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Nurse Alexandria Delasantos shares the most common menopause myths.

During perimenopause—the years leading up to your final period—your body becomes a bustling hub of hormonal change. Picture Grand Central Station, only instead of passengers racing to make their trains, baristas serving coffee and bagels, and tourists pausing to gawk at interesting architectural details, you’ve got estrogen levels zigzagging all over the place, progesterone taking the elevator down to the basement, and testosterone swinging from the chandelier. The result: An arrivals board

Hormonal changes must be taken into account for recurrent urinary tract infections associated with menopause.

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the routine issues primary care doctors see in their practices, and more often than not, they can be addressed with a single course of antibiotics.

But when UTIs become frequent enough to meet the American Urological Association's definition of recurrent—two or more infections in six months, or three or more infections in a