UTI Treatment

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, primarily affecting women but also men. With a variety of causes including having sex, going to the toilet, use of tampons, or use of a diaphragm for contraception, appropriate treatment is not always easily available.

Recognising Symptoms

Symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI) may include:

• Pain or a burning sensation when peeing (dysuria)

• Needing to pee more often than usual

• Needing to pee more often than usual during the night (nocturia)

• Needing to pee suddenly or more urgently than usual

• Pee that looks cloudy

• Blood in your pee

• Lower tummy pain or pain in your back, just under the ribs

• A high temperature, or feeling hot and shivery

• A very low temperature below 36C

Your pee may also be dark or smell. If this is your only symptom, it might be because you've not been drinking enough water.