Urinary tract infection begins in our urinary tract, which consists of the kidneys, ureters (urine canals), bladder and urethra. But how can this problem be prevented and which people are more predisposed to be affected. All people are at risk of being affected by urinary tract infections. Thus, the most at risk are those patients who have congenital abnormalities of the kidney, such as renal polystosis, who have stones in the urinary apparatus, abnormalities of the urinary channels (megaureter), very twisted ureter. But also people with low resistance, especially those who use cytostatics, cortisones, patients with gynecological infections, diabetics whose number is increasing.
At the same time, surgical interventions that use catheters, paralyzed people who fail to empty the bladder and people who are not very careful in personal hygiene. Lower tract infections are more common in women than men, due to the construction of the urethra (external canal) itself, which is shorter and closer to the anus (excrement canal). Urinary infections take the second place after those of the respiratory tract in terms of frequency. Women have a greater risk than men to develop a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections in young children are alarm bells, because they can be an expression of a congenital structural abnormality of the urinary system.
What are the signs (symptoms)?
Not everyone with a urinary tract infection has its typical symptoms, but when they are present, they develop quickly and are:
* Constant and strong urge to urinate
* A burning sensation during urination
* Frequent and scanty urination
* Hesitancy (feeling like you can’t urinate or don’t empty completely
bladder)
* Blood in the urine (red urine) or cloudy urine, bad smell
* Urinating at night (nocturia)
