, ureters, bladder and urethra.
In defining the various urinary infections, doctors speak of urethritis when the urinary infection is limited to the urethra, of cystitis when the infectious process affects the bladder, of ureteritis when the infection is located in one of the ureters and of pyelonephritis when the "infection affects one of the kidneys.
The components of the urinary tract most affected are the urethra and the bladder (the most frequent urinary infection is cystitis); however, even if in a much rarer way, the other parts of the urinary tract may also be involved (i aforementioned kidneys and ureters).
The main cause of urinary infections is a bacterium that normally lives inside the gastrointestinal tract: the known Escherichia coli.
Typical symptoms of a urinary infection are: dysuria, urgent urge to urinate, pain in the lower abdomen, need to urinate often, foul-smelling and cloudy urine, and inability to completely empty the bladder.
Therapy is generally based on antibiotics, whose methods of administration vary according to the severity of the infection.
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In defining the various urinary infections, doctors speak of urethritis when the urinary infection is limited to the urethra, of cystitis when the infectious process affects the bladder, of ureteritis when the infection is located in one of the ureters and of pyelonephritis when the "infection affects one of the kidneys.
The components of the urinary tract most affected are the urethra and the bladder (the most frequent urinary infection is cystitis); however, even if in a much rarer way, the other parts of the urinary tract may also be involved (i aforementioned kidneys and ureters).
The main cause of urinary infections is a bacterium that normally lives inside the gastrointestinal tract: the known Escherichia coli.
Typical symptoms of a urinary infection are: dysuria, urgent urge to urinate, pain in the lower abdomen, need to urinate often, foul-smelling and cloudy urine, and inability to completely empty the bladder.
Therapy is generally based on antibiotics, whose methods of administration vary according to the severity of the infection.
