Bacterial Infections: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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What are the different types of bacterial infections?

There are several types of bacterial infections, and each of them can affect different parts of your body. The most common types include: Respiratory infections: Affect the lungs, which may include infections such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and sinusitis Urinary tract infections (UTIs): Affect your urinary system (e.g., kidneys, bladder, or urethra)

What are the symptoms of a bacterial infection?

Localized symptoms of a bacterial infection may include: Pain: This is common with bacterial infections. You can experience skin pain with a bacterial infection on the skin. A lung infection can cause pain when breathing, and you can feel abdominal (stomach) pain with an intestinal (or bowel) infection.

Can bacteria cause infections?

Bacteria in our intestines (gut) help us to digest our food. But some bacteria can cause infections. Bacterial infections can affect many parts of your body, including your: Many infections are mild, but some are severe. Other causes of infectious diseases are viruses, parasites and fungi.

How do you get a bacterial infection?

Common ways you can get bacterial infections include: Eating or drinking contaminated food or water. Eating or drinking unpasteurized dairy products. Antibiotic use, which can kill the good bacteria that usually fight off bad bacteria. From contaminated surfaces. From other people (through coughing or close contact).

What causes a bacterial infection?

Bacterial infections are caused by small, single-cell organisms called bacteria that invade the body. These infections are common, and there are many ways you can get them. An overgrowth of harmful bacteria causes a bacterial infection. Different types of bacteria can cause different symptoms.

What is a bacterial infection?

Bacterial infections are any illness or condition caused by bacterial growth or poisons (toxins). You can get sick from getting harmful bacteria in your skin, gut (GI tract), lungs, heart, brain, blood or anywhere else in your body.

What are some common bacterial infections?

Common bacterial infections include: Campylobacter and Salmonella infections, common types of food poisoning. Cellulitis, boils and impetigo, skin infections. Pneumococcal disease, including ear and sinus infections and some types of pneumonia. Lyme disease, a disease spread by ticks. Bacterial vaginosis, an overgrowth of bacteria in your vagina.

What Is Bacterial Infections

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