this? Also I don't know how to Reply back to someone's comment or add people or change my age on here lol maybe because I'm using my cell phone instead of a laptop??

I have a UTI and had to go to the ER this past week because I was feeling bad and urgent care sent me to the ER since my regular physician wasn't in that day. I had mild dehydration and a UTI. My guess would be that the dehydration led to the UTI.... I read where it could.

@mylighthouse thank you! Yeah I've been seeing it happen to people more and more lately I thought maybe the dehydration! Hope you feel better!

I've had two since my surgery. I had my surgery in August.

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@deb2572 do you think it is from dehydration? So sorry to hear that! Hope you get better!

My doctor told me UTI's can also be caused by constipation, AND, that constipation can also cause yeast infections. This makes sense since constipation is common after bariatric surgery. The body works in mysterious ways. lol