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Infections of the bladder, urinary tract and kidneys occur in the majority of the population at least once or twice during their lifetime, likely more; it’s a condition that doesn’t discriminate between men and women and will occur in both – with a few different causes that can include lifestyle factors, potential allergies, potential direct infection exposure, or transferred through sex or the sharing of underwear.
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Even though some people might consider most infectious conditions that affect the urine “embarrassing”, there’s no need to: These conditions are common and take only one course of simple antibiotics in order to treat – and it if happens again, most causative factors (like an allergy to washing powder, underwear materials or condoms) are easy to find and eliminate. 
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See your doctor for antibiotics if you suspect that you might have contracted any type of urinary infection. 
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Here are 14 common signs of urinary infections that you should know about.
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1. Changes in the Color of Urine
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One of the first tip-off signs that someone has a urinary infection<\/a> is often a change in the color of their urine: In the majority of cases, the urine will automatically go darker in the presence of any type of infection, but it might also turn into another color such as orange, green or purple – and there can be aggravating factors such as medication that can cause this symptom to appear.
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Any changes in the color of your urine that lasts for more than a day can be considered to be more than just a dietary factor (like eating beetroot or asparagus) and should mean that you report your symptoms to your doctor for tests and treatment. Simple antibiotics are enough to treat this.
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Where it’s a urinary infection, you are also likely to experience some of the other symptoms that are mentioned in this article, including difficulty urinating and changes in your urinary flow.
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2. A Change in Urine Smell
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Sudden changes in the color of your urine <\/a>can be a good indicator of a bladder or urinary tract infection, but it can also be caused by certain dietary factors or temporary conditions and medications: Usually, a sudden change in the color of your urine to dark might just mean that you are dehydrated (and increasing your fluid intake could be all it takes to fix it).\u00a0
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Where urine develops a characteristically strong smell, it can also be indicative of a bladder or urinary tract infection: You’re likely to experience the smell change together with some of the other symptoms mentioned in this article (including changes in your urination frequency).
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First, eliminate dietary factors such as asparagus which might change the smell of urine temporarily: If you can combine other symptoms on this list or the symptom lasts for more than a day or two, it’s more likely to be an infection instead. 
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3. Difficultly Urinating
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Experiencing difficulty urinating together with pain or a burning sensation can commonly be indicative of a standard bladder or urinary tract infection – and commonly is: Where it’s combined with a strong smelling discharge, it can also indicate certain sexually transmitted conditions like chlamydia that might go together with bladder infections (or might not).
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Difficulty urinating is experienced by almost everyone who contracts a standard bladder or urinary tract infection: This means that it’s the first thing that doctors commonly look for when this symptom is reported – and if it turns out not to be an infection of this sort, they know to look for something else that might cause it (which is still easy enough to treat with the right antibiotics <\/a>most of the time).
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Should difficulty urinating still appear as a symptom after this, prostate issues can be a common cause, and sometimes the symptom might even link to diabetes: The best thing you can do is consult with your doctor at the first opportunity when you feel unsure. 
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4. Genital Discharge
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When people think of genital discharge, the first thing they might imagine is a range of sexually transmitted conditions, but the truth is that while this is a common cause, it’s not the only one: Sometimes a severe bladder or urinary tract infection can go together with slight genital discharge – especially where it hasn’t been treated or noticed early on enough – and this warrants the same treatment as a bladder <\/a>or urinary tract infection diagnosed at any other stage: Immediate treatment.
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Again, this symptom is luckily easy to treat (and nothing to be embarrassed about) whether the root cause is a standard bladder or urinary tract infection or something more serious: Antibiotics is the preferred clinical treatment in both of these cases – and seeing your doctor is the first step to recovery no matter what turns out to be the cause. 
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It always starts with simple tests to establish your condition; from there, doctors can choose the best relevant antibiotic or treatment.
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5. A Burning Sensation
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The feeling of a burning sensation<\/a> when urinating is one of the most common symptoms that people with a bladder or urinary tract infection have reported – and you’re almost certain to experience it yourself if you have any kind of infection that is affecting the kidneys, bladder or urinary tract.
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Early treatment of whatever causes a burning sensation when urinating is always the best course of action for it, whether it’s a standard bladder, urinary tract or yeast infection or whether the same symptom happens to be caused by something else like a sexually transmitted condition.
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In most cases, your doctor will first test before proceeding with the correct antibiotic treatment to match up with your condition.
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6. Abdominal Pain
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It’s very common for women to experience abdominal pain surrounding the time of their period and after, and it’s just as common for men to experience abdominal cramping for a variety of hormonal and physical reasons – but any time your abdominal pain or cramping happens outside of the time you would expect or feels worse than it normally does, you might have cause for concern and a reason to think that there might be a deeper cause. 
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Bladder and urinary tract infections can commonly cause abdominal pain that isn’t related to anything else: You’re likely to experience some of the other symptoms mentioned in this article, including a burning sensation and difficulty urinating – and you are also likely to experience others, like a change in your urination frequency or smell.
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Should this describe you, see your doctor: Most of the related conditions (including infections<\/a>) are easy to treat once your doctor has diagnosed the appropriate condition.
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7. Associated Infections
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Bladder and urinary tract infections can commonly also occur at the same time as other, related infections: For example, you are more likely to contract a bladder or urinary tract infection from a yeast infection – and you can even be more prone to contracting a urinary tract or bladder infection if you have recently been ill from an infection anywhere in the body and from any cause due to the effect it has on the overall immune system<\/a>.\u00a0
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Be on guard if you have recently been sick or if you are sick now and you experience any of the symptoms of a bladder or urinary tract infection mentioned in this article: See your doctor and describe your symptoms as thoroughly as possible – from there, your doctor should have a clearer idea of what condition to test for and subsequently treat.
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Other infections might require separate antibiotics to treat: Diagnosis is the first important step.a
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8. Changes in Period Flow or Frequency
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Any changes in period frequency or flow can be one of the most important indicators of overall health for women who are used to what their menstrual cycle<\/a> would “normally” be like every other month. Sometimes it might indicate stress or dietary changes causing it, but it might also indicate other chronic and serious conditions such as endometriosis, a condition which causes menstrual flow to be heavier and considerably more painful for most people who are diagnosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Sometimes a bladder or urinary tract infection can accompany changes in menstrual flow, too, particularly if any other symptoms from this list are experienced at the same time.
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Infections that affect menstrual flow could mean that the infection has progressed, even if there aren’t many other symptoms that point to this yet. 
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See your doctor for anything that your body might do that you believe falls outside of your normal: It’s one of the most important things you can do for your health.
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9. Night Sweats
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Night sweats<\/a> are a common symptom and sign in the case of general infections no matter where in the body this infection is happening – and it usually happens together with a fever as a response from the immune system that tries to get rid of the infection that it perceives as an intruder in the body.\u00a0
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While it’s a normal reaction if you have an infection, night sweats can also be an important indicator that you are usually sicker than you might have anticipated at first.
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If you experience night sweats together with any of the other symptoms on this list, it’s time to see your doctor for tests in order to establish the root condition. It might be a bladder infection, but it might also be a hundred other potential infections or conditions that share the same symptoms.
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Night sweats can also sometimes indicate the presence of other conditions that aren’t infection-related, but also require immediate diagnosis and treatment.
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10. A Lowered Immunity
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The body’s immune system is the first way in which it tries to defend against any potential infections or intruders that make their way into the body – and this is what keeps you from getting a cold or the flu when it goes around for the season.
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The immune system can also be affected by many different things: Some of these things include chronic conditions, but they can also include temporary infections such as bladder and urinary tract infections that, by default, lower the immune system’s ability to respond to any infections that it might encounter around the same time.
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If you’ve recently had an infection (or have been treated for one), then it can mean your immune system will be lowered and in need of a boost to get back up: It can also mean that you still get sick from viruses and bacteria <\/a>like the flu much easier.
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Keep an eye on your health and report any symptoms directly to your doctor.\t
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11. Fever
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The immune system has a hundred different ways to respond to infections that enter the body, and one of the first ways is through the creation of what we know as a fever<\/a>. A raised body temperature that isn’t due to external factors is likely to be caused by an infection or immunity-response – and this very commonly happens if you have a bladder or urinary tract infection that’s currently affecting your body.
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Anywhere you have a fever, there’s an underlying cause. See your doctor as soon as possible for the fastest way to establish your course of action and possible treatment depending on what’s causing your symptoms.
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12. Increased Urination
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Infections of the bladder and urinary tract will usually affect urination in several different ways, and it’s not just through the changing of the smell and color. Potential changes in the frequency of how often you need to urinate can also be an indicator that there’s an underlying bladder or urinary tract condition that’s going to require treatment <\/a>sooner rather than later.
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It’s common for bladder and urinary tract infections to mean that people have the urge to urinate more frequently than usual. Accompanying symptoms also mentioned in this article are likely to go together with this, including pain while urinating or a burning sensation.
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Sometimes, people might also have an urge to urinate less frequently than usual as opposed to more: Symptoms are individual, and anything other than what you would consider normal should warrant a doctor’s appointment.
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Changes in urination frequency can also be caused by some other, serious conditions including diabetes.
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13. Pain While Urinating
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Pain while urinating is a symptom that can commonly indicate kidney, bladder or standard urinary tract infections, but they can also indicate other serious conditions at the same time: This means that any time it becomes painful to urinate, you should consider it potentially serious and see your doctor for tests as soon as possible – even where the causatory condition isn’t as serious as you might have initially thought, it’s always better to get it diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.
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People experience pain in many different ways: For some, it might be a burning sensation – but for others, it might be a stabbing or tingling feeling instead. 
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Because of this, any discomfort <\/a>can also be an important sign – and any type of pain counts, even if it doesn’t feel the same as anyone else who reported pain from the same condition.
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The best thing you can do from here is to see your doctor: Once diagnosed, your condition can be treated. 
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14. Pain During Sex
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Any pain that’s felt before, after or during sex should be taken as a potential sign or symptom of something – and it should always mean that you see your doctor, especially if this describes something that has happened to you more than once or twice in the past few weeks or months.
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Sometimes a bladder or urinary tract infection can happen due to sex; it’s simply an unbalancing of the body’s pH that causes this likelihood to develop this infection – and it’s treated the same way as a bladder infection that would have happened any other way: With antibiotics<\/a>.
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Pain should always mean you see your doctor: Bladder and urinary tract infections can, sometimes, be spread under the right conditions – and if your pain isn’t caused by this routine, normal type of infection, there’s an urgent need to diagnose and treat the cause, which is relatively simple in most cases.
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