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Understanding Urinary Tract Infections -- Symptoms
What Are the Symptoms of Urinary Tract Infections?
The symptoms of urinary tract infections include:
- Pain or burning during urination
- Abdominal pain in the area over the bladder
- A pressing need to urinate immediately, as soon as any urine collects in the bladder
- Need to urinate frequently
- Passage of small amounts of urine at a time
- Need to get up from sleep to urinate
- Low back or flank pain
- Cloudy urine
- Bloody urine
- Bad-smelling urine
- Pain behind the scrotum
- Painful ejaculation or, rarely, bloody semen
Symptoms such as fever or chills or nausea suggest the presence of a more serious infection, such as a kidney infection, and should receive immediate medical attention. Pregnant women may not have any symptoms of infection, so their urine should be checked during their regular prenatal doctor visits.
Understanding Scarlet Fever -- Symptoms
Scarlet fever most often occurs in children. Its symptoms may include: Bright red or scarlet spotty rash, usually beginning on the neck or chest (often excludes face, palms, and soles of the feet) High fever Chills Headache Sore throat (although half of patients will not have this symptom) Painful swallowing Tongue with white coating and red bumps -- referred to as strawberry tongue Swollen glands in neck Vomiting
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Call Your Doctor if:
- You develop any pain or burning or difficulty with urination
- Burning is accompanied by a discharge from the vagina or penis, or other sign of sexually transmitted disease, pelvic inflammatory disease or other serious infection; see your doctor without delay.
- You notice blood in your urine
- You begin to urinate extremely frequently, and in small amounts
- You find yourself having to urinate very urgently
- You have back pain or pain in the area over your bladder
- You notice that your urine appears cloudy, or has an unpleasant odor
- You develop a fever and/or chills, which may indicate a more serious infection, such as a kidney infection
WebMD Medical Reference
Reviewed by
Trina Pagano, MD, FACOG on April 26, 2012
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