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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, enlightens a reader on a condition called honeymoon cystitis bothering his newly-married wife.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5a52ajn2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Welcome to the second installation of putting Dr. G on the spot for the whole

00:04 month of September. We're focusing on infections and for a change today we're

00:10 focusing on women and we're focusing on a condition called honeymoon cystitis

00:17 As the name suggests honeymoon cystitis is a type of infection that occurs

00:29 during the early phases of sexual intercourse especially a woman during

00:34 the debut of their first sexual intercourse. Why does it happen? In fact

00:39 nobody really knows but it can be as common as 30% according to some studies

00:46 So what is proposed is that perhaps a bacteria that usually line the outer

00:52 layers of the vagina is being pushed into the bladder during sexual

00:57 intercourse and it tends to happen in the first three months of someone

01:02 whenever they start having a very active sex life. In fact most of the time

01:09 honeymoon cystitis can resolve by itself but it can go on to up to two years

01:15 following the sexual debut and therefore it can be a little bit of a nuisance in

01:20 the relationship. Imagine every time there's a sexual activity then the woman

01:25 started getting symptoms of burning sensation, and frequent urination, painful

01:31 urination, to some extent might even get temperature or even to the extent of

01:36 bleeding in the urine. Honeymoon cystitis itself is actually not a sexually

01:41 transmitted infection because one would get really worried because after sexual

01:46 activity you start getting this problem whether your partner is passing this

01:50 infection to you. Contrary to common belief honeymoon cystitis is actually

01:55 caused the vast majority by a bacteria called E. coli. Apart from that 80%

02:02 caused by E. coli, 20% is caused by other bacteria such as Staphylococcus,

02:09 Klebsiella or even infection such as Pseudomonas and all these infections are

02:18 completely curable by antibiotics. So to go and see a doctor sometimes you don't

02:24 even need your urine culture, we can give you antibiotics for a period of three to

02:30 five days and tend to solve the problems. Next week we're going to talk about

02:34 repeated or recurrent urinary tract infection. As we know urinary tract

02:39 infection or UTI is so common in women whenever it happens on regular basis, how

02:45 do you avoid it and how do you minimize your risk of getting it after sexual

02:49 intercourse? If you need to find out stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G

02:54 on the Spot.

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EP188: Bumpy road to the path of romance | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT

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