{"id":43,"date":"2020-02-12T22:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=43"},"modified":"2020-02-12T22:09:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:09:44","slug":"what-are-the-first-signs-of-a-urine-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-are-the-first-signs-of-a-urine-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the first signs of a urine infection?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The symptoms of a\u00a0UTI\u00a0can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A burning feeling when you pee<\/li><li>A frequent or intense urge to pee, even though little comes out when you do<\/li><li>Cloudy, dark, bloody, or strange-smelling pee<\/li><li>Feeling\u00a0tired\u00a0or shaky<\/li><li>Fever\u00a0or\u00a0chills\u00a0(a sign that the infection may have reached your kidneys)<\/li><li>Pain\u00a0or pressure in your back or lower\u00a0abdomen<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-3\">Types of UTIs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An infection can happen in different parts of your urinary tract. Each type has a different name, based on where it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Cystitis\u00a0<\/strong>(bladder): You might feel like you need to pee a lot, or it might hurt when you pee. You might also have lower belly pain and cloudy or bloody urine.<\/li><li><strong>Pyelonephritis\u00a0<\/strong>(kidneys): This can cause fever, chills,\u00a0nausea, vomiting, and pain in your upper back or side.<\/li><li><strong>Urethritis\u00a0<\/strong>(urethra): This can cause a discharge and burning when you pee.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-4\">Causes of UTIs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>UTIs are a key reason why doctors tell women to wipe from front to back after using the bathroom. The urethra &#8212; the tube that takes pee from the bladder to the outside of the body &#8212; is close to the\u00a0anus. Bacteria from the large intestine, such as\u00a0<em>E. coli<\/em>, can sometimes get out of your anus and into your urethra. From there, they can travel up to your bladder and, if the infection isn&#8217;t treated, can continue on to infect your kidneys. Women have shorter urethras than men. That makes it easier for bacteria to get to their bladders. Having\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/sex-relationships\/default.htm\">sex<\/a>\u00a0can introduce bacteria into your urinary tract, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some women are more likely to get UTIs because of their genes. The shape of their urinary tracts makes others more likely to be infected.\u00a0Women with diabetes\u00a0may be at higher risk because their weakened immune systems make them less able to fight off infections. Other conditions that can boost your risk include\u00a0hormone\u00a0changes,\u00a0multiple sclerosis, and anything that affects urine flow, such as\u00a0kidney stones, a\u00a0stroke, and a spinal cord injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The symptoms of a\u00a0UTI\u00a0can include: A burning feeling when you pee A frequent or intense urge to pee, even though little comes out when you do Cloudy, dark, bloody, or strange-smelling pee Feeling\u00a0tired\u00a0or shaky Fever\u00a0or\u00a0chills\u00a0(a sign that the infection may have reached your kidneys) Pain\u00a0or pressure in your back or lower\u00a0abdomen Types of UTIs An\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-are-the-first-signs-of-a-urine-infection\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}