Bladder Infection Symptoms

Bladder infection symptoms include a frequent urge to urinate and a painful, burning feeling in the area of the bladder or urethra during urination. Other terms for bladder infection include Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) or Cystitus. It is common for a person with bladder infection symptoms to complain that, despite the urge to urinate, only a small amount of urine is passed.

Other bladder infection symptoms include feeling tired, shaky, and washed out. The urine itself may look milky or cloudy and have a foul smell.

A bladder infection may spread to the kidneys. Kidney infection and pyelonephritis are both terms used to describe an infection of the kidney. Always consult a physician if you experience any of the following symptoms: fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, pain in the back or side below the ribs, and blood in the urine.

Bladder Infection Symptoms in Women

Fifty percent of all women will experience a bladder infection during their lifetime. Bladder infections are a common, often uncomfortable, but relatively harmless condition in women.

For women, bladder infection symptoms include a frequent urge to urinate, but when you try, only a small amount of urine comes out. This urine may have a strong smell and can burn or sting as you pass it. In addition, women often feel an uncomfortable pressure above the pubic bone.

Here is what you should do if you are a woman and have these symptoms.

Bladder Infection Symptoms in Men

Bladder infection symptoms in men include pressure or pain in the lower abdomen, itching, burning, blood in the urine, a sense of an urgent need to urinate, and or/increased frequency of urination. Men may also experience a feeling of fullness in the rectum. The bladder infection symptoms may be secondary; that is, indicate that you also have some other disorder.

Here is what you should do if you are a man and have these symptoms.

Bladder Infection Symptoms in Children

Bladder infection symptoms in children depend on the age of the child. A very young child may cry when urinating or may vomit due to the bladder infection. Symptoms can include irritability, not eating normally, unexplained fever that does not go away, and incontinence or loose bowels.

An older child with bladder infection symptoms will have a strong urge to go to the bathroom frequently and will tell you that it burns while urinating. They may have low back pain, stomach pain below the navel, or a long-lasting fever.

Urine might smell bad, be a cloudy or unusual color, or have blood in it.

Here is what you should do if you have a child with these symptoms.