'In pain all the time': will there ever be relief for women with chronic, life-changing UTIs?

Urinary tract infections are painful - but usually short lived. For thousands of women and children though, the problem can last years. Is a cure in sight?

Poppy was travelling the world when it began. It started in Malaysia and got worse in Australia. The student had the infection for a few weeks before she saw a doctor and was given a quick hit of broad-spectrum antibiotics. They didn’t work.

“I went on getting worse,” she says. “I was not in any city long enough to do a full culture and wait for the right antibiotics.”

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