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8 Common Teenage Uti Symptoms To Confirm Urinary Tract Infection

Friday, February 7, 2014

8 symptoms and sign of UTI in teenage
Sandra, a 15 years old teenagers had already went to toilet over than 10 times on that morning. She feels to urinate frequently but the volume of her pee is not much. She also feel pain in her lower abdomen. The volume of her water consume are similar as before but she always feel urgent to urinate. Does it is normal to her? To be clear, the situation that faced by Sandra now may be called as uti symptoms or in longer phrase it's called Urinary Tract Infection. This Symptoms of UTI is frequently infecting the little girl, teens, adults and elderly. Men may also infected by the UTI too but the probability is much more less than woman. So, my entry today is focusing on UTI symptoms especially in teenage.

Before talking on more specific on UTI symptoms in teenagers, lets me introduce what is UTI really are. The UTI or Urinary Tract Infection is the cause by the bacteria which is known as the most common kind of infection affecting the urinary tract. As we already know, the pee is the fluid that filtered out of the bloodstream by the kidney. Urine contains waste product but not contains bacteria. When the bacteria get into the urinary system and grow in the urine, it resulted UTI. 

Symptoms of UTI in Teens


There were 8 common symptoms of uti experience by the teenage that suffered from this infection in the past. I would like to say that this symptoms are similar with the symptoms of uti in adults too, especially women. Men shows a little bit different symptoms of UTI.

1. Urination Multiple Time
Frequently urinating is the main or most common symptoms of UTI. However, it should be confirms with other symptoms too. Sometimes when we drink fluids like water a lot resulted on peeing frequency double than usual. It is not considered as UTI symptoms. But the volume of water taken is normal but the frequency of urinate is double, you need to aware on this situation.

2. Feel Burning Pain When Urinate
Healthy teens not feel this situation during urinate. Sometimes we may feel a little bit pain (without burning pain) during urinate if we are consume less water. However, if you feel burning pain during urinate, then it may considered as a symptoms of UTI. Burning pain is totally different compare to pain cause of less water consume.

3. Feeling Pee, Less Pee Come Out 
Urge to urinate or feeling hurry to urinate but only little pee or sometimes no urine came out considered as a major symptoms of UTI. 

4. Lower Abdomen Pain
Sometimes UTI infection may cause pain in the lower abdomen of the teens. To confirm these infection, it should came along with other symptoms and sign that discussed here.

5. Above Pubic Bone Pain
Some teens that having UTI claims pain above the pubic bone. However, it is considered as a minor symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection. Other symptoms or investigation should be done to confirm the infection.

6. Smell and Bloody Urine
Bloody urine can be detect by looking at your pee after urinate. Bloody urine always came with it's strange and unusual smell. If your have experience this situation, don't delay your time to see the medical doctor for further investigation.

7. Mild Fever
Mild fever refer to the body temperature at range 37 to 39 degree Celsius. 

8. Feeling of shakiness and fatigue
Shakiness and fatigue means the body feeling too tired or unable to do something. This symptoms may be a signal of uti infection. However, it is hard to confirm it unless it is came with other common symptoms such as lower abdomen pain and bloody urine. The best solution is, see the medical doctor for more details investigation.

Conclusion
What we, especially for teenage should do after experience any one or more uti symptoms that discussed above? My advice, you should go to a doctor right away. The symptoms may become worse if you ignore them. Your point is care on your own health. Do you know that UTI may infected your kidney if your delay to get medication ? Kidney is the most important organs that helps us to filter bloodstream. If the UTI bacteria reach and attack your only kidney, you may put yourself on high risk of kidney damage. If your don't really sure what happen to your and you have notice that you are experience the above symptoms, see your nearest hospital or health center for UTI confirmation.

4 Common UTI Symptoms In Elderly

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

4 common symptoms of uti in older people
Most common UTI symptoms are lower abdomen pain, pain during urinate, reddish urine and many more. Does anyone know what is the symptoms of UTI on elderly? does it similar with the symptoms that faced by the younger, middle aged people ?. My today's entry will touch a little bit regarding the common UTI symptoms that may experiences, or sign of Urinary Tract Infection that may occur in order to confirm this infection.

Urinary Incontinence

To be honest, based on the information that i get from certified healthy niche site, it's hard to  detect the symptoms of UTI in elderly at all. It is because of their aged. They may no longer feel discomfort or pain experience at all. Why ? Simple explanation, as they getting older, the immune response also change. However, the most symptoms which may act as a sign of elderly UTI is urinary incontinence. It's means, they are weak or sometimes unable to hold their urine or control their own bladder. 

Confusion or Sudden Behavior Changing

If an older adults act or do something that they never do yesterday this is the warning of urinary infection. For example, the older adults eat by themselves normally but today, he suddenly unable to feed themselves or needs other helps. This behavior also called confusion or unable to do the task or anything that they always do before. Be aware on this, it may sign of UTI infection.

Body Stress

The urinary or bladder infection places stress on the body. The stress can change the elderly behavior and emotion. Keep in eyes of their behavior and emotion, what they are doing everyday and the way their talk and face expression. For example they like to talk much 1 and 2 days before but suddenly become quiet person. Bring them to nearest hospital for UTI or other disease diagnosis.

Fever

It is a rare that elderly get a fever. But if they experience it, it considered as an emergency of UTI or Urinary Tract Infection. It may a serious infection.

Conclusion

An elderly people usually unable to do many things by themselves, especially to look after their own healthy. They need someone to look after them. As their relatives, daughter or son, we should care for them, only us know and familiar with their behavior and emotions. Treating the UTI is easy. There are so many antibiotics or home remedies that can apply or taken by them. But, delaying on get the treatment of this may resulting the kidney infection and the infection become serious and critical.

5 Major Symptoms Of UTI in Men

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

It has been said that woman have higher probability of being attacked by Urinary Tract Infection and it is known as a common disease in women. However, men or male can get them too. UTI or Urinary Tract Infection are very rare in adults male younger than 50 years old. However,after passed 50 years old, the probability of being infected by uti in men is become higher and higher. Here, i would like to sharing a major symptoms of UTI especially in men or male.

5 Major UTI Symptoms


major symptoms of uti in men
Frequent urination
The first one is higher frequency of urination than normal or usual. This symptoms also experienced by woman also.

Strong, persistent urge to urinate (urgency)
HUrry and urgently to urinate is another major symptoms of uti in men. This symptoms is similar with woman too. Urge to urinate quickly means that, the person unable to hold their urine in a longer time.

Burning or Pain during or just after urination
Feel pain while and after urination is known as a major symptoms of uti and finally to confirm the positive utis. To confirm it, it should be come together with others symptoms such as bloddy urine, fever and condition of cloudy urine.

Low-grade fever
Don't be too confuse with the meaning of Low grade fever. Low grade fever means the body temperature is lower or below 100.4 F (38 C) but higher than the normal body temperature,98.6 F (37 C) or in the other words the body temperature is between 37 C and 38 C.

Cloudy urine with a strong odor
This symptoms also considered as a major symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection. Normally, automatically we able to smell our urine odour during urination. When it smell strong or strange than usual, please take action on it. See your medical doctor immediately.

Blood in urine (hematuria)
Blood in urine can be determine by take a look at the condition of the urine. When it is look reddish in colour, it can be considered as a uti or urinary tract infection symptoms.

Conclusion.
The symptoms of uti in men is not far different than woman. Normally woman
shows many symptoms than men or male. Don't simply take medicine or antibiotics for uti without advice from professional medical doctor. Although, this disease are easy to treat, it is depends on your body too. Mistaken on selecting the right antibiotics will cause on bad effect on your health. Do see you medical doctor immediately if you are experiencing the above symptoms. Don't prolong it because the urinary tract infection bacteria may attack on your kidney and makes the situation become worse.

Male UTI Symptoms: 5 Signs That We Should Be Aware!

Monday, December 9, 2013

We always heard that normally female or woman are most familiar or infected by UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). But nowadays, both female and male are have high probability of being infected by UTI. It's depends on how's their lifestyle everyday. According to an article that has been sharing in, emedicine.medscape.com, it is rare to find male that has UTI in the age younger than 50. However, they become more and more common in the age above 50. The male has high probability or normally affected by UTI if they have a health problem such as prostatitis, epididymitis, orchitis, pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis, and urinary catheters.

UTI Sign and Symptoms
Most of my reading sources claimed that Dysuria is the most frequent chief complaint in men with UTI. The combination of dysuria, urinary frequency, and urinary urgency is about 70% predictive for UTI, whereas the acute onset of hesitancy, urinary dribbling, and slow stream is only about 30% predictive for UTI.

Although almost all adult males show the symptoms of the UTI and definately will knowledge some distress, not all men display the symptoms or sign. Signs can include any recurrent encourage to be able to urinate and also a distressing, burning experience near this bladder or even urethra during urination. It isn't unusual to be able to commonly feel worn out, shaky, washed out, in addition to feel agony no matter if not urinating. It is noted which some adult males have noticed the sensation involving bounties from the rectum. Extremely common to get a man with a urinary contamination to be able to, regardless of the encourage to be able to urinate, complete just a tiny bit of urine. The
uti in men
particular urine themselves might look cloudy, milky, or perhaps reddish when blood occurs. Normally, any UTI isn't going to cause fever if it is from the urethra or even bladder. Some sort of fever might point out the contamination possesses multiply towards the kidneys. Signs of the kidney contamination contain agony from the returning or even area down below this ribs, feeling sick, or even nausea or vomiting.

Here are the 5 brief explanation of the symptoms of UTI:

  • Urinating more often or waking from sleep to urinate
Normally we only wake up once or none to urinate at night. But, when seems to be affected by the UTI, the number or urinate slightly decrease even though we only drink a normal volume of water. 

  • Pain or burning when you urinate
This kind of pain is very different from less volume of water consume daily. I guess, many of us experience the pain of lower abdomen during urinate which is causing by less of daily water consume. You drink a lot of water or vice versa, the pain or pain when urinate still the same.
  • Pain or pressure in your lower abdomen
This symptoms is common occur to confirm the UTI. If you experience of pain and pressure in your lower abdomen and frequently urinating at night time, you should see the Specialist Doctor immediately. Otherwise, the infection are become worse. 
  • Urine that smells bad
We should be aware on this symptoms too. When you face this similar condition, for examples, every time urinate, you detect a bad smells of your urine and then feel pain at the same time, you should see your doctor for further investigation or UTI confirmation.
  • Leaking urine
Leaking urine means loss of bladder control. In other words, you cannot control or hold the urine from flow away. Be aware on this condition especially at the same time you feel burning pain during urinate.

Conclusion
The above paragraph are the complete and details explanation regarding on male UTI symptoms. If you having an experience similar with the above mention or any additional symptoms, feel free to drop your comment in the following section. Thanks for reading.


 

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