HIV-AIDS), pregnancy, etc.
Patients who manifest symptoms are acute:
- Chills and fever
- Low back pain, especially on the right side (more often than the left)
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea and vomiting
- Some people manifest or have a history of low urinary tract infection symptoms: frequent desire to urinate, urinate desire persists at the end of urination, pain on urination, etc.
How is it diagnosed?
The treatment is based on antibiotics, analgesics, hydration and rest.
Treatment usually lasts 14 days, the improvement must be apparent from the 2 day if the antibiotic is effective.
If you are feeling very bad, it is dried, high fever, low back pain and oral intolerance, should go to an emergency service to be evaluated
- Take your medication exactly as prescribed to you
- Drink abundant liquids, mostly water. Alcohol should be avoided during treatment
- If you are pregnant or suspect its presence inform your doctor
- Urinate whenever you need it: is recommended every 3-4 hours
- Call your doctor if your symptoms worsen or do not improve in within two days of starting treatment: usually an effective antibiotic generates improvement of any infection within the first 48 hours
What can you do so that does not happen again?
- Drink plenty of water during the day.
- Try to empty your bladder completely when you urinate and urinate frequently: urinary retention encourages bacterial growth.
- Use cotton garments. It is not clear whether wireless dental use can increase the risk of urinary tract infections, suggests caution.
- Urinate after sexual intercourse and avoid the relations Annals, especially if they are followed by vaginal relations: digestive bacteria are the main caus of urinary tract infection
- Women should be cleaned from the vagina back after evacuating.
- Any other disease keep well controlled. For example, if you have diabetes, keep controlled the amount of glucose in blood.
- Avoid too-tight clothing and underwear.