Cystitis, a common urinary tract infection (UTI) is usually caused by bacteria entering the urethra.

Because women usually have shorter urethras, they’re more susceptible to the disease. The lifetime likelihood of developing a urinary tract infection (UTI) is thought to be 50-60% in women and 13-14% in men.

And while the UTI prevalence spikes among young women, researchers say that normally, the instances of cystitis rise with age.

But a new study published in the British Medical Journal Public Health found that a bout of acute cystitis may be linked to an increased risk of urogenital cancers, like bladder cancer and prostate cancer, in midlife.

What did the researchers find?

The study looked at data from a cohort study of all people living in Sweden from 1997 to the end of 2018

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