{"id":291,"date":"2020-02-26T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=291"},"modified":"2020-02-26T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:23:22","slug":"what-causes-bladder-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-causes-bladder-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"What causes bladder infections?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Bladder infections often occur when\u00a0<strong>bacteria<\/strong>\u00a0get into the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, and then move into the bladder. Share on Pinterest A bladder infection may be caused by frequent sexual intercourse and not urinating immediately after sexual intercourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Causes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bladder infections often occur when bacteria get into the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, and then move into the bladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once in the bladder, the bacteria can stick to the lining of the bladder, causing it to become inflamed, a condition known as\u00a0cystitis. The bacteria can also move from the bladder into the kidneys, resulting in a\u00a0kidney infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of factors that can increase the risk of getting a bladder infection, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>frequent sexual intercourse<\/li><li>having sexual intercourse with a new partner<\/li><li>using a diaphragm and a spermicide for\u00a0birth control<\/li><li>not urinating immediately after sexual intercourse<\/li><li>having diabetes<\/li><li>having a bladder or kidney infection within the past 12 months<\/li><li>changes in the urinary system<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bladder infections often occur when\u00a0bacteria\u00a0get into the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body, and then move into the bladder. Share on Pinterest A bladder infection may be caused by frequent sexual intercourse and not urinating immediately after sexual intercourse. Causes Bladder infections often occur when bacteria get into the urethra, the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-causes-bladder-infections\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}