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Symptoms

Urinary tract infections are easy to identify by clear symptoms: an acute need to urinate and the impossibility to hold, a sensation of inside burning the urethra when urinating, very small quantity of urine is eliminated and may contain blood, and there may appear abdominal, back or sides pain.

The symptoms repeat themselves day and night, and most of the time point to a bladder infection. In case of bacterial invasion from the urethra to the kidneys, fever, back pain, chills, nausea and vomiting may accompany the symptoms above.

But only the doctor can decide whether these symptoms are guaranteed by UTI or by vagina or vulva infections.

The signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection are most of the times present and may be:

• - An imperative need to urinate
• - A sensation of burning when urine is release
• - The quantity of urine is very small
• - Blood traces (hematurea) may appear, as well as a strong smell.

There are 3 types of UTI:

• - Acute pyelonephritis, which appears when bladder infection extends to the kidneys, producing back and flank pain, increased fever, shaking chills, nausea or vomiting.
• - Cystitis, in which bladder inflammations generate pelvic pressure, abdominal discomfort, painful and strong-smelling urine.
• - Urethritis generates the sensation of burning when urinating. It represents the inflammation or infection of the urethra. It is more serious for men, which may experience penile discharge.