Cystitis and urinary tract infections

Cystitis and urinary tract infection belong to the inclusive relationship, the main difference is that the disease range is different.

Cystitis is caused by various reasons in the bladder inflammation, urinary tract infection is caused by pathogenic microorganisms in the urinary tract disease, according to the site of infection can be divided into upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection, of which upper urinary tract infection mainly includes pyelonephritis and ureteritis; lower urinary tract infection includes cystitis and urethritis. Cystitis belongs to a type of urinary tract infection, the main difference between the two is that the scope of urinary tract infection is wider.