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| − | <style type="text/css">
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| − | .tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0px auto;}
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| − | .tg td{font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;padding:7px 10px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;word-break:normal;}
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| − | </style>
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| − | <div class="container-fluid page-heading">
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| − | <h3>Blog</h3>
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| − | </div>
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| − | <div class="container-fluid">
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| − | <div class="row">
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| − | <div class="col-md-9">
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| − | <div class="table">
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| − | <table>
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| − | <th>Treatment</th>
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| − | <th>Pros</th>
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| − | <th>Cons</th>
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| − | <td rowspan="4">Antibiotics</td>
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| − | <td>effective against many common infections</td>
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| − | <td>not effective against biofilms</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>easy to administer</td>
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| − | <td>bacteria can develop resistance</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>few side effects</td>
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| − | <td>some can result in side effects that exaggerate initial symptoms</td>
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| − | <td>inexpensive</td>
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| − | <td>can cause severe allergic reactions</td>
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| − | <td rowspan="2">Catheter coated with silver nanoparticles</td>
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| − | <td>bacteria cannot develop resistance</td>
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| − | <td>there can be serious side effects</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>uninvasive in those who would otherwise be having a catheter fitted anyway</td>
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| − | <td>catheters support biofilm formation which can lead to recurring infections</td>
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| − | <td rowspan="4">Botox</td>
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| − | <td>increases comfort by lessening symptoms of incontinence</td>
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| − | <td>does not treat underlying infection</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | <td>may need to have a catheter fitted which increases incidence of infection</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | <td>long term effect unknown</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | <td>invasive</td>
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| − | <td rowspan="3">Methenamine hippurate</td>
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| − | <td>bacteria can’t develop resistance</td>
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| − | <td>have to take doses every day to prevent infection</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | <td>requires additional supplements for effective treatment (Vitamin C, Cranberry supplements)</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | <td>relatively new treatment which hasn’t been tested in children, the elderly, or breastfeeding women, so this limits the number of cases it can be prescribed in</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td rowspan="4">solUTIon</td>
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| − | <td>offers attack and defence against biofilm formation</td>
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| − | <td>as yet, untested in humans. there may be some unforeseen side effects</td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>bacteria cannot develop resistance</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>relatively uninvasive</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </tr>
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| − | <td>acts against more than one species of bacteria and fungi</td>
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| − | <td></td>
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| − | </table>
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| − | </div>
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