There are lots of people who think that urinary tract infection is some sort of a bladder infection. While this is a common case, the anatomy of the urinary system will show you that the bladder is only one part of the urinary tract.
UTI can be located at the urethra, bladder, kidneys, or ureters.
Remember this, the general rule: the higher the infection gets, the more serious the infection is.
This means that having a kidney infection is a lot more serious than a urethral infection. This can cause proteinuria or protein in urine and hematuria or blood in the urine.
When you have a bladder infection, it is possible that you will have it again. About 40% of women experiences UTI and 75% experiences recurrent UTI. It is still unknown as to why women are more prone to having this infection as compared to men
The symptoms of urinary tract infection are rather uncomfortable and they are quite obvious.
In many cases, people can experience cloudy urine accompanied by blood. Urine like this can possibly have traces of protein, a condition that indicates a serious kidney problem. A urine having traces of protein is an indication of a disease in the urinary system.
It is often called proteinuria. Proteinuria is a common indication of having a diabetic nephropathy. However, in some cases, protein in urine can also be a sign of having a urinary tract infection or a possible kidney disease.
Although healthy people do pass small amounts of protein in the urine normally, above a certain level suggests that there may be damage to the filter mechanism (the glomeruli) or inflammation. A second source of protein in urine is blood that may come from any part of the kidney or urinary pathway.
The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Protein in urine. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
* Leukaemia
* Diabetes
* HIV
* Membranous nephropathy
* Polycystic kidney disease
* and many others
When protein is found during a urine test, further investigation is required to ascertain your true health status.
Proteinuria is usually not part of the kidney cancer. Kidney cancer usually has a classical triad of symptoms of hematuria, flank pain, and palpable mass. However, since it is a slow growing tumor, it is frequently not detected as a mass or large enough to cause pain before it is detected incidentally by an ultrasound.
It's best to go and determine from a professional doctor (not clinic please) to check if you have some kind of a kidney disease when you detected protein in your urine. If it's just a mild case of UTI, you can always cure it yourself without taking any antibiotics.
It is important because urinary tract infection can spread to the kidneys. If not treated promptly and properly, this could lead to more serious health problems.
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