How do u get a UTI?

Answer 1

for me it's if i didn't flush my system with WATER !!! but here is the technical junk:::

The urinary tract can be infected from above (by bacteria entering the kidneys from the bloodstream and travelling downward) or from below (by bacteria entering the urethra and travelling upward).

Infection from above is most often seen in newborns with generalized infection or "sepsis". If there are many bacteria in the bloodstream, some are likely to get through the filters of the kidney to the urine. This is especially likely if the filters are immature, or if there are a lot of bacteria.

In older children and adults infection most often starts from below. In small children still using diapers, stool (which is largely bacteria) can sit for some time right at the meatus; the longer it sits there, the more likely it is that bacteria may enter the urethra. Baby boys are less likely to have this happen than baby girls, because girls' urethrae are much shorter and the head of the penis isn't as likely to sit in stool. (Note, though, that bacteria can hang out in any moist, warm area, and that UTI's in boys under 1 year old seem to happens more often in uncircumcised boys than in circumcised boys since bacteria can accumulate beneath the foreskin.) Older girls may become prone to UTI's through wiping back-to-front when they are first toilet-trained, which pulls stool into the vaginal/meatal area. Sexually active teenage and adult women are more prone to UTI's because of friction at the meatus, which tends to push bacteria into the urethra (urinating after intercourse helps avoid UTI's); the same mechanism may cause UTI's in teenage boys and adult men, although they are again less prone to UTI's than women of the same age.

Answer 2

Basically they are what they say, infection of the urinary tract.

Simple UTIs such as cystitis can be caused through sex, when the penis bruises the urinary tract through the vaginal walls. Women are also advised to wipe themselves from front to back after a bowel movement to avoid transferring bacteria to the urinary tract opening.

It is difficult to sometimes avoid getting a UTI, they can often be triggered by hot weather and stress. The best thing to do if you should get one if to see your doctor as soon as possible for a prescription of antibiotics. They may want to take a urine sample. You can ease the pain of a condition such as cystitis by drinking lots of bland, non acidic liquid, suich as water, fruit squash or cranberry juice, and taking a small amount of bicarbonate of soda in water which will make your urine less acidic and ease the pain - you can also buy products which do this over the counter.

Answer 3

I don't know if there are more than one reasons but I'll tell you the ones I know.

1. If you get the urge to urinate and you hold it for a long time. Of course if you do it once nothing is going to happen but if you have that habit of not going as soon as feel the urge you're in trouble.

2. Not washing (with soap and water) after sex. Doctors recommend to wash before and after sex. So please try not to fall asleep after sex, get up and wash. Trust me a UTI can be very painful

Those are the reasons I know. Like I said in a similar question, I rather have another baby than get a UTI

Oh I almost forgot, drink a lot of cranberry juice it really helps not to get one (combined with the washing and peeing when you have to) or it helps to get rid of it once you get it. But you need to take antibiotics once you test positive for it.

Good luck and I hope you never get one.

Answer 4

Aonther reason you may get a UTI is if you or your partner touches around your anus with anything and then it gets near your urethra. There is a lot of fecal bacteria there and it could easily cause an infection.