According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there are some patterns of syndrome thta lead to urinary tract infection.
1. Pattern of Excessive Damp
2. Pattern of Kidney Yin Deficiency
3. Pattern of Spleen and Kidney Deficiency

Integration of Chinese medicine and western medicine would be a good choice for this disease. When treating urinary tract infection, Chinese doctors will take everything into consideration, including the following conditons.
1. Use of catheter may also cause urinary tract infection.
2. Use of diaphragm as a means of birth control also makes one more susceptible to urinary infection.
3. Increase in the size of the prostate gland may also contribute to the infection.
4. Diabetes also makes one more prone to urinary tract infection.
5. A bacterium by the name of Escherichia coli is responsible for causing urinary tract infection.
6. Besides E coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus also leads to urinary infection in about five to ten percentage of cases.
7. Having made its way into the urinary tract, it keeps multiplying in number causing infection.
8. With urethra being close to bladder in women, females susceptibility to urinary tract infection is relatively more.
9. Contracting UTI especially that related to lower urinary tract may well be a hereditary strain.
10. Young women leading an active sexual life, sex contributes to urinary tract infection.