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1. What are the symptoms of urinary tract infections?

The urinary system in our body consists of 2 kidneys, 1 ureter, 1 bladder and 1 urethra. Urinary tract infections are usually caused by bacteria, but there are also cases of infection caused by viruses or fungi.

Due to the short urethra, women are more susceptible to infection than men, especially women who have had sex. Urinary tract infections can occur in all four organs of the urinary system, however, this condition is more common in the urethra and bladder (lower urinary tract organs) than in the kidneys and ureters (upper urinary tract organs).

If you urinate too often, you may have a urinary tract infection.

Common symptoms of urinary tract infections:

• Urinate many times a day, when urinating there is a burning, stinging pain.
• Unusual urine characteristics: Cloudy color, foul odor, mixed with mucus or blood.
• The amount of urine each time is usually very small.
• Men with the disease are prone to rectal pain, while female patients often have pelvic pain.
• When the disease becomes serious, the patient may experience some symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, pain on both sides of the back, itching in the genital area, fever, fatigue, etc.

2. Complications of urinary tract infection

When suffering from urinary tract infection, patients should not be too worried because if treated early and properly, this disease can be cured. However, if not treated promptly, the disease can lead to many dangerous complications. Therefore, patients should not be subjective about the disease but need to treat the disease early, persistently follow the doctor's instructions to completely cure the disease and limit the risk of recurrence.

When entering the urinary tract, bacteria will first affect the urethra and bladder. If not detected early and treated at this stage, bacteria will have the opportunity to grow and continue to cause inflammation in the upper urinary tract organs, the ureters and kidneys.

Kidney infections or ureteral infections are very dangerous, with a high risk of causing many complications, even death. Moreover, treating ureteral or kidney infections will also be more difficult.

When having urinary tract infection, pregnant women have high risk of premature birth or miscarriage.

Some urinary tract complications can include:

- Kidney damage is permanent.

Pregnant women are at risk of miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight babies,...

- Urethral stricture in men.

- Blood infection, causing death.

More worryingly, urinary tract infections have a very high risk of recurrence if the patient does not persistently treat them, especially in women. This is also a factor that increases the severity of this disease.

3. How to diagnose urinary tract infections

Symptoms of urinary tract infections are often quite obvious and easy to recognize, but symptoms alone are not enough to make an accurate diagnosis of the patient's health condition. Therefore, after a clinical examination, doctors often prescribe the following measures:

- Urine analysis: This is the basic method in diagnosing diseases. However, the urine sample for analysis must be midstream urine and before collecting urine, the patient must wipe the genitals with antiseptic paper. It is necessary to collect urine samples according to regulations to get accurate analysis results.

- Urine culture: This is a way for doctors to know what type of bacteria is causing the urinary tract infection. From there, they can develop an appropriate treatment regimen.

- CT scan, MRI scan to detect early damage in urinary tract organs.

- Cystoscopy to observe images of the urethra and bladder.

In addition, depending on each patient's case, doctors may order other necessary tests to have a sufficient basis for making an accurate diagnosis and finding the cause of the disease. From there, develop a treatment regimen.

4. Treatment of urinary tract infections

If you have this disease, you do not need to worry but follow the advice and treatment regimen of your doctor. The condition of each person is different, the level of infection is also different, so the doctor will give different treatment regimens for urinary tract infections and suitable for each subject:

- If the infection is mild: The patient will be prescribed appropriate antibiotics. At this point, treatment is usually not too difficult. The patient's infection will improve after just a few days of treatment, but the patient absolutely must not stop taking the medication halfway and must continue taking the medication as prescribed by the doctor so that the disease can be completely cured. Stopping the medication halfway will make it difficult to completely cure the disease and lead to drug resistance, which is very dangerous.

Antibiotics are a common treatment for urinary tract infections.

- If infections are frequent, your doctor may apply some of the following treatments:

• Use low doses of antibiotics for 6 months or longer, depending on each patient's condition.
• If the cause of the infection is related to sexual activity, the patient should take 1 dose of antibiotics after sexual intercourse.
• Estrogen therapy is used if a woman develops the disease during menopause.

- If the infection is severe: The patient should be hospitalized early and treated under the supervision of a doctor. Usually these cases will be given antibiotics intravenously.

You should see a doctor if you have any unusual symptoms.

In addition to following the doctor's treatment regimen for urinary tract infections, patients should drink plenty of water, abstain from alcohol, apply warm compresses to the abdomen, clean the genital area properly, have a suitable diet and increase exercise to quickly improve symptoms.

Above is information on how to treat urinary tract infections. If you need to make an appointment at MEDLATEC Healthcare System , please contact the hotline 1900 56 56 56 for quick advice and support.