UTI Symptoms

LOWER urinary tract infections  (includes:  urethritis,  cystitis,  prostatitis)

•   Frequent urges to urinate.   Frequent feeling that you have to go very badly and right away (especially at night, called nocturia), and then there is not much urine to void

•  Lack of control over passing urine.   Sometimes incontinence.

•   Painful, burning sensation when urinating (Dysuria).    Pain goes away during urination and immediately returns. Also, increased difficulty in starting the urine stream

•   Cloudy urine with foul odor.   Sometimes with blood in urine

•   Flu-like, systemic low fever and aching

•   A feeling of heaviness or pain in the lower abdomen over bladder or pubic area

•   Painful sexual intercourse

UPPER urinary tract infections  (includes: kidney infection)

•  Abdominal pain / Tenderness in the rib area.   Radiating to back on affected side

•  Painful voiding of urine (dysuria)

•  Kidney / Lower back pain.   On side involved, also bladder tenderness

•  Fever, headache, nausea and vomiting.  Sometimes delirium, tiredness