what causes urinary tract infections in children?
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They could be. \nOr it is more likely that they are dehydrated...\nI am not a medical professional but I do work with children and the most commen cause I have heard of them in children is that they hold their urine too long. They need to be encouraged to go when they need to go.
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You could have a UTI (urinary tract infection.) It's very common with women and will go away with some antibiotics. Also, drink lots of water and cranberry juice. If that's what it is, drinking cranberry juice especially will help prevent them in the future.
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It's probably a urinary tract infection. It could involve your bladder, kidneys, etc... You do not want to let this go untreated. If your kidneys are involved, it could theoretically be life threatening. Even if they're not, you need antibiotics. Call and schedule an appointment with your doctor a.s.a.p., and in the meantime, drink plenty of water, urinate frequently, take cranberry pills, and avoid sugar. \n\nIncidentally, cranberry pills are better than cranberry juice because the juice has too much sugar in it, and sugar can aggravate a urinary tract infection. You can get cranberry pills in the section where vitamins are sold.
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UTI's are commonly recognized by a frequent urgency, burning/painful urination, and cloudy urine. They are caused by too much sugar in your diet (cokes) and not drinking enough water. UTI's don't hurt your chances of getting pregnant, and don't hurt the baby once you become pregnant. \n\nSome helpful over the counter medicines such as AZO STANDARD and CRAN ASSURE can help alleviate the pain and discomfort of UTIs. Taken together, they usually wipe out the infection (if it hasn't progressed too far). Drinking lots of water and cranberry juice also helps. Although these medications help with UTIs, you still need to see a doctor. They can give you strong antibiotics that will wipe out the infection and prevent it from going up into your kidneys.  \n\nSex and chocolate should be refrained from!!! After sex, you should always empty your bladder to push out harmful bacteria out of your body. If you're having sex while you have a UTI, stop!!! It adds more harmful bacteria into your body. Chocolate shouldn't be consumed either. The added sugar will put your body in over drive trying to process all the sugar.
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Epididymitis is caused by spread of infection from the urethra or the bladder. The most common organisms involved in the condition in young heterosexual men are gonorrhoea and chlamydia. In children and older men, typical uropathogens, such as coliform oraganisms (E. coli), are much more common. This is also true in the case of homosexual men. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) can manifest also as epididymitis. "Beadlike" irregularities along vas deferens are the characteristic sign of this condition. Other bacteria (such as Ureaplasma) may also cause epididymitis. A non-infectious cause of epididymitis is the use of anti-arrhythmic medication, amiodarone. In this case, the inflammation is limited to the head of the epididymis and does not respond to anti-microbial therapy. The treatment is dosage reduction or change of medications. An increased risk is associated with sexually-active men who are not monogamous and do not use condoms. Men who have recently had surgery or have a history of structural problems involving the genito-urinary tract are also at increased risk (regardless of sexual behaviors). Other risk factors include chronic indwelling urethral catheter use and being uncircumcised.
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A Urinary Tract Infection has tell tale symptoms. There is an itchy feeling, and it burns when you pee. You can also feel a little bit crampy.\n\nDrinking a lot of water and fluids can help relieve the itchy burny feeling, but you should see a doctor as the only way to get rid of the infection is antibiotics. Also, this is a bacterial infection and can spread to the kidneys causing severe pain and worse complications.\n\nPeeing after sex can help prevent UTI's.
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Virtually all bladder infections are bacterial (and therefore will respond to properly selected antibiotics).  Other organisms such as fungi and chlamydia can cause bladder infections as well.
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I have been having UTI's since I was 4 years old so I can definately assure you that they are not solely caused by sex. It is a bacterial infection which could be caused by something as simple as you wiped your bottom the wrong way and e-coli transferred from your anus to your urethra. Most women will at least get a few in their life.\n\nYou should definatley tell her so she can take you to the doctors. Antibiotics are the best way to clear up a UTI.
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UTI  stands for urinary tract infection and is very common on all ages, here is a site that would explain it better from the causes to symtoms and treatments.\n http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/bladderhealth/a/UTI.htm
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Sounds like a urinary tract infection, or a kidney stone. You should probably get it checked out. Just to be sure.
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Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by bacterial infection. \n\nPyelonephritis is a kidney infection usually caused by bacteria that have traveled to the kidney from an infection in the bladder. \n\nWomen have more bladder infections (also called urinary tract infections) than men because the distance to the bladder from skin, where bacteria normally live, is quite short and direct. Usually, however, the infection remains in the bladder.\n\nA woman is more likely to develop pyelonephritis when she is pregnant. Pyelonephritis and other forms of urinary tract infection increase the risk of premature delivery. \n\nA man is more likely to develop the problem if his prostate is enlarged, a common condition after age 50. Both men and women are more likely to develop pyelonephritis if they have any of the following conditions: \n\nAn untreated urinary tract infection \nDiabetes \nNerve problems that affect the bladder\nKidney stones \nA bladder tumor \nAbnormal backflow of urine from the bladder to the kidneys, called vesicoureteral reflux\nAn obstruction related to an abnormal development of the urinary tract \nTests or procedures that involve the insertion of an instrument into the bladder also increase the risk of urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis.\n\nChildren sometimes develop pyelonephritis because of an abnormality in the bladder that allows urine there to flow backward (reflux) into the ureter, the connection between the kidney and bladder. This can lead to scarring of the kidney. \n\nRarely, pyelonephritis is so severe that it is life threatening, especially in older people or in those with an impaired immune system.
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Go see a doctor and ask what could be causing this. Maybe give him a urin sample. Even though you are healthy it would be better to find out if something is causing this. Better safe than sorry.
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If urinary tract infection not treated. : There are lots of complications according to microorganism and time past after infected. For example it can progress to kidney infection and makes proliferates. And sometimes infection penetrates to genital way and can make infertilised person(epididimitis or orchitis). Sometimes urinary stones can occur. Especially with Proteus vulgaris. \nIf someone have, according to infected m.o. have to go to an hospital and must be treated according to cultures. I hope health all..
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While Sean's answer is mostly correct, I disagree with his editorial comment.\n\nDifferent things cause inflammation - infection is one class of things that can cause them. In this case, infections in the urinary tract such as in the bladder are urinary tract infections (UTIs) - one involving the bladder is cystitis.\n\nInfections in other parts of the body can cause inflammatory changes in the bladder as well - for example in people with appendicitis, one can see inflammatory changes in the bladder or in the ureters. This is because inflammatory cells in one part of the body will release cytokines which can flow to another. Cells in other parts of the body will respond to those cytokines and may generate inflammatory changes.\n\nCancer is another situation in which there may be inflammatory changes without infection. \n\nSimilarly traumatic injuries whether non-intentional or intentional (surgery) will cause inflammatory changes.\n\nOther disease processes such as lupus or sarcoidosis may cause inflammatory changes as well, although rarer in the bladder.\n\nI'm not sure if I agree that the female bladder is less susceptible than the male bladder to inflammator attacks though. It is a fact that women do get more UTIs than men do after the first year of age. This is because the distance between the bladder and the outside of the body is much longer in men than in women - due to the differences in the length of the urethra. Consequently it is easier for bacteria to get from the outside into the bladder (which is normally a sterile environment) in women than in men. However, this would also mean that when men do get urinary tract infections, it may mean that its a more virulent strain of bacteria that gets there.\n\nAnecdotally, it does seem like I see more male nursing home patients presenting with bad cases of UTIs as opposed to female patients. Of course, I haven't taken a look at the specific numbers though. This may be due more to the presence of prostate problems in elderly men though.
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Possible UTI (urinary tract infection)?\n\nShould get the chest pain checked out :-)
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Yeah you can get a bladder infection that if goes untreated then can lead to a kidney infection, I know because it happened to me.. anythime you have to go pee go pee, bacteria love the urine to sit in the bladder your bladder can only hold 500 ml and it will start to back up into your ureters to your kidneys not a good thing.
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The most common cause of UTI are bacteria from the bowel that live on the skin near the rectum or in the vagina which can spread and enter the urinary tract through the urethra. \n\nOnce these bacteria enter the urethra they travel upwards causing infection in the bladder and sometimes other parts of the urinary tract. \n\nSexual intercourse is a common cause of urinary tract infections because the female anatomy can make women more prone to urinary tract infections. During sexual intercourse bacteria in the vaginal area is sometimes massaged into the urethra by the motion of the penis.\n\nAnother cause of bladder infections or UTI is waiting too long to urinate. The bladder is a muscle that stretches to hold urine and contracts when the urine is released. Waiting very long past the time you first feel the need to urinate causes the bladder to stretch beyond its capacity which over time can weaken the bladder muscle. When the bladder is weakened it may not empty completely and some urine is left in the bladder which may increase the risk of urinary tract infection or bladder infection. \n\nAntibiotics cure typical bladder infections. Drinking cranberry juice or taking cranberry pills can reduce your chances of getting a bladder infection or help cure it if you already have one.