Bladder Infection And Symptoms

Bladder Infection or Urinary Tract Infection or simply abbreviated as UTI is a kind of bacterial infection that affects the urinary tract.Normally, urine doesn’t contains any bacterias and when bacterias get into the urine by any means it starts multiplying and leads to debilitating condition called UTI.

The most common types of bladder infections are:

• Cystitis
• Pyelonephritis

Acute cystitis is  often referred as bladder infection while the infection of the upper urinary tract or kidney is called as pyelonephritis and is more serious than the former one.

Symptoms of bladder infection

The most common UTI symptoms are:

• Burning Sensation in the abdominal part
• Frequent urination
• urge to urinate

In general, there is no significant pain, but the person suffering from pyelonephritis may have fever as well as pain in the abdominal part.Signs and symptoms of UTI may differ with age and also with the affected area of the urinary tract.

In young children the UTI signs are diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, fever.For grown up children the symptoms may include abdominal pain and in adults may include pain and uncomfortableness with sometimes blood in urine which is medically called as hematuria.

Urinary tract infections may also cause due to other factors like genetics,due to urinary catheters,diabetes and also due to prostate enlargement.

Bacterias causing Urinary Tract Infections

80-85% of bladder infections are caused by a pathogen called E.coli or Escherichia Coli and 5-10% of UTI are infected by a bacteria called Staphylococcus.These bacterias when got into the urinary tract they try to bind to the epithelium of the the urinary tract but they are easily eliminated by micturition (discharge of urine).But if there is any problems or wounds in the epithelium due to external factors like urinary catheter, the above mentioned bacterias can easily invade and cause infections in the epithelial cells.

How to cure bladder infection?

• Low dose anti-biotics for a period of six months or as mentioned by the physician
• By taking cranberry juice or tablets may decrease the chance of  UTI
• In babies, breast feeding can reduce the chance of bladder infection