Swimming is usually allowed only after the symptoms of urinary tract infection have completely disappeared for 3 to 5 days.
Urinary tract infection may be caused by pyelonephritis, ureteral inflammation, bladder inflammation, urethral inflammation and other pathological factors.
Patients in the urinary tract infection, when the body’s immune system function declines, if the premature swimming in the water will lead to bacteria in the water invasion of the body, which will lead to aggravation of the infection, resulting in frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, burning sensation of urination, hematuria, fever, high fever, shivering, pain in the lower back and abdomen, and so on, affecting the improvement of the condition.
Moreover, when patients with urinary tract infection go swimming, it is easy to cause contamination of swimming pool water, which may cause normal people with low immunity to be infected as well.
Therefore, it is recommended that patients with urinary tract infections be actively treated, drink more water, urinate more, avoid strenuous activities, and consider swimming again after the symptoms have completely disappeared for 3 to 5 days.