Urinary tract infection is inflammatory process that usually has bacterial nature. Infection affects one or several organs of the excretory system of a man. Typically, it affects bladder (cystitis) or kidneys (pyelonephritis).
Common symptoms of this disease is pain and burning with urination, urinary frequency and urgency, chills, fever, night sweats, or even blood in the urine (hematuria). To learn which specific organism is the cause of the inflammatory process, urologist orders a urine test with laboratory analysis.
In most cases, Urinary tract infections are treated with antibiotics. Women often have this disease as a consequence of sexual activity.
Repeated infections indicate possible presence of stones in urinary tract or other disorders of the excretory system.