Symptoms

Urinary tract infections can seriously affect your quality of life. If you have more than 3 UTIs per year, you should talk to your doctor. The most common symptoms include:

• Feeling of wanting to pass urine more frequently than normal

• Pain on passing urine

• Smelly or cloudy urine

• Blood on passing urine

• Pain in your lower tummy

• Generally feeling unwell

• bladder infections in pregnancy can cause premature labour and you must seek medical help immediately

• Bladder infections in older people are often difficult to diagnose as the patient may become confused and agitated.