2007-02-14 14:54:42 · 6 answers · asked by marlyn 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
some common symptoms include pain during urination, frequent urination, pressure in lower abdomen in the bladder area, and pain in your back just below the rib cage. this is a common issue with females and occasional males. this is treatable with some common antibiotics and urogesics (an analgesic for your urethra taken orally...basically stops the pain during urination). however, it is important that you see a doctor because if left untreated it could develop into a bladder infection or kidney infection and become very dangerous. like any other infection in the body, if untreated you could become septic and require hospitilization. see a doctor and get a urine test. its simple and easy to fix. here is some more info on the subject. hope its helpful!!
2007-02-14 15:05:19 · answer #1 · answered by fox_just_too_roxy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
* Frequent urination
* Burning or dull pain during urination
* Darker colored urine
* If it's spread to kidneys, a dull ache in your lower back and perhaps, low grade fever
The test is a simple urinalysis, which tests for presence of white blood cells in the urine (denoting infection).
Fluids, particularly acidic drinks like cranberry juice can help, but if you think you have cystitis (the technical name), go to a doctor!!
Get tested and get antibiotics to treat it properly!
It's extremely rare, but a friend of mine's mother had an untreated urinary tract infection that spread to her kidneys. She didn't think going to the doctor was that important - and died from a treatable illness.
2007-02-14 15:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by Beni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constant need to urinate and then very painful to do so. Uristat (an over the counter pain med, there are others I can't remember the name of, ask the pharmacist or just look in the female items section) can help relieve some of the burning until you can get to a doctor for some antibiotics. They must be treated or can get into the kidneys and land you in the hospital. Sometimes you will see blood in your urine if it gets bad enough. Don't let it get that bad. Go to Dr tomorrow. One simple pee in a cup and you will know.
Good luck!
2007-02-14 15:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by miss_fred 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everytime I've had one I constantly felt like I had to go urinate, then when I tried to go just a little or nothing came out and it was almost painful. I also had a couple times that when I went to the bathroom it was almost as red as blood. If the infection isn't too bad you may be able to drink cranberry juice or water to clear it up. But drink plenty of it. A lot of times that I've had them though I had to go to the doctor and get antibiotics to clear it up. If you can't seem to get over it in a couple of days go to the doctor, because my father in law had one that he let go for a couple of weeks and somehow the infection got into his bloodstream and really made him sick. It ended up taking him longer to get over it, so don't wait too long to take care of it if you think you have one.
2007-02-14 15:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by precious1too 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
feeling like you have to pee all the time even right after you already peed, only dribbles when you pee, burning when you pee, you can have some sharp pains in the abdomin or back fevers, chills, nausea, depending how far up your tract the infection has gone, the further up the worse it gets
2007-02-14 15:12:58 · answer #5 · answered by bnd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burning when you pee, dark coloured urine, smelly urine..,
read the following link
drink plenty of fluids....i mean lots....at least 96-128 ounces a day
you don't say your age, but look at the link and pick the one that is right for you!
good luck
2007-02-14 15:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋