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[I220]In Urinary Tract Infection

by Jennifer King, Jen

A urinary tract infection can sometimes lead to dehydration and hospitalisation if the infection isn't diagnosed in the shortest amount of time. Some women can misdiagnose a urinary tract infection thinking it is a yeast infection, and will start trying to cure themselves with an over the counter yeast infection medicine.

A doctors diagnosis for a UTI is important

Anyone who misdiagnoses their UTI or leaves it untreated has the risk of the infection travelling up to their kidneys (pyelonephritis), and it is then possible the infection can become life threatening. A doctors diagnosis is needed as soon as possible as soon as any symptoms start to appear. Many bacterial infections of the genitals get misdiagnosed as a yeast infection because it's the easiest infection to purchase a cure for, and is the most common infection of the genitals. Symptoms of a urinary tract infection include...

Cloudy, smelly urine
The frequency of urination will increase
The amount of urine will decrease
The urgency of urination increases
A burning sensation when urinating
Muscle pain and spasms in the genital area
Pain and/or pressure over the pubic bone

If you're UTI has infected your kidneys then other symptoms include...

Lower back pain
Flu like symptoms including fever and chills

Urinary tract infections in men

Although urinary tract infections are more common in women, men can also get them. Because the urethra is longer in men they usually get a UTI because of an enlarged prostate gland preventing the bladder from being completely emptied. This cause usually only happens in older men as the prostate enlarges with age. Another cause for A UTI in men is kidney stones.

Antibiotics

A urinary tract infection is usually treated with antibiotics. Because antibiotics kill all the bacteria in your body this can lead to other infections like a yeast infection. Your body needs friendly bacteria to fight of the bacteria that causes these other infections and antibiotics are the main cause of chronic bacterial infections in people.

Antibiotics are not always the answer in curing a UTI, and do not represent a long term solution for most people. Once a UTI becomes recurrent you get in the never ending cycle of taking more anti fungal drugs that just aid the bacterial imbalance that id causing the recurrent infections. This is why more people are now curing themselves naturally as a natural cure doesn't upset the bacterial balance like drugs do. A natural cure doesn't have the possible side effects that drugs do either.

Cranberry juice

The most common natural remedy for a UTI is cranberry juice, although this is best used as a preventative rather than just relying on it for a cure.

Statistics say that millions of people get affected each year of the urinary tract infections. It is also known that after respiratory infections, infections of the urinary tract are the most common. It is certitude that each year, about 9.6 million persons go to a doctor because of these conditions. It seems that women are more affected than men and statistics say that 4 out of 5 will develop urinary tract infection during her lifetime. Men do not experience so often the symptoms of the mentioned condition because they do not get affected as often as women. It is also good to know that this condition can also occur in men and when it occurs, severe problems might occur.

You should know that the urinary system consists of kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The main organs in this urinary system are the kidneys, a pair of purplish-brown organs that can be found bellow the ribs, toward the middle of the back. Their role is to remove liquid waste from the blood in the form of urine, to keep a stable balance of salt and other substances in the blood and to produce a hormone that helps in the formation of the red blood cells.

Ureters are narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder which is a deposit chamber in the lower abdomen. Here the urine is stored until it is eliminated through the urethra.

The amount of eliminated urine varies from person to person, being related to many factors such as age or the quantity of consumed liquids. An adult is believed to be passing about a quart and a half of urine each day. The urine volume formed at night is half the volume formed at day.

When we wonder about the causes of urinary tract infection we should know that urine is sterile. Urine contains fluids, salt or waste products but is free of bacteria or any other possible causes of infection. Infections occur when microorganisms, usually from digestive tract get to the opening of the urethra and begin to multiply. Many cases are caused because of the bacteria called Escherichia coli which live in the colon.

For many patients the bacteria begins to multiply in the urethra. This infection is caused urethritis. When the bacteria moves to the bladder it causes the infection called cystitis and when it reaches to the kidneys the condition is called pyelonephritis. Sexually transmitted organisms named Mycoplasma ans Chlamydia may lead to urinary tract infections too.

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