Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms

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Urinary tract infections symptoms are extremely common.

Urinary tract infections develop in 10-20% of women at some time in their lifetime. Approximately 5 million doctor’s office visits occur per year because of urinary tract infection symptoms.


A urinary tract infection is diagnosed with a urinanalysis. This is a test of the urine looking for blood, white blood cells, and evidence of bacterial.


Sometimes the urinalalysis will not make the diagnosis. Urine cultures are done looking for definitive evidence of an infection. It takes 1-3 days for these results to return.

Urinary tract infection symptoms include pain with urination (dysuria), frequent urination, blood in the urine, and foul smelling urine.

Sometimes urinary tract infection symptoms will include fever. Urinary tract infection symptoms in elderly patients may only include confusion

 
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Symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection often do not lead directly to the underlying diagnosis and many symptoms can be misleading. Please review all concerns and information found on this website with your health care provider.