What are the main symptoms of lower urinary tract infection?

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Urinary tract infection refers to the growth and reproduction of pathogens in the urinary tract, and invasion of urinary tract mucosa or tissue caused by inflammation, is the most common bacterial infection, urinary tract infection is divided into upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection, upper urinary tract infection refers to pyelonephritis, lower urinary tract infection includes urethritis and cystitis. Pyelonephritis can be divided into acute pyelonephritis and chronic pyelonephritis, which are more common in women. What are the main symptoms of lower urinary tract infection? Let's talk about it

What are the main symptoms of lower urinary tract infection?

Cystitis: commonly referred to as lower urinary tract infection. The main manifestations of cystitis in adult women are urinary tract irritation, i.e. frequent micturition, urgency, pain, leucocyturia, occasionally hematuria, even gross hematuria, and discomfort in the bladder area. Generally, there is no obvious symptom of systemic infection, but a few patients may have low back pain, low fever (generally no more than 38 ℃), and the white blood cell count often does not increase. More than 30% of cystitis is self limited and can be cured within 7-10 days.

Acute pyelonephritis: manifestations include the following two groups of symptoms: ① urinary system symptoms: bladder irritation such as frequent micturition, urgency of micturition and pain of micturition, low back pain and (or) lower abdominal pain; ② Symptoms of systemic infection: shivering, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc., often accompanied by increased white blood cell count and rapid ESR. Generally, there is no hypertension and azotemia.

Atypical urinary tract infection: ① acute systemic infection was the main manifestation, but local urinary tract symptoms were not obvious; ② Urinary tract symptoms were not obvious, but mainly manifested as acute abdominal pain and gastrointestinal dysfunction; ③ Hematuria, mild fever and low back pain were the main manifestations; ④ No obvious urinary tract symptoms, only back pain or low back pain; ⑤ A few of them showed renal colic and hematuria; ⑥ There were no clinical symptoms at all, but the number of bacteria in urine was more than 105 / ml.

matters needing attention

Whether it is upper urinary tract infection or lower urinary tract infection, it is an inflammatory disease caused by bacterial infection of the urinary tract. After the diagnosis, the patient should see a doctor in time and cooperate with the doctor's treatment. Treatment, do not eat too greasy, stimulating and spicy food, in order to avoid the deterioration of inflammation.