In women who experience 3 or more bladder infections in a year, these measures may help:
Increasing the intake of fluids
Urinating often
Wiping front to back after defecation
Urinating within a short time after sexual intercourse
Avoiding the use of spermicides (used with a diaphragm and/or condom for birth control)
Avoiding douching
Taking antibiotics continually in low doses
Applying estrogen cream to the vulva or inserting estrogen suppositories into the vagina for postmenopausal women who have thinning of the tissues of the vulva and vagina