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The number of UTIs is rising worldwide. This increase poses a serious public health challenge. Several factors contribute to this trend. The growing elderly population is more prone to these infections. Changes in healthcare methods and possibly broader environmental factors also play a role. The widespread and sometimes unnecessary use of antibiotics has disturbed the body’s natural balance of microbes. This creates conditions for harmful pathogens to thrive. The high number of UTI cases puts a lot of pressure on healthcare facilities. It leads to higher costs, longer patient suffering, and in severe cases, serious illnesses like sepsis when infections spread to the upper urinary tract [7]. At the same time, antibiotic resistance rates among uropathogens are rising quickly, making treatment more difficult. Bacteria commonly involved in UTIs, especially E. coli and other Gram-negative bacteria, are becoming increasingly resistant to many standard antibiotic treatments. This troubling trend results from the regular use of antibiotics in both human medicine and agriculture, which encourages the development of resistant strains of bacteria. This makes infections harder to treat, lengthens recovery times, and significantly raises treatment costs. There should be a renewed effort to discover new treatments and explore alternative therapies to deal with these tough and resilient infections