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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
What is Urinary Tract Infection ?
A strong persistent urge to urinate.
Frequent urination, a painful, burning feeling in the urethra during urination.
Often, women feel an uncomfortable pressure above the pubic bone, and some men experience a fullness in the rectum.
The urine itself maybe cloudy or reddish if blood is present.
Symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection
A strong persistent urge to urinate
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Frequent urination, a painful, burning feeling in the urethra during urination.
- Often, women feel an uncomfortable pressure above the pubic bone, and some men experience a fullness in the rectum.
- The urine itself maybe cloudy or reddish if blood is present.
More specific symptoms are:-
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Acute pyelonephritis may cause flank pain, high fever, severe chills and nausea or vomiting.
- Cystitis may result in pressure in the lower abdomen and strong-smelling urine.
- Urethritis may lead to pus in the urine. In men, urethritis may cause penile discharge.
Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection
A urinalysis, to look for 'pus' cells in the urine can be helpful in diagnosing UTI.
- In some patients Ultrasound examination of the kidney maybe necessary to rule out any infection of the kidney.
- A dip stick test is also available and it can give diagnosis within a short period.
- Another test that may be performed is called a voiding cystorography (VCUG). It involves instilling a chemical into the bladder and taking serial X-rays as the patient urinates.This test is usually undertaken if the UTI keeps occuring repeatedly in children.
- If the above tests are positive a urine culture can reveal the infectionand types of bacteria causing the infection.
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