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Ladies and Gentlemen，good morning! It is nice to meet you. My name is yan gui-ming. I work in Nursing college. This morning we will study “ Urinary Tract InfectionIts abbreviation”. is UTI. A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that begins in urinary system. UTI can be painful and annoying. It also become a serious healthy problem if the infection spreads to kidneys. First, let us look at a short film about UTI. This video describes the causes of UTI. We all know that Women are most at risk of developing the UTI. In fact, one in five women will likely develop the UTI during her lifetime, and many will experience more than once. Women are 30 times more likely to have UTI than men are. Every year, 11% of women have at least one such infection, and up to 60% of all women will develop the UTI at some time in their lives. why? 1st let me describe the Structure of the Female Urinary Tract. Female’s anatomic feature of urethra is wide, shortand straight. Women appear to be more likely than men to develop UTI. A key reason is their anatomic structure. Women have a shorter urethra than men have, which cuts down on the distance through which bacteria must travel to reach the bladder. The higher risk in women is mostly due to the shortness of the female urethra, which is one and one half inches compared to eight inches in men. Bacteria from fecal matter or vagina can be easily transferred to the urethra. Surely, there are some other factors. Let us to see. 2. Other risk factors include: Anything that impedes the flow of urine, such as an enlarged prostate in men or a kidney stone. Diabetes and other chronic illnesses that may impair the immune system. Medications that lower immunity. Prolonged use of tubes (catheters) in the bladder. In addition, a womans immune system may play an inportant role in her risk of recurrent UTI. Bacteria may be able to attach to cells in the urinary tract more easily in women lacking certain immune factors or who have poorly defined im