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Urinary Tract Infection - Treatment and Prevention

Posted by admin Filed in Common Diseases on Wednesday, July 29th 2009

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The main reason behind UTI is bacteria, which when introduced into our urinary system can create different Urinary Tract Infections. For example, if bacteria enter into the bladder then it produces a common UTI called cystitis. If it enters into the kidney, then it can cause a UTI called Pyelonephritis. Both of these urinary tract infections can cause severe damage to the urinary system. But today, these diseases can easily be treated using advanced medical technologies and short antibiotics courses.

As we know, UTI can affect our bladder and kidney. The infection created by UTI in bladder is also called lower UTI and the infection created by UTI in kidney is called upper UTI. Different symptoms are shown by different types of UTI. The symptoms shown by lower UTI are itching during urination, pain in bladder, mild fever, urine with bad smell, blood in urine, needs to urinate during night etc., whereas the upper UTI shows the same along with some other symptoms like vomiting and nausea, pain in the kidney area an also in some parts of the stomach, high fever with cold, strong fatigue and feeling of pressure in the stomach area. All these symptoms must be closely investigated because they can lead to a serious disease.

The complications cause by UT infections lead to many serious diseases like kidney failure and infection in reproductive system and other urination diseases. The upper UT infection can destroy the structure of excretion system of urine by spreading deep into the kidney tissues. This in turn can lead to kidney failure. It can also stop the reproductive system from functioning. Moreover, if a pregnant woman is suffering from UT infection, the child born can be of very light weight, and possible very poor health.

In order to detect the presence of UTI, we can perform some tests. We can recognize UT infection by using urine specimens which can be analyzed to check for possible chances of infection. Also, one can perform a Urine Culture test to know about the presence of bacteria in the urinary system.

Now the question is how to treat these UTI infections. There are some standard treatments present for curing UT infections. Antibiotics like trimethoprim, cephalosporins, nitrofurantoin, fluoroquinolone can be used to treat urinary tract infections. If children are suffering from UTI, then they need to undergo a long treatment in which small doses of antibiotics are given.

Beside these standard treatments, some common alternative treatments are also present and can be used to treat UTI. Juices of cranberry and blueberry are quite effective and useful. These juices can be taken with the standard drugs and medicines also, as they contain important components that help in treating the UT infection.

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