Half of women will experience a urinary tract infection at some point in their lives. 25% of women will relapse within 6 months and the infection rate in women is 8 times that of men! The reason why the probability of urinary tract infection in women is so high is determined by the characteristics of women’s physiological structure. Women are born with short urethras, and the external urethral opening is closer to the vaginal opening. If they often hold in their urine, drink not enough water, or do not Hygienic sexual behavior will cause bacteria to enter the urethra and bladder from the urethral opening, causing inflammation
Common symptoms of urinary tract infections include:
1. Frequent urination: Feeling the need to urinate frequently, even if the amount of urine excreted is not much.
2. Urinary urgency: a sudden feeling of urgent need to urinate, even if the bladder is not full.
3. Pain or burning sensation during urination: You may feel pain, burning or stinging sensation when urinating.
4. Abnormal urine color: Urine may become turbid or appear an abnormal color, such as pink.
5. Abnormal smell of urine: Urine may have an odor that is usually more pungent than usual.
6. Lower abdominal discomfort: Lower abdominal pain, discomfort or pressure may occur.
7. Low fever: Some patients may have mild fever.
8. Infection symptoms: Some patients may develop systemic infection symptoms, such as fatigue, nausea, vomiting or muscle aches.
Why do women have more urinary tract infections than men?
The urinary tract infection rate: female:male is about 10:1. This is not gender discrimination, but is determined by biology.
The length of the male urethra is about 16-22cm, and the length of the female urethra is 4-6cm. The female urethra is shorter, and the urethral opening is close to the vagina and anus, making it easy for bacteria to breed.
How to treat urinary tract infection?
The principle of treatment is to remove susceptible factors and treat infection with anti-infection.
It is recommended not to take medicine privately, but to seek medical advice for urine culture examination first, because taking antibiotics will reduce the positive rate of culture.
Select antibiotics based on urine bacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing. Try to use antibiotics with less nephrotoxicity. Severe infections require combined medication.
If it is diagnosed as simple cystitis, 3 days of anti-infective therapy can be used;
If you have chronic bladderCystitis or pyelonephritis requires anti-infection for no less than 14 days, and specific antibiotics need to be selected based on drug sensitivity testing.
How to treat urinary tract infection?
The principle of treatment is to remove susceptible factors and treat infection with anti-infection.
It is recommended not to take medicine privately, but to seek medical advice for urine culture examination first, because taking antibiotics will reduce the positive rate of culture.
Select antibiotics based on urine bacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing. Try to use antibiotics with less nephrotoxicity. Severe infections require combined medication.
If it is diagnosed as simple cystitis, 3 days of anti-infective therapy can be used;
If you have chronic cystitis or pyelonephritis, you need to fight the infection for no less than 14 days. The specific antibiotics need to be selected based on drug sensitivity tests.
How to prevent urinary tract infections?
1. Drink more water to increase urination, which can prevent or even treat infections. Do not hold urine for a long time
2. Pay attention to personal hygiene
Wearing cotton underwear makes it easier to keep dry and clean, but do not over-clean and try to use sanitary napkins instead of tampons.
Wash your underwear frequently and preferably expose them to the sun. After defecation, wipe the anus from front to back to prevent recurrence of infection.
3. Avoid unclean sex
4. Timely treatment
5. You should urinate completely every time to avoid residual urine in the bladder.
6. During treatment and recovery, avoid smoking, drinking, and eating spicy, cold, greasy and other irritating foods
