I heard that some Meds can cause this. In the meantime, eat lots of Yogurt.
bigi

Drinking cranberry juice is supposed to help. I'm unsure if RA has much to do with it. I didn't have anything like this around diagnosis time.

Take care, Anna

I never had this problem in my life until last year. This was 10 years after getting RA. My sister got it a year after being diagnosed with MS. Mine is now recurrent, and it bothers me, immensely. I have given up on antibiotics. Apparently Flora makes a tea which is supposed to be quite good. I eat cranberries daily, and it helped my kidneys, but not the infections. I also take a lot of pro-biotics, and they haven't helped either. If you find a solution, please post here. I am willing to try just about anything. I am 56.

I am 44, I have had two UTI's in my entire life, the last one was last year. I have had RA for nearly 20 years. so I just look at this way, not every ailment I get is necessarily linked to RA.

UTI's is something women can get anyway, RA or not. So I think it's probably just one of those things.

Cranberry juice, yep there is truth to that.
Also you can get the over the counter AZO tablets for UTI's they can help too.
It is possible that the meds you took just didn't clear things up entirely. Sometimes we can have it mild and we don't necessarily have obvious symptoms.
but take the usual obvious preventative measures, proper hygiene, do the front to back wiping technique. And go pee straight after sex, that is advised too.

UTIs. YUC! There is nothing more miserable (except maybe an RA flare!). My mom was predisposed to these and struggled for years. Finally, her doctor put her on a year long low dose of antibiotics. She never had another one.

I have at least a couple of UTI's a year. I had them before I was diagnosed, so I'm not sure they have anything to do with RA. But some of the info I've read online suggests that certain bacteria may be the root of RA. (connection?) hmmmmm.....
All I know is that after I finish a round of Cipro for a UTI, even my RA feels better for about a week. - Maybe it's all in my head, but since I'm the one walking around in this body, I'll take it!

Drinking cranberry juice is great (it needs to be pure cranberry juice, not the one with all the water and sugar according to my doc), but when I went in to see my doctor once for this infection and told her I drank a gallon of juice before I came in reminded me to do everything in moderation because an excessive amount of the cranberry juice can also be an irritant to the inside of the bladder.
-Caroline

I think it is the decrease in your immune system. I never had even one UTI until the last few years and now I have them fairly frequently. It really does help to take cranbery,either in the juice form or in the tablet form.Yougurt also helps because it keeps the pH of your body stable and so prevents the bacteria and yeast from forming. Good luck. DEB