Urinary tract inflammation is manifested by: burning, pain when urinating, a feeling of pushing, frequent urination.

The most common treatment for inflammation is antibiotic therapy. Fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin, ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin with clavulanic acid are recommended. Asymptomatic bacteraemia does not require treatment.
It is considered that hormone replacement therapy is not an effective method to protect against infection.

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A post-menopausal woman should take care of prevention:

• maintain personal hygiene;
• urinate regularly;
• drink at least 2l of fluids daily;
• drink cranberry juice;
• you can use vaginal preparations containing oestrogen, which restore normal bacterial flora by inhibiting the growth of bacteria that cause urinary tract infections.