The urge to urinate comes quickly and you can't hold it back

Many female friends have had the painful experience of urinary tract infection. After suffering from urethritis, the urethral opening will be itchy and painful, and you will always want to go to the toilet to urinate, which brings a lot of inconvenience to your life and work. Doctors often recommend that patients take drugs such as levofloxacin. During the illness, you must drink plenty of water, and stop eating spicy foods such as leeks, onions, and ginger. You should also avoid tobacco, alcohol, and greasy food to avoid aggravating the condition.

1. What is urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infection is caused by direct invasion of bacteria (rarely by fungi, protozoa, and viruses). Urinary tract infection is divided into upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection. Upper urinary tract infection refers to pyelonephritis, and lower urinary tract infection includes urethritis and cystitis. Pyelonephritis is divided into acute pyelonephritis and chronic pyelonephritis. It is more common in women. 2. Causes: Urinary tract infection is caused by direct invasion of bacteria (rarely by fungi, protozoa, and viruses).

3. Symptoms 1. Acute pyelonephritis: sudden onset, chills, chills, fever, general discomfort, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, low back pain, discomfort in the kidney area, tenderness at the upper ureter point, tenderness at the ribs and waist points, percussion pain in the kidney area, tenderness in the bladder area. 2. Chronic pyelonephritis: The symptoms during an acute attack may be the same as those of acute pyelonephritis, but are usually much milder, and may not even cause fever, general malaise, headache, and other systemic manifestations. Symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating are also not obvious; edema; hypertension. 3. Bladder and urethritis: frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, and pain in the bladder area. Urinary discharge. IV. Treatment 1. Symptomatic supportive treatment. 2. Treatment targeting pathogens. 3. Maintain water and electrolyte balance. 4. All patients are encouraged to drink more water. Patients who drink less water should be given infusion to ensure that the daily urine volume is above 2000ml. 5. Some patients can take Chinese medicine.

5. Notes 1. Urinary tract infection is more common in women of childbearing age. It is important to pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva. Urinary tract infections often have certain triggers, so the patient should be carefully examined for urinary tract stones, kidney or ureteral malformations, etc. In addition to drug treatment, drink plenty of water and keep the daily urine volume above 2000ml. This will play the role of urinary tract flushing, which is also very important for the treatment of urinary tract infection. In addition, we should also pay attention to strengthening nutrition and improving physical fitness.

2. Avoid spicy and irritating foods such as leeks, onions, garlic, pepper, ginger, etc. Avoid hot foods such as lamb, dog meat, rabbit meat and greasy foods to avoid aggravating inflammation. Avoid the stimulation of tobacco and alcohol. Try to avoid sexual intercourse during the illness to reduce congestion in the urogenital tract and prevent mutual infection.

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