About this topic
Your kidneys make urine and it is stored in your bladder. Urine flows out of a tube at the bottom of your bladder. This tube is called your urethra. ‚
Most often, if you have germs in your urine, you may: ‚
- Need to pee more often
- Have a strong urge to pee
- Feel pressure in your bladder
- Have pain or discomfort when you pee
If you have asymptomatic bacteriuria, you may have germs in your urine, but you do not have any signs of infection. Your doctor only finds this condition by doing a test called a urine culture. ‚
What can make this more likely to happen?
- Diabetes
- Old age
- Pregnancy
- Defects in the urinary tract like vesicoureteral reflux
- Infected kidney stones
- Having a spinal cord injury
- Having a long term urinary catheter
What are the main signs?
People with this illness do not have any signs of a problem. ‚
How does the doctor diagnose this health problem?
Your doctor will do an exam and may order: ‚
- A urine culture that is collected with a urinary catheter
How does the doctor treat this health problem?
Based on your overall health, your doctor may or may not treat this condition. If your doctor decides to treat this condition, you may need to take drugs to kill the germs in your urine. Be sure to take all of the drugs as your doctor ordered, even if you are feeling better. ‚
What lifestyle changes are needed?
- Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water each day.
- Do not hold urine in. Go to pee when bladder feels full.
What drugs may be needed?
The doctor may order drugs to: ‚
- Kill the germs in your urine.
What problems could happen?
Kidney infection ‚
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