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)
Physician-developed and -monitored.
Original Date of Publication: 10 Jun 1998
Reviewed by: Daniel Khouri, M.D., Stanley J. Swierzewski, III, M.D.
Last Reviewed: 10 Apr 2008
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Signs and Symptoms reprinted with permission from urologychannel.com
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