what is UTI?

Answer 1

urinary tract infection

Answer 2

Urinary Tract Infection- it must be treated by a Dr. with proper prescription medications and you must complete all meds til gone, because sometimes people when taking the medicine feel better in a day or so and stop the med thinking infection is now gone, however it is not. A
UTI can cause a lot of discomfort and with this sometimes, pain, frequency, burn, pus, and even blood. What is worse however is that it, if left untreated it will most likely travel upward into your kidneys.... and this can be very serious, needs hospitalization, and will have the ability to cause permanent kidney damage or a kidney that can no longer function at all. When it reaches your kidneys, you in the process may have high fever and as the kidneys lose function there ends up being 'poison toxins' travling through you blood. It can become very very serious and even life threatening if ignored. The type of Dr. to see if you have UTI will be an ob/gyn or better yet a urologist who specializes in urinary tract problems. Women tend to get UTIs more often than men for a few different reasons, mainly that the urethra is shorter and bacteria has a easier route for travel.

Answer 3

Urinary Tract Infection. Ouch, that hits close to home I was just diagnosed with one today. They are awful.

Go to the doctor so that you can be prescribed antibiotics. To reduce the pain go to the drugstore and buy an over the counter urinary analgesic called AZO or other brands with Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride in them. It numbs your bladder pretty well and also turns your urine orange - don't be alarmed. Take extra vitamin C - bacteria thrive in an alkaline environment and vitamin C acidifies the urine. Avoid soda and other drinks with artificial colors -- these can irritate the bladder. Drink lots of water -- not cranberry juice. Cranberry juice is a good bladder infection preventative, but once you have one it burns your bladder like battery acid. Trust me, personal experience.

Preventative measures: Don't wear nylon panties as they don't breathe and thus trap moisture and bacteria. Wear white cotton panties -- wash them in hot water with bleach. Bathe with antibacterial soap such as Dial. Urinate after sexual activity. After going to the bathroom, wipe from front to back. Drink cranberry juice.

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or urethra. These are the structures that urine passes through before being eliminated from the body.

The kidneys are a pair of small organs that lie on either side of the spine at about waist level. They have several important functions in the body, including removing wastes and excess water from the blood and eliminating them as urine.

The ureters, 2 narrow tubes about 6 inches long, drain urine from the kidneys into the bladder.

The bladder is a small saclike organ that collects and stores urine. When the urine reaches a certain level in the bladder, the muscle lining the bladder contracts to expel the urine.

The urethra is a small tube connecting the bladder with the outside of the body. A muscle called the urinary sphincter, located at the junction of the bladder and the urethra, must relax at the same time the bladder contracts to expel urine.
Any part of this system can become infected. As a rule, the higher up the infection, the more serious it is.

The upper urinary tract is composed of the kidneys and ureters. Infection in the upper urinary tract generally affects the kidneys (pyelonephritis). The lower urinary tract consists of the bladder and the urethra. Infection in the lower urinary tract can affect the urethra (urethritis) or the bladder (cystitis).

Urinary tract infections are usually referred to as simple or complicated. Simple infections occur in healthy urinary tracts and do not spread to other parts of the body. They usually go away readily with treatment. Complicated infections are caused by anatomic abnormalities, spread to other parts of the body, or are resistant to many antibiotics. They are more difficult to cure.

Answer 4

UTI stands for Urinary Tract Infection. It can happen to either gender but is more common in females. An infection occurs when foreign bacteria gets lodged in the urethra and inflames the urinary tract. It has to be treated with antibiotics but cranberry juice, consumption of water, and urinated after sex can be good preventative measures.

Answer 5

UTI is a urinary tract infection. it is a very common infection in women. One way is to, putting it lightly, wipe from front to back as that is one of the leading causes. Also drinking plenty of fluids and cranberry juice helps with the infections. But if u have symptoms for more than a couple of days you need to see your doctor as they can cause serious problems for your health, as it leads to kidney and bladder problems.

Answer 6

An infection in the urinary tract caused by the invasion of disease-causing micro-organisms, which proceed to establish themselves, multiply, and produce various symptoms in their host. Infection of the bladder, better known as cystitis, is particularly common in women, mainly because of the much shorter urethra, which provides less of a barrier to bacteria. In men, infection is usually associated with obstruction to the flow of urine, such as prostate gland enlargement.

Answer 7

Urinary Tract Infection. Check out the following web site or Google it yourself:

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/utiadult/

Answer 8

Urinary Tract Infection

Answer 9

Urinary Tract Infection

If you have one...

Drink Cranberry juice. It will clean out your urinary tract and help the infection go away.

You should also probably go to your Dr. and get some medicine to help get rid of the infection

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Urinary tract infection aka a bladder infection.