Many chronic UTI sufferers have been put through countless tests and procedures along their journey to find answers for their so called 'mysterious' symptoms. Most of these tests and procedures are invasive, unnecessary, unhelpful and sometimes can even be harmful. To avoid all these costly, unhelpful procedures, we need doctors to acknowledge that chronic UTIs are a genuine and widespread medical condition mainly amongst women, but also for some men and a number of children, and we urgently need an early diagnosis tests specifically designed for UTIs that have become chronic.