A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection that affects part of the urinary tract. woman are more likely to be attacted by these disease, especially in young age.
Two types of urinary infection
There are two types urinary infection. When it affects the lower urinary tract it is known as a simple cystitis (a bladder infection) and when it affects the upper urinary tract it is known as pyelonephritis (a kidney infection).
Why do you get urinary infection? Urinary infection in chronic kidney disease stage 3
The reason why you get urinary infection including
Sexual activity is the cause of 75–90% of bladder infections, with the risk of infection related to the frequency of sex. The term "honeymoon cystitis" has been applied to this phenomenon of frequent UTIs during early marriage. In post-menopausal women, sexual activity does not affect the risk of developing a UTI. Spermicide use, independent of sexual frequency, increases the risk of UTIs.
Women are more prone to UTIs than men because, in females, the urethra is much shorter and closer to the anus. As a woman's estrogen levels decrease with menopause, her risk of urinary tract infections increases due to the loss of protective vaginal flora.
A predisposition for bladder infections may run in families. Other risk factors include diabetes, being uncircumcised, and having a large prostate.
The relationships between urinary infection and chronic kidney disease stage 3
Urinary infection is most likely to damage kidney functions. It may lead to various symptoms like blood urine, less urine, dizzy, swelling and foam urine, which are the same symptoms as the chronic kidney disease.
In order to prevent the chronic kidney disease, it is important for you control urinary infection first.
