What Is a Bladder Infection?
2. Urinary Tract Infections
Bladder infections are a type of urinary tract infection. There are also other types of urinary tract infection, one of which is urethritis. This is an infection of the urethra, which is the tube that passes from the bladder to an opening in the vagina or penis, thus allowing us to pass urine out of our body.
Urethritis occurs when bacteria outside the body are able to get into the urethra at the opening. These bacteria will sometimes come from the anus, and urethritis can also be caused by pathogens that cause sexually transmitted diseases. The bacteria will sometimes move on to infect other parts of the urinary tract including the bladder and the kidneys.
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