The effects of urinary tract infection on pregnancy
A urinary tract infection(UTI) is a type of infection in the bladder, kidneys, ureters (the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder) or urethra (the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside of your body), the disease may appear in many symptoms, a woman who have UTI may feel a burning while urinating, more times of urinating during the day also feels like urinate right after she is just done, also may notice blood in the urine or strong odor. In addition sometimes the bacteria grow in the urinary track but showing no symptoms, these germs are called asymptomatic bacteriuria. Tests can usually show them and the doctor must treat them in pregnant women, but necessary to be treated in most other women.
Diseases UTI can do to the baby
If the asymptomatic bacteriuria have been found early by the doctor and treated immediately, it won't harm the baby, and it won't cause kidney infection that may cause early labor.
The UTI can be treated by taking an antibiotic prescribed by the doctor in order to make sure that it 's safe on the baby, a pregnant woman who had the infection must keep on taking the medicine even if the symptoms go away after a few days, without forgetting that water is too good to clean and to flush away the germs from the urine.
How to be sure about the efficiency of the treatment
Usually the symptoms will start to go after taking the medication, but if they stayed the same, it means that there is a problem, and if you have a fever more than 100.5 degree, chills, lower stomach pains, nausea, vomiting or flank pain, also if having any contractions, you should talk to your doctor, sometimes patients may keep have burning when they urinate after 3 days of taking the medication, so in this case telling the doctor is considered very important.
Preventing urinary tract infection from coming back
Preventing UTI from coming back can be done in several methods:
• Drinking enough quantity of water daily to insure that the urine track is being well flushed (water is the best way).
• Make sure that urinate for enough times during the day.
• Don't wait for long time before you urinate.
• Urinate always after you are done with sexual relationship.
• After urinating wipe the place from front to back to prevent bacteria from spreading.
