A UTI can present as either acute _______ or acute ________

A UTI can present as either acute _______ or acute ________

• A. Cystitis (Lower) And Cystitis (Lower)
• B. Pyelonephritis (Upper) And Pyelonephritis (Upper)
• C. Cystitis (Lower) And Pyelonephritis (Upper)
• D. Urethritis And Prostatitis

Answer: (C)

Urinary tract infections can involve different parts of the tract, leading to two main acute presentations: lower tract and upper tract. Acute cystitis is inflammation of the bladder (lower urinary tract) and typically causes dysuria, frequency, urgency, and suprapubic discomfort. Acute pyelonephritis is infection of the kidneys (upper urinary tract) and often presents with fever, flank pain or costovertebral angle tenderness, and sometimes nausea or vomiting. So a UTI can present as either acute cystitis (lower) or acute pyelonephritis (upper). This is why the best completion is cystitis (lower) and pyelonephritis (upper). The other pairings don’t capture both possible acute presentations, or mix in conditions that aren’t the standard lower vs upper UTI spectrum.

Urinary tract infections can involve different parts of the tract, leading to two main acute presentations: lower tract and upper tract. Acute cystitis is inflammation of the bladder (lower urinary tract) and typically causes dysuria, frequency, urgency, and suprapubic discomfort. Acute pyelonephritis is infection of the kidneys (upper urinary tract) and often presents with fever, flank pain or costovertebral angle tenderness, and sometimes nausea or vomiting.

So a UTI can present as either acute cystitis (lower) or acute pyelonephritis (upper). This is why the best completion is cystitis (lower) and pyelonephritis (upper). The other pairings don’t capture both possible acute presentations, or mix in conditions that aren’t the standard lower vs upper UTI spectrum.