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How To Prevent Urinary Tract Infection?
My 7 week old grand-daughter is in the hospital with a urinary track infection and the doctors are talking about it being e-coli. I am trying to figure out how she got it so we can avoid this in the future. Any suggestions besides the obvious washing hands more, handling raw meat carefully?
Mon, 2 Jun 2014
i appreciate your intention as a grandfather.
As your grand child is a female anatomically her urinary tract opening and anal anal opening located close together(unlike in male child). when the mother use to wash her stools right back from front possibility of motion component will enter into urinary tract.
normally we advise female child to wash stool right from up to downside.one way to backward.
this is the major possibility of getting e coli infection for 7 week female baby.
'Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help". For Follow up queries, end with "If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health to your grand child.
As your grand child is a female anatomically her urinary tract opening and anal anal opening located close together(unlike in male child). when the mother use to wash her stools right back from front possibility of motion component will enter into urinary tract.
normally we advise female child to wash stool right from up to downside.one way to backward.
this is the major possibility of getting e coli infection for 7 week female baby.
'Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help". For Follow up queries, end with "If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health to your grand child.
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