UTI and STI



DIFFERENT BETWEEN UTI AND STI

Urinary tract infection, is an infection that happens along urinary tract or in the kidney. Bladder is a very nice and accommodating place for Bacteria to grow and stagnant urine helps them to multiply. Bacteria enter the urinary tract through the urethra and begin to multiply in the bladder, most infection in UTI is an infection in any part of your urinary system .UTI are never contagious to a partner,not everyone with UTI has symptoms but common symptoms include frequent urge to urinate and pain when urinating ,whole body fatigue.

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Sexually transmitted infection are transmitted through sexual fluids some can be passed through skin to skin genital contact, sometimes can be transmitted through unprotected or protected sex.STI are often contagious and serious and are transmitted to others during intercourse. Some STI such as gonorrhea and chlamydia infect your sexual and reproductive organs, hepatitis B and syphilis cause general body infections.
Gonorrhea is a STD which takes about two to ten days to develop fully, you can contact gonorrhea even if you only received oral sex and had no penetration since this bacteria can be found even in the throat of the infected person.

 However, one tell_tale sign you have an STI rather a UTI, is a vaginity discharge ;STI like trichomoniasis, gonorrhea and chlamydia can present with a vaginal discharge; this will not be a symptom of UTI .of course vaginal discharge can be completely healthy: Depending on the odur and colour of the discharge, as well as the presence of other symptoms, it can be a sign you have an STI or vaginosis.
Zamzam Adan Mahat

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