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This is largely due to their anatomy, which can make it easier for bacteria — typically E. While uncomfortable, most UTIs resolve with a course of antibiotics and home care measures such as increased fluids. For some children, however, UTIs are an ongoing problem: Just when you think the infection has been successfully treated, another one develops. Isolated UTIs in boys are generally the result of hygiene issues, such as not properly retracting the foreskin to clean the penis if they are uncircumcised.

Urinary tract infections UTIs happen when bacteria that enter the urinary tract through the urethra , get into urine and then grow in the bladder. UTIs are more likely in children who have bladder problems like urinary incontinence. In babies and toddlers, symptoms of urinary tract infection include fever, irritability and poor feeding. If your child has pink, red or brown urine or has a high, unexplained fever and is generally unwell, you should take your child to the GP straight away.

The urinary tract includes several parts of the body, including the kidneys, the bladder, ureters, and the urethra. The kidneys are 2 bean-shape organs located in the abdominal area that filter blood to clean it and make urine as a byproduct. The urine travels down the ureters to the bladder for storage. The urethra connects the bladder to the outside of the body where urine leaves the body. Any of these parts of the urinary tract can get an infection called a urinary tract infection UTI.

A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is a term for an infection anywhere between the kidneys and the urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body. Most UTIs are bladder infections.