| The mentioned condition is also called cystitis. In | | | | persons who use contraceptive diaphragm or |
| some cases the infection of the urinary bladder | | | | spermicidal agents for contraception or persons |
| spreads to the upper tract in the kidney or to the | | | | that use a catheter. |
| prostate. These problems are called pyelonephritis | | | | In most of the cases the risks mentioned earlier |
| and prostatitis, depending on the area where they | | | | increase the chance for a simple bladder infection |
| occur. | | | | to rapidly progress to a serious kidney infection or |
| We should all know the basics on urinary tract | | | | sepsis. Sepsis is an infection that enters the |
| infections. That is why we had to explain the two | | | | bloodstream and affects many organs. More than |
| forms of the bladder infection. In cases when the | | | | that, the chances for a premature delivery |
| infection occurs and consists of a single episode | | | | increase when pregnant women develop kidney |
| of bladder infection the condition is caused acute | | | | infections. |
| cystitis. Chronic cystitis is a problem that keeps | | | | Many of us wonder what causes the urinary tract |
| on occurring with only fleeting infection-free | | | | infections. It is good to know that there is a |
| periods. | | | | bacteria that is normally found in the |
| Simple cases, or acute urinary tract infections | | | | gastrointestinal tract. It is believed that this |
| usually occur in women with ages between 20 | | | | Escherichia coli bacteria causes these problems. |
| and 50 and they are not common among young | | | | Along with Escherichia coli, other bacteria such as |
| men. | | | | staphylococcus, saprophyticus, proteus, klebsiella |
| You should know that even if it commonly | | | | or enterococcus are believed to cause problems |
| affects women this problem can also occur in | | | | for the bladder. |
| men and with severe complications too. Among | | | | Later research proved that more and more |
| the persons that are at risk for developing these | | | | people get the infection because of two sexually |
| urinary tract infections we have to remember | | | | transmitted organisms called Chlamydia |
| those with conditions that affect the bladder's | | | | trachomatis and mycoplasma. |
| nerve supply such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis or | | | | The reason for because women are more |
| spinal cord injuries, elderly men and women, | | | | affected by this problem is the size of urethra |
| pregnant women, someone who's parents had a | | | | which is shorter than in men and because the |
| similar condition, people that have any kind of | | | | urethral opening is close to the anus and so |
| obstruction that blocks the passage of urine such | | | | bacteria from the colon can easily contaminate |
| as tumor, kidney stone or enlarged prostate, | | | | the urethra. |