kidney and urinary tract disorders
Bladder Infection
Symptoms of Bladder Infection
Cystitis usually causes a frequent, urgent need to urinate and a burning or painful sensation while urinating. These symptoms usually develop over several hours or a day. The urgent need to urinate may cause an uncontrollable loss of urine ( Urinary Incontinence in Adults ), especially in older adults. Fever is rarely present. Pain is usually felt above the pubic bone and often in the lower back as well. Frequent urination during the night (nocturia) may be another symptom. The urine may be cloudy in severe infection. Uncommonly, when infection results from an abnormal connection between the bladder and the intestine or the vagina (fistula), air can be passed in the urine (pneumaturia). Sometimes cystitis causes no symptoms, particularly in older adults, and is discovered when urine tests are done for other reasons. Among older adults, cystitis may also cause no symptoms related to urinating and may cause symptoms such as fever or confusion. A person whose bladder is malfunctioning because of nerve damage ( Neurogenic Bladder ) or a person who has a catheter may have cystitis with no symptoms until a 