Jess’ work with Live UTI free stems from a passion to transform the way female patients are perceived within their own healthcare experience. She brings a unique perspective to the team as she has witnessed firsthand the disconnect between patients and the medical community. Having a background in patient advocacy, she hopes to encourage open communication within the practitioner-patient relationship and open-mindedness toward the diagnostics and treatment of chronic and recurrent UTI.

In your search for the best treatment approaches to recurrent UTI, you’ve likely stumbled upon discussions around fulguration. While fulguration is a fairly new concept within the UTI patient communities, urologists have been performing the procedure for decades.  We did some digging to uncover what the research says about fulguration for chronic UTI. Unsurprisingly, the research was sparse. So we

After living with a recurrent or chronic UTI for months, years, or longer, understanding how to prevent recurrent UTI can be invaluable to you. Ruth Kriz, APRN is familiar with this from both a personal and clinical perspective. As you’re probably familiar, breaking the cycle of UTI can be extraordinarily difficult. However, the more knowledge you have about your UTI circumstances,

We sat down with Dr. Angelish Kumar, a certified menopause practitioner and urologist in NYC, to discuss how hormones can impact the development of UTI. She gave us insight into the importance of estrogen and tips on how to treat and prevent UTI when hormones are playing a role.  Watch the full interview on YouTube or browse the summaries below

What are the differences between chronic and recurrent UTI? Is bacterial identification the only way to diagnose and treat an infection? What about sex? How does sex impact a UTI and vice versa? These are some of the common questions we receive, so we passed them along to someone who could help answer them, Professor James Malone-Lee. Professor Malone-Lee passed away

Dr. Hlavinka sat down with us to discuss some areas of health that can impact chronic or recurrent UTI. In our video interview, we touched on a range of topics surrounding UTI, including hormones, sex and the often considered link with interstitial cystitis (IC).  Dr. Tim Hlavinka also provided a unique insight into the relationship between female health and UTI,

Ruth Kriz, Nurse Practitioner, became interested in and dedicated to exploring underlying causes of chronic UTI and interstitial cystitis (IC) during her own decade-long experience with a diagnosis of IC.  In part one of our interview with Ruth Kriz, she shares the history behind how she became involved in treating IC patients. Also discussed are alternatives to standard urine culture