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The following symptoms are based on patient data collected by leading global UTI expert, Professor Malone-Lee, from University College London. Symptoms fall into four categories—pain, voiding, overactive bladder and urinary incontinence1. You can have symptoms from all four categories, or just one.
Despite popular belief, you do not need to have burning/painful urination (dysuria) to have a UTI. This is considered a ‘classic’ acute UTI symptom. However, dysuria is far less common with chronic UTI.
The Venn diagram further down is based on patients at the London clinic and shows the distribution of symptoms from the four different categories2.
Patients report common triggers that can bring on or increase their symptoms include:
1, 2 The symptoms list and Venn diagram is shared courtesy of Professor James Malone-Lee, Emeritus Professor of Nephrology, University College London, United Kingdom. In addition to his involvement in chronic UTI research, Professor Malone-Lee heads a private clinic specialising in treating chronic bladder pain, chronic pelvic pain, recurrent urinary infection, voiding problems and overactive bladder symptoms. He has specialised in this field of medicine for over three decades. The need for chronic UTI diagnosis and treatment is sadly in demand, and increasing. The London clinic is considered the world-leader in chronic UTI diagnosis and treatment, with patients from all over the world visiting the clinic. You can find contact details for the clinic here.