Urinary symptoms with a fever

You will usually have a fever if you have a kidney or prostate infection. You may have a fever if you have a bladder infection, although it is less likely. When a fever is caused by an infection in the urinary tract, other symptoms are usually present as well.

You may need to see a doctor if you have a fever and urinary symptoms such as:

• Pain in the back just below the rib cage on one side of the body (flank pain).
• Burning with urination (dysuria) and a frequent urge to urinate (frequency).

You probably do not have a UTI if you have a fever without other urinary symptoms unless you also have high-risk conditions, such as:

• A tube placed in your bladder to drain urine (catheter).
• Difficulty communicating, such as after a stroke. In this case, you may not be able to tell anyone about your symptoms.
• A spinal cord injury.