Overview
Most urinary tract infections affect the bladder and settle quickly with treatment. Infection reaching the kidney is more serious.
Ħarsa ġenerali (Maltese)
Ħafna infezzjonijiet tal-awrina jaffettwaw il-bużżieqa u jgħaddu malajr bil-kura. Infezzjoni li titla' sal-kliewi hija aktar serja.
Symptoms
- Burning when passing urine
- Going more often
- Lower abdominal discomfort
- Cloudy or smelly urine
Sintomi (Maltese)
- Ħruq meta tgħaddi l-awrina
- Tmur it-tojlit aktar spiss
- Skumdità f'qiegħ iż-żaqq
- Awrina mċajpra jew b'riħa
Red flags
- Fever with loin pain
- Vomiting
- Blood in urine with fever
- Confusion in an older person
- Pregnancy
Sinjali ta' twissija (Maltese)
- Deni b'uġigħ fil-ġenb
- Rimettar
- Demm fl-awrina bid-deni
- Konfużjoni f'persuna anzjana
- Tqala
Management
- Fluids and simple analgesia
- Short antibiotic course when indicated
- Urine culture in recurrent or complicated cases
Immaniġġjar (Maltese)
- Likwidi u analġeżiku sempliċi
- Kors qasir ta' antibijotiku meta jkun indikat
- Kultura tal-awrina f'każi rikorrenti jew ikkumplikati
What to tell the patient
Drink plenty of water and finish the antibiotic course. Come back if you get a fever, back pain or start vomiting.
X'tgħid lill-pazjent (Maltese)
Ixrob ħafna ilma u lesti l-kors kollu tal-antibijotiku. Erġa' ejja jekk taqbdek id-deni, uġigħ f'dahrek jew tibda tirremetti.
Clinical codes
- ICD-10 N39.0 · Urinary tract infection, site not specified
Educational reference only — not a substitute for clinical judgement, local guidelines or the SPC.