Cystitis is a common urinary infection that occurs in women sexually active and manifests as a bacterial infection that determines the inflammation in your bladder with a frequent urge to urinate and a burning sensation when you pee. Urinary tract infection appear when bacterias infect a part of your urinary tract. Bacterias may come from the rectum and may cause infection at any portion of the urinary tract, it may be asymptomatic. But, if it affects your kidneys a severe urinary infection may occur.



The state of pregnancy makes women more susceptibles to urinary infections, because the baby presses your bladder and the growing uterus compress the ureters, so the bacteria stagnate more in the urine and leads to urinary infections. In your first prenatal medical control, you need to have your urine tested for bacteria, in case there are bacterias in your urine you'll take antibiotics to treat your urinary infection, that left untreated can lead to kidney infection.

Cystitis manifests with pain, discomfort and burning when urinating, lower abdominal pain, urge to pee, blood in the urine and cloudy urine. It's important not to delay the treatment of urinary infection even if your symptoms are mild, because kidney infection is severe most of all if you are pregnant. If you have high fever, pain in the lower back, in your abdomen, nausea, vomiting and blood or puss in the urine it is possible to suffer of kidney infection.

If you are pregnant and you get an urinary infection, you'll be admitted to hospital and receive antibiotics intravenously, after you'll be tested frequently to prevent another urinary infection, in order to prevent the urinary complications that might appear.

It is essential to follow an antibiotic treatment for up to 10 days, in order to get rid of all the bacteria in your urinary tract. Repeated urine cultures are required in order to be sure you're not getting infected again and to treat the infection if it's in an incipient stadium. To minimize your chances to develop an urine infection you should:

Drink plenty of water, do not delay your urge to pee, keep your genital area clean, wipe yourself from front to back in order not to introduce bacteria in your genitals. It has also been recommended to clean your genital area before and after sexual intercourse.

Avoid products for hygiene that irritate your urethra and genitals and that may help producing urinary infections. It has been proved that cranberry juice reduce bacteria levels, but if you are already experiencing an urinary infection you should visit a doctor and follow a treatment. Your underwear should be of cotton to protect you from any possible infection.