Can urinary tract infection endanger life? What to do with repeated urinary tract infection

Does urinary tract infection affect life span? Urinary tract infection can cause many complications, but it will not directly threaten life. This disease is not a terminal disease, but it must be actively treated. Urinary tract infection is indeed a disease that male friends can't ignore, and the result is very harmful to patients:

1. Cystitis and prostatitis. Bacteria in the urethra invade the prostate, vas deferens, testicles, testicles, etc., which is easy to cause cystitis, prostatitis, urethral fistula and other complications.

2. Affect fertility and infertility. Long-term urethritis can be complicated with prostatitis and other infections, change the composition of prostate fluid, and then affect the liquefaction time of semen, sperm vitality decline, leading to male infertility.

3. Chronic renal failure. Urinary tract infection tends to slow down, and serious cases can cause chronic renal failure. Clinical data showed that 25 patients with chronic renal failure were caused by urinary tract infection.

4. Repeated attacks, affecting life. Urinary tract infection usually occurs repeatedly, and the stimulation of inflammation will cause great harm to the physiology and psychology of the human body, such as the symptoms of urgency and frequency of urination, urethral pricking pain and difficulty in urination, which make the patient fidgety and affect life.

5. Affect the function, resulting in impotence and premature ejaculation. Due to the entanglement of disease, various symptoms and discomfort worsen after sexual intercourse or directly affect the feeling and quality of sexual life, causing the patient to gradually produce aversion, causing impotence and premature ejaculation.

6. Cause urethral stricture and dysuria. Urinary tract infection directly affects the urethra epithelium, and the infected part forms scars. In severe cases, the urethra is narrow, and the patient has difficulty urinating.

How to do with recurrent urinary tract infection?

1. By telling the doctor his medical history truthfully, he can formulate an effective plan for the treatment and prevention of disease recurrence. How to avoid repeated attacks of urinary tract infection? The treatment must be complete, and the drug should not be stopped when the symptoms improve slightly. It is better to stop when the urine routine examination is normal for three times or the urine culture turns negative.

2. Usually, we should form the habit of drinking more boiled water or tea. If we have bloated urine, we should go to the toilet to urinate. Drinking more water to urinate, and constantly flushing the bladder and urethra are good methods for urinary tract health care. Also pay attention to hygiene. Patients who have a close relationship with sexual intercourse should urinate immediately after sexual intercourse and take anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent urinary tract infection.

3. In addition to using antibacterial drugs, doctors will also add estrogen appropriately according to the patient's condition for treatment of elderly men with urinary tract infection. Those patients with urinary tract obstruction, congenital malformation or urinary tract stones should be treated by urologists according to specific conditions.