Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

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Signs and Symptoms

Symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in young children include the following:

• Diarrhea
• Excessive crying that cannot be resolved by typical measures (e.g., feeding, holding)
• Loss of appetite
• Fever
• Nausea and vomiting

Older children may experience the following symptoms with UTI:

• Flank or lower back pain (with a kidney infection)
• Frequent urination
• Inability to produce more than a small amount of urine at a time
• Incontinence
• Pain in the abdomen or pelvic area
• Painful urination (dysuria)
• Urine that is cloudy or has an unusual smell

Symptoms of lower UTI (e.g., cystitis, urethritis) in adults include the following:

• Back pain
• Blood in the urine (hematuria)
• Cloudy urine
• Inability to urinate despite the urge
• Fever
• Frequent need to urinate
• General discomfort (malaise)
• Painful urination (dysuria)

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