{"id":8,"date":"2020-02-12T17:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=6"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T17:58:39","slug":"what-is-a-urinary-tract-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-is-a-urinary-tract-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Urinary Tract Infection?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection in any part of your urinary system, which includes your&nbsp;kidneys,&nbsp;bladder, ureters, and urethra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a woman, your chance of getting a urinary tract infection is high. Some experts rank your lifetime risk of getting one as high as 1 in 2, with many women having repeat infections, sometimes for years. About 1 in 10 men will get a UTI in their lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to handle UTIs and how to make it less likely you&#8217;ll get one in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Symptoms Urinary Tract Infection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Urinary tract infections don&#8217;t always cause signs and symptoms, but when they do they may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A strong, persistent urge to urinate<\/li><li>A burning sensation when urinating<\/li><li>Passing frequent, small amounts of urine<\/li><li>Urine that appears cloudy<\/li><li>Urine that appears red, bright pink or cola-colored \u2014 a sign of blood in the urine<\/li><li>Strong-smelling urine<\/li><li>Pelvic pain, in women \u2014 especially in the center of the pelvis and around the area of the pubic bone<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>UTIs may be overlooked or mistaken for other conditions in older adults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection in any part of your urinary system, which includes your&nbsp;kidneys,&nbsp;bladder, ureters, and urethra. If you&#8217;re a woman, your chance of getting a urinary tract infection is high. Some experts rank your lifetime risk of getting one as high as 1 in 2, with many women having repeat\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-is-a-urinary-tract-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\/8"}],"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=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}