Kidney Stones Cause Bladder Infection. Infections can be the direct cause of stones or can develop in a patient with a non infection related kidney stone. Kidney stones may block the tube that drains the bladder called the urethra and cause cystitis or inflammation and irritation of the bladder.
Infections cause kidney stones in about 15 of stone formers. The urine is held in the urinary bladder until it is emptied when the urine passes through the urethra and out the urethral opening. An enlarged prostate gland in a man can also block the flow of urine and cause a uti.
People who have a catheter tube placed in their bladder for a long time are more prone to utis this is because bacteria on the catheter can infect the bladder.
Infections can be the direct cause of stones or can develop in a patient with a non infection related kidney stone. What else do you need to know. Chronic infection in the kidney by certain bacteria can directly cause kidney stones. An enlarged prostate gland in a man can also block the flow of urine and cause a uti.