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Urinary tract infection Kiswahili: maambukizi ya mfumo wa viungo vya mkojo

From Wikidata and MedlinePlus; a guide, not a diagnosis.

Usual symptoms

  • A fever (feeling hot, with chills or sweats)
  • Stomach or belly pain
  • Needing to pass urine very often
  • Blood in your urine
  • Burning or pain when passing urine
  • Sudden urges to pass urine that are hard to hold
  • Pain low in the belly (pelvis)

Having some of these does not mean you have this condition: many conditions share the same symptoms.

Who to see

  • A doctor for the urinary system

Related health checks

Kidneys and bladder check · Prostate and urine check for men (IPSS)

Read more

  • Urinary Tract Infections MedlinePlus
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  • Urinary Incontinence MedlinePlus
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Symptoms, specialties, risk factors and codes from Wikidata (CC0 public domain); reading from MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine. A guide, not a diagnosis: please see a health worker.