DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN UTI? HERE IS HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.
Have you ever gone to pee and suddenly you feel a painful burning sensation? well you might have an uti. If you are a woman you are more likely to contract this disease, in fact women experience uti eight times more than men. This all being because women have shorter urethra than men and its located very close to the vagina and anus. 50- 60% of adult women acquire it and one to two women gets it at least once in their lifetime. Like other body parts the urinary systems is also prone to disease and in this article am discussing everything you need to know about urinary tract infections. WHAT IS UTI Well let me start with basics urinary system includes kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and renal pelvis. Mostly uti which stands for urinary tract infection infects the bladder and urethra - a tube that drains the bladder but they also occur on ureters that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder and can even extend to the kidneys. In short its an infection of the urinary tr...