Symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection during Menopause

Menopausal urinary tract infection is a common disease in elderly women. Once menopausal urinary tract infection occurs, we should actively treat it. Menopausal urinary tract infection can be divided into two categories, one is upper urinary tract infection and the other is lower urinary tract infection. The symptoms of the two types of menopausal urinary tract infection are different. Let’s take a look at the detailed introduction below.

We have ways to treat menopausal urinary tract infections, so female friends don’t have to be discouraged. Once menopausal urinary tract infections occur, we can use general treatments or antibiotics.

The main symptoms of urinary tract infection in menopausal women include frequent urination, urgency, dysuria, nocturia, a feeling of incomplete urination and stress incontinence. Yet in the early 20th century, these urinary tract disorders received little attention. With the deepening of basic theory and clinical research, people have come to understand the pathophysiology of these symptoms, providing more reasonable means for the evaluation and treatment of the disease. Urinary tract infection can be divided into upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection. The former includes pyelonephritis, renal cortical infection, perinephric abscess, and pyonephrosis, while the latter includes cystitis and urethritis.

Causes of urinary tract infection in elderly women: The decrease in keratinized cells reduces the self-cleaning function of the vagina, making it easier for bacteria to multiply in the vestibule and vagina. Although women are prone to urinary tract infection, whether or not they develop the disease depends mainly on the body's internal factors, and is closely related to the body's weakened resistance, changes in the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the urethra, and abnormal internal environment. The bacteria that cause urinary tract infections are mostly Gram-negative rods, accounting for about 62.6%, mainly including Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli, accounting for 60% to 80%, followed by Proteus, Klebsiella, Clostridium difficile, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. Gram-positive cocci accounted for 33.6%, of which 55.6% were staphylococci and streptococci. Fungi, viruses, parasites, etc. can also be seen. There are also urinary tract infections caused by complex factors or nosocomial infections. In most cases, Escherichia coli infection is limited to the lower urinary tract, while Proteus infection is common in the upper urinary tract. There are many more anaerobic bacteria than aerobic bacteria in the intestinal flora, but urinary tract infections caused by anaerobic bacteria are extremely rare.

1.Upper urinary tract infection

The clinical manifestations vary greatly depending on the severity of the inflammation. In addition to the above-mentioned urinary tract irritation signs and tenderness in the bladder area, it is often accompanied by systemic manifestations, such as sudden onset, chills, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, low back pain, and percussion pain in the kidney area. In mild cases, there may be no obvious symptoms.

2. Lower urinary tract infection

There may be no symptoms, or there may be symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating. In severe cases, turbid and purulent urine may appear, which is called urinary tract irritation sign. Sometimes it is accompanied by difficulty urinating and a feeling of residual urine, distension and pain in the lower abdomen, difficulty urinating, and sometimes impulsive urinary incontinence. Severe infections may cause extreme bladder spasms, frequent urination, and difficulty urinating.

Above we introduced what menopausal urinary tract infection is. We know that menopausal urinary tract infection often occurs in elderly women, so we must do a good job of preventing menopausal urinary tract infection. Menopausal urinary tract infection is divided into two categories, one is upper urinary tract infection and the other is lower urinary tract infection. The above article introduces the symptoms of menopausal urinary tract infection in detail.