How does a urinary infection influence urine pH?

It results in a high ph, become more basic

Acidic urine, possible urinary tract infection. go to the vet, can do some damage if let go.

the urine becomes acidic

Urinary anti-infectives will not work properly unless the urine is acidic, with a pH reading of 5.5 or lower.

· he kidneys regulate blood volume and composition, help to regulate blood pressure and pH, participate in red blood cell production and synthesis of vitamin D, and excrete waste products and foreign substances. · The ureters transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. · The urinary bladder stores urine and expels urine into the urethra, · The urethra discharges urine from the body

In conjunction with the bladder, kidneys, and specific tubes, the urinary tract processes urine and carries it out of the body. At times, a person's urinary tract can become infected by bacteria growing in these places. Sexual intercourse can lead to a transfer of bacteria that causes a urinary tract infection, especially in women. In most cases, a urinary tract infection is not serious. However, if it goes untreated, the infection can spread to other organs and cause serious problems in a person's bladder or kidneys. Symptoms Urinary tract infection symptoms may include pain when you urinate, frequent urination in which you pass only a small amount of urine, and heaviness or pain in your abdomen. Other symptoms include a discoloration of urine, which is typically reddish or pinkish, foul-smelling urine, or cloudy urine. Some individuals experience pain in their lower back on one side of the body, fever, chills, nausea or vomiting. In some cases, a person may have bacteria in their urinary tract but not experience any symptoms. This is common in pregnant women. A doctor usually orders a screening for a urinary tract infection in pregnant women periodically. Diagnosing UTI If you are experiencing symptoms related to a urinary tract infection, your doctor will most likely conduct a physical exam and a urinalysis. A urinalysis checks the color, smell, pH balance, odor, and clarity of the urine. Your doctor may also decide to order a urine culture, which test for specific germs and bacteria in urine that cause a urinary tract infection. The urine sample collected is kept in an environment that causes the growth of bacteria. If bacteria fail to grow at a rapid pace, then the test is negative. If a large amount of bacteria grow, then the test is positive. A microscope is used to determine the type of bacteria causing the infection. Treating UTI Most urinary tract infections are treated successfully with antibiotics. Treatment with antibiotics is used to eliminate the symptoms and infection, prevent a reoccurrence, and prevent infection from spreading to the bladder and kidneys.

The formation of renal stones is related to the urine pH. Patients being treated for renal calculi are frequently given diets or medications to change the pH of the urine so that kidney stones will not form. Calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and magnesium phosphate stones develop in alkaline urine; when this occurs, the urine is kept acidic. Uric acid, cystine, and calcium oxalate stones precipitate in acidic urine; in this situation, the urine should be kept alkaline or less acidic than normal. Drugs such as streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin are effective in treating urinary tract infections if the urine is alkaline. During treatment with sulfa drugs, alkaline urine helps prevent formation of sulfonamide crystals. Here are important points to remember about urinary pH: * An accurate measurement of urinary pH can be done only on a freshly voided specimen. If urine must be kept for any length of time before analysis, it should be refrigerated. * During sleep, decreased pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory acidosis. As a result, a first waking urine specimen is usually highly acidic. * Bacteria causing a urinary tract infection or bacterial contamination will produce alkaline urine. * A diet rich in citrus fruits, most vegetables, and legumes will keep the urine alkaline. * A diet high in meat and cranberry juice will keep the urine acidic. * Urine pH is an important screening test for the diagnosis of renal disease, respiratory disease, and certain metabolic disorders. * If urine pH is to be useful, it is necessary to use pH information in comparison with other diagnostic information. * All this text is taken from the site below: * http://www.rnceus.com/ua/uaph.html

It can be either, depending on the health and condition of the individual. Many factors influence the pH of urine. See related link.

A urine pH test measures the pH (acidity) of urine. Urine pH is used to classify urine as either a dilute acid or base solution. Seven is the point of neutrality on the pH scale. The lower the pH, the greater the acidity of a solution; the higher the pH, the greater the alkalinity. The glomerular filtrate of blood is usually acidified by the kidneys from a pH of approximately 7.4 to a pH of about 6 in the urine. Depending on the person's acid-base status, the pH of urine may range from 4.5 to 8. The kidneys maintain normal acid-base balance primarily through the reabsorption of sodium and the tubular secretion of hydrogen and ammonium ions. Urine becomes increasingly acidic as the amount of sodium and excess acid retained by the body increases. Alkaline urine, usually containing bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer, is normally excreted when there is an excess of base or alkali in the body. Secretion of an acid or alkaline urine by the kidneys is one of the most important mechanisms the body uses to maintain a constant body pH. A highly acidic urine pH occurs in: * Acidosis * Uncontrolled diabetes * Diarrhea * Starvation and dehydration * Respiratory diseases in which carbon dioxide retention occurs and acidosis develops A highly alkaline urine occurs in: * Urinary tract obstruction * Pyloric obstruction * Salicylate intoxication * Renal tubular acidosis * Chronic renal failure * Respiratory diseases that involve hyperventilation (blowing off carbon dioxide and the development of alkalosis) In people who are not vegetarians, the pH of urine tends to be acidic. A diet rich in citrus fruits, legumes, and vegetables raises the pH and produces urine that is more alkaline. Most of the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections make the urine more alkaline because the bacteria split urea into ammonia and other alkaline waste products. The urine pH varies in different types of acidosis and alkalosis. Control of pH is important in the management of several diseases, including bacteriuria, renal calculi, and drug therapy. The formation of renal stones is related to the urine pH. Patients being treated for renal calculi are frequently given diets or medications to change the pH of the urine so that kidney stones will not form. Calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and magnesium phosphate stones develop in alkaline urine; when this occurs, the urine is kept acidic. Uric acid, cystine, and calcium oxalate stones precipitate in acidic urine; in this situation, the urine should be kept alkaline or less acidic than normal. Drugs such as streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin are effective in treating urinary tract infections if the urine is alkaline. During treatment with sulfa drugs, alkaline urine helps prevent formation of sulfonamide crystals. Here are important points to remember about urinary pH: * An accurate measurement of urinary pH can be done only on a freshly voided specimen. If urine must be kept for any length of time before analysis, it should be refrigerated. * During sleep, decreased pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory acidosis. As a result, a first waking urine specimen is usually highly acidic. * Bacteria causing a urinary tract infection or bacterial contamination will produce alkaline urine. * A diet rich in citrus fruits, most vegetables, and legumes will keep the urine alkaline. * A diet high in meat and cranberry juice will keep the urine acidic. * Urine pH is an important screening test for the diagnosis of renal disease, respiratory disease, and certain metabolic disorders. * If urine pH is to be useful, it is necessary to use pH information in comparison with other diagnostic information.

It doesn't. Blood pH influences urine pH! Blood is filtered through the kidneys where urine is produced.

The pH of urine is a bit under 7.

The average pH of urine is 6.0

PH is a measure of acidity. urine is an acid.

The short version: Urine can be either basic or acidic, depending on your hydration levels. More info is provided at <http://www.rnceus.com/ua/uaph.html>, summarized below: Urine pH is used to classify urine as either a dilute acid or base solution. Seven is the point of neutrality on the pH scale. The lower the pH, the greater the acidity of a solution; the higher the pH, the greater the alkalinity. The glomerular filtrate of blood is usually acidified by the kidneys from a pH of approximately 7.4 to a pH of about 6 in the urine. Depending on the person's acid-base status, the pH of urine may range from 4.5 to 8. The kidneys maintain normal acid-base balance primarily through the reabsorption of sodium and the tubular secretion of hydrogen and ammonium ions. Urine becomes increasingly acidic as the amount of sodium and excess acid retained by the body increases. Alkaline urine, usually containing bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer, is normally excreted when there is an excess of base or alkali in the body. Secretion of an acid or alkaline urine by the kidneys is one of the most important mechanisms the body uses to maintain a constant body pH. A highly acidic urine pH occurs in: * Acidosis * Uncontrolled diabetes * Diarrhea * Starvation and dehydration * Respiratory diseases in which carbon dioxide retention occurs and acidosis develops A highly alkaline urine occurs in: * Urinary tract obstruction * Pyloric obstruction * Salicylate intoxication * Renal tubular acidosis * Chronic renal failure * Respiratory diseases that involve hyperventilation (blowing off carbon dioxide and the development of alkalosis) In people who are not vegetarians, the pH of urine tends to be acidic. A diet rich in citrus fruits, legumes, and vegetables raises the pH and produces urine that is more alkaline. Most of the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections make the urine more alkaline because the bacteria split urea into ammonia and other alkaline waste products. The urine pH varies in different types of acidosis and alkalosis. Control of pH is important in the management of several diseases, including bacteriuria, renal calculi, and drug therapy. The formation of renal stones is related to the urine pH. Patients being treated for renal calculi are frequently given diets or medications to change the pH of the urine so that kidney stones will not form. Calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, and magnesium phosphate stones develop in alkaline urine; when this occurs, the urine is kept acidic. Uric acid, cystine, and calcium oxalate stones precipitate in acidic urine; in this situation, the urine should be kept alkaline or less acidic than normal. Drugs such as streptomycin, neomycin, and kanamycin are effective in treating urinary tract infections if the urine is alkaline. During treatment with sulfa drugs, alkaline urine helps prevent formation of sulfonamide crystals. Here are important points to remember about urinary pH: * During sleep, decreased pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory acidosis. As a result, a first waking urine specimen is usually highly acidic. * Bacteria causing a urinary tract infection or bacterial contamination will produce alkaline urine. * A diet rich in citrus fruits, most vegetables, and legumes will keep the urine alkaline. * A diet high in meat and cranberry juice will keep the urine acidic. * Urine pH is an important screening test for the diagnosis of renal disease, respiratory disease, and certain metabolic disorders.

Even if you could get her to drink it, cranberry juice changes the pH of the bladder and helps to prevent a urinary tract infection, but does not stop it, once it's started, and there are visible symptoms. You'll need to see the vet, or swing by a tractor supply store to pick up antibiotics to cure the infection in your cat.

I am not sure why you connect blood and urine pH. The pH of blood is critical to bodily finction/life, urine is a waste product. The pH of urine varies widely from mildly acid to mildly alkaline.

No. Water has a different ph from urine.

The pH value for normal human urine is about 6.6, acidic.

Urine pH is used to classify urine as either a dilute acid or base solution,the lower the pH,the greater the acidity,the higher,the greater the alkalinity. cmf3225

The urinary system consists of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. The kidneys filter the blood to remove wastes and produce urine. The ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra together form the urinary tract, which acts as a plumbing system to drain urine from the kidneys, store it, and then release it during urination. Besides filtering and eliminating wastes from the body, the urinary system also maintains the homeostasis of water, ions, pH, blood pressure, calcium and red blood cells. The purpose of the urinary system is to eliminate waste from the body, regulate blood volume and blood pressure, control levels of electrolytes and metabolites, and regulate blood pH. The kidneys have an extensive blood supply via the renal arteries which leave the kidneys via the renal vein.

Low urine pH indicates that, the person has consumed more acids in food.

The pH would be lowered due to the production of ketone bodies and excreted in the urine.

It can test for pregnancy, certain infection, kidney or liver disease, toxic substances (eg: cocaine) and metabolic diseases (eg: diabetes). A rapid urine test can test for: pH value (diet) protein (kidney function) sugar (diabetes) nitrite (infection) ketone (diabetes) bilirubin (liver function) urobilinogen (liver function) red blood cells (infection, kidney stone, etc) white blood cells (bladder infection, kidney infection, rarely cancer) All tests (except the pH) should be negative.

PH shows how alkaline or acidic the fluid is. Low pH urine means acidic urine. When you eat food the urine turns alkaline shortly after that and becomes acidic at times when you are not eating. And therefore Starvation is a highly possible reason for low pH. Other than starvation, medications, diarrhea and kidney problems may cause low pH urine.

I don't know exactly why you would like to lower your urine pH, but: Drugs that can decrease urine pH include ammonium chloride, thiazide diuretics, and methenamine mandelate. A diet high in meat products or cranberries can decrease your urine pH. The normal values range from 4.6 to 8.0.