Tag: women

You know the feeling, the awful feeling. You have another UTI. Urinary Tract Infection. As we age, we are more susceptible to urinary tract infections, especially after menopause. For anyone that has a hysterectomy, menopause may have come early, maybe in your thirties or forties. It’s not as common, but men can also get UTIs. A urinary tract infection is one of the top five most common infections.

Identifying a UTI

Once you have had one it’s easy to identify your next one. The signs of a UTI may vary by person. They include, but you may not necessarily have all of them: pain or burning feeling when you urinate, a burning feeling even when you aren’t urinating, and an urgency to go. With the urgency, if you ignore it you may not make it to the bathroom in time and when you arrive, you may be annoyed because only a little dribble will come out. It’s very frustrating, especially at night-time when you are trying to sleep. Other symptoms include cloudy or bloody urine, low-grade fever, and a change in smell or color of your urine.

Continue reading “UTI – What you Should Know” →