I have had a uti for over a month ( almost 2) now ( I am not sure why i just cant seem to get rid of it I have had three anitbitics and none of them have worked they fix it for a few days at the begining then it comes back) but now I dont know it might be gone but i am still in pain sometimes and the pain is now up above my right hip ( and also in the lower abdomon) soemtiems it isnt that bad though , and I am getting really dizzy alot and everytime i lay down to go to sleep i feel like I am going to be sick my question is could this be the uti just getting worse or should I be more worried and should i go back for another doctors appoment and get another antibitic that prolly wont work ( I am going to after hours clinics for these becasue i cant get an appiment with my doctor until the 29 becasue he is on vaction) or should i just wait until the 29th and see my docotr? well what do you guys think sorry about the length of this and thnaks for eveeyone willing to help!
2007-09-13 06:03:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
" where i live in canda an after hours clinic is a doctors office for people without a doctor who arnt in dier need ( for instances arnt bleeding having a baby or broke a bone) we just have a doctor shortage right now so these clinics where opened and doctors work there
2007-09-13 06:15:58 · update #1
You need to make an appt with a Urologist. Your doctor will have someone assigned to cover his load while gone. Call his office and get an appt with that doctor then have him refer you to a Urologist.
2007-09-13 06:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by James Watkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is the UTI being diagnosed? Are you peeing in a cup and they are diagnosing in the clinic? Or are they sending the sample out? A urine culture with sensitivities should be done if a UTI is resistant to antibiotics. Chronic UTI's occasionally need to be treated with IV antibiotics, I'd try another kind perhaps what you've been on is appropriate for the bacteria causing it.
I'm in the US and I know things are done different here but it sounds as if you may have an ovarian cyst or PID. Perhaps your doctor can order an ultrasound to see if there is something else going on. I don't know of any reason that a UTI would cause you to be dizzy/nauseous.
hope you feel better soon!
2007-09-13 13:28:14 · answer #2 · answered by RN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not uncommon for people to develop a chronic UTI, and your symptoms are typical of a chronic UTI. Since the treatments haven't worked, maybe now is a good time to see a different doctor - which should be a urologist. There is probably no way an after-hour clinic will be able to treat this properly unless they are staffed with a urologist - which is very unlikely. Its probably time to start over, see a urologist, and start with a complete set of diagnostics.
2007-09-13 13:26:32 · answer #3 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go in and have the uti removed and get on another antibiotic. Something isn't right and letting things like this go is extremely dangerous.
You might also want to start drinking cranberry juice several times a day (builds up the immune system), drink lots of water to flush toxins out of your system and start taking 8 to 10 garlic capsules every day. Garlic also builds up the immune system and right now, yours is in peril big time.
Stay away from yeast and sugars as much as possible because they feed the bacteria. Antibiotics can also feed infections so request another antibiotic when you go in (you may have built up immunity to the other one you were on ~ I have done that in the past) and continue to take the garlic capsules to try and fight this off.
You can take garlic every day for the rest of your life to keep your immune system stronger. Earlier this year I was coming down with a sinus infection so I started back into my garlic capsules and took Claritin D and the infection was gone the next day. In your case, it may take longer so take them even when you get to feeling better.
And remember, infections can kill and they can damage other organs so get to someone right away. Good luck and God bless
2007-09-13 13:17:00 · answer #4 · answered by KittyKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should be going to the hospital because how do you know it is a uti. if i was you i would have already been there to see a doctor and not some after hours clinic
2007-09-13 13:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋