Urinary Tract Infection Risk Factors

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Urinary Tract Infection February 17
2020

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Urinary Tract Infection
Risk factors for Urinary area infection
Urinary area infection is a bacterial infection that first occurs in the bladder. In urinary
tract infection, bacteria are established and start multiplying in the urinary area. Urinary area
infection is the most common of all bacterial contamination (Foxman, 2014). According to the
case given, the 28-year-old women's urine specimen determines cloudiness, alkaline ph,
increased nitrites, and leukocyte esterase. The woman is feeling the urge to urinate frequently
with dysuria. Urinary area infection is instigated by bacteria that enter the urinary tract system.
Differential diagnoses
The differential diagnosis for this patient was cervicitis or vaginitis. Cervicitis is
inflammation of the cervix and vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina. This patient’s urinary
tract infection was diagnosed by urine specimen collection. After the collection of the sample,
urine is tested under a microscope. This infection is classified as a urethritis rather than urinary
area infection. Urethritis’ most common symptom is painful or difficult urination.
Additional medication
Woman's new urine specimen demonstrates additional information that is the use of
diaphragm and spermicide birth control, presence of gram-positive cocci bacteria which was not
present in the last test. These symptoms conclude that the woman is suffering from complicated
urinary tract infection. The use of birth control medication increases the risk of urinary tract
infection (Al-Shaikh & Al-Badr, 2013). The woman has completed the full course of
antibiotics and still, she has symptoms of urinary tract infection.
Patient education
Little preventions that woman needs to take are keeping the genital area clean, avoid the
use of birth controls without doctor's consultancy, drink plenty of fluids, avoid using bath
products, and urinate after sexual intercourse. Women are more likely to get a urinary area
infection than males (Karam , Habibi, & Bouzari, 2019). The patient needs to understand that
she should not take any medication before consulting with her doctor.