Symptims for urinary infection?

Question

Hi,
Can anyone please let me know the symptoms for urinary infection ? What kind of doctor we need to consult to diagonise the same ? How long it takes to cure ?

Answer 1

Symptoms of a urine infection include, dysuria (burning), pain people say it feels little your passing razor blades, frequency (having to go often), retention feeling like you need to go but nothing comes out, cloudy strong smelling urine, may also be haematuria (presence of blood), abdominal/kidney pain, possible fever and chills.

You should go to your doctor, they can take off a sample to be sent to a microbiology lab for diagnosis.

If you do have a UTI you want to have it treated sooner rather than later as if left untreated it can move from your bladder up into your kidneys and cause a kidney infection. These are more painful and take longer to treat than a UTI.

If you are diagnosed with a UTI the normal treatment is a course of antibiotics for 3-5 days. For kidney infection it is 7 days. After treatment your doctor should take a further sample off you to ensure that the treatment has been successful.

You should also drink lots of water to keep yourself hydrated and to aid in flushing out the bacteria from your urinary tract. To help prevent you from developing future infection you should drink cranberry juice or take concentrated cranberry tablets. Cranberries have been proven to prevent bacteria from adhering to your urinary tract. I take cranberry tablets everyday as i have a history of recurrent uti's/kidney infection.

Answer 2

There are several symptoms that may be indicative of a urinary tract infection (or UTI) including pain (usually burning) with urination, increased frequency of urination, fever, chills, and tenderness over the bladder.
As for what sort of doctor, your GP or internist should be able to diagnose and treat a UTI, they're generally very simple, and can be treated on an outpatient basis (do not require hospitalization) in most patients with oral antibiotics. The symptoms will generally clear up after a few days of antibiotics, but it's not ususual to have a 7-10 day course of antibiotics which should be finished ever after all of the symptoms have gone to make sure it does not come back.

Answer 3

Burning, pain when urinating, urinary retention, stinging, only being able to urinate a little when the urge is so great, possible fever, etc...

Any general physician can handle this, but you could go to a nephrologist or even an OB-GYN. You can purchase OTC pain medication (Uristat) at the grocery store or pharmacy to stop the pain and urgency until you can gert in to see the doctor. Just remember to follow th directions on the box and take with plenty of water after a meal.

The doctor will write you a prescription for an antibiotic to take orally, as well as Pirydium for the pain and discomfort. It should clear up in about a week, but you will feel significantly better after 48 hours on the antibiotic. Don't forget to take all of the antibiotic even though you feel better.

Answer 4

You will need a urine test to determine if it is an infection. You will then need medication to get rid of it. Some tips to help is drinking a lot of water and cranberry juice.

Answer 5

You can have a burning pain when you go. Have pain in your lower abdomen. Feel like you have to go constantly, but little happens. You can go to your family doc, or to a urologist. Antibiotics will help in a few days of treatment. but always finish them .

Answer 6

A burning sensation when you pee..Any DR. can diagnos....depends on the medicine they give you, they will problably give you antibiotics

Answer 7

burning, retention, feeling like u need to go but cant, urinating frequently, change in odor, color.......many factors, fever

Answer 8

Go see a urologist they can help you.

Answer 9

http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/bladderhealth/a/UTI.htm