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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)- causes, symptoms, how to treat

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

UTI - Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) - Symptoms

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

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