The child is diagnosed with an upper urinary tract infection (UTI). The family asks the nurse what is the difference in the symptoms of an upper versus a lower urinary tract infection?
Match each symptom (1-8 below) with the appropriate infection.
-Moderate/severe dehydration

Question

The child is diagnosed with an upper urinary tract infection (UTI). The family asks the nurse what is the difference in the symptoms of an upper versus a lower urinary tract infection? 
Match each symptom (1-8 below) with the appropriate infection.
-Moderate/severe dehydration

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Lower UTI: Fever, diarrhea, vomiting, irritability, lethargy, foul smelling and cloudy urine, dehydration, abdominal pain, enuresis, suprapubic or flank pain, and urgency.
Upper UTI: high fever, chills abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, flak pain, costo-vertebral angle tenderness, moderate to severe dehydration.

The Child Is Diagnosed with an Upper Urinary Tract Infection