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Table of Contents

• UTI (Urinary Tract Infection / Urine Infection)
  • UTI Symptoms
  • UTI Treatment

Urinary tract infection (UTI) and corresponding inflammatory conditions:

• Lower urinary tract
  • Urethra inflammation is urethritis
  • Urinary bladder inflammation is cystitis
• Upper urinary tract
  • Ureter inflammation is ureteritis
  • Renal pelvis and Kidney inflammation is pyelonephritis

• In men, it is rare. But when it happens in sexually active men, it is frequently caused by STD.
• In women, it is frequently caused by Escherichia coli originating from the anus.

Urethritis is inflammation of the urethra. The most common symptom is dysuria (painful urination), followed by urethral discharge / genital discharge. For treatment purposes, it is classified in two categories:

• Gonococcal urethritis
• Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) Common causes are:
  • Bacterial
    • Chlamydia infection (most common)
    • Ureaplasma urealyticum
    • Mycoplasma hominis
  • Protozoal
    • Trichomoniasis (rare)
  • Viral
    • Herpes simplex (rare)

In the UK, Non-specific urethritis (NSU) may be used to mean that either gonorrhoea alone, or both gonorrhoea and chlamydia has been ruled out.

Cystitis is inflammation of the bladder.

Lower UTI symptoms are

• Painful urination (dysuria)
• Frequent urination (urinary frequency) and/or frequent urge to urinate (urinary urgency)
• Cloudy urine or blood in urine (haematuria/hematuria)

UTI treatment is usually with antibiotics like trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole