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Can Constipation Cause A Urinary Tract Infection?

4,204 views · Published 10 July 2018 · 1:51 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: CanXida · 2018 · Education

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Greeting. Eric Bakker, naturopath. Thanks for coming back. I've always got questions and I've got a lot of questions here from subscribers. I picked constipation questions out for this week, so we got a whole heap of them to go through. So the first question I received from somebody is can constipation cause a UTI or urinary tract infection? 

Well, it can definitely be linked. There is certainly there. If you think about it, if you are constipated, it is more difficult to remove all the urine from the bladder. You're going to get a bit of pressure on the bladder there. Some urine's going to be held back. This gives the bladder more chance to build up the bacteria load inside it without flushing it out on a regular basis. So anything that impedes or obstructs the flow of urine can certainly lead or make you more prone to a bladder with bacteria that you don't want. 

E. coli for example can grow very rapidly and they could certainly cause a UTI, so if you've got pressure there on that bladder, because of constipation, it could well be a link there, so make sure you're not constipated.

Please check out the videos in the constipated playlist that I've made for this YouTube channel. There's lots of sensible good information. If you follow a lot of these hits and tips, you will not get constipated. You don't have to be constipated and urinary tract infection is not fun either. It can be avoided. I've completed other videos on urinary tract infections. You should be able to go on and look at those as well.

UTI's can mostly be avoided, too. Lots of tips that we can give you about that, but don't get constipated because it can lead not just to a potential for a UTI, but you know you can get a whole wealth of problems from constipation. Too many that you wouldn't even think about, so get that bowel working. Thanks for the question.

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