Symptoms of UTIs

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The symptoms of a bladder infection tend to come on suddenly and include:

• painful urination and a burning sensation
• needing to urinate frequently
• sudden urges to empty your bladder, called urinary urgency
• pain in your central lower abdomen, just above the pubic bone
• blood in your urine

Symptoms of a UTI that involves the kidneys include the following, in addition to the preceding ones:

• pain in your sides or back that doesn’t change when you change position
• fever and chills
• nausea and vomiting

Certain symptoms in addition to those of a UTI could mean you have a prostate infection (prostatitis). These include:

• fever
• chills
• fatigue
• difficulty urinating or “dribbling”
• pain in your pelvis or the area between your rectum and scrotum (perineum)