I woke up with a UTI, but it's saturday, anything I can use or tips to make the pain/pressure go away until Monday when I can get to the doctors?!
2007-09-22 04:19:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
I get UTI quite often and i still have left over Cipro, should it be ok to take?!
2007-09-22 04:32:20 · update #1
Don't wait until Monday! Go to your hospital ER or an immediate care clinc now! UTI's can spread up into your kidneys and cause pyelonephritis and from there into your blood. Get treatment now!
2007-09-22 04:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by don_antonowicz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can sure sympathize with you. I have had this problem for years and was always having to go to the doctor to get a prescription.
One thing you can do today is get you some cranberry pills and drink lots of water. You can get them at Walmart or any health food store. If your UTI is not real bad yet, it might even help keep it from getting worse.
This may not help you this time around but I finally found a natural solution for this problem that works really quick if you catch it early. (Believe me, I know the symptoms by now and know when one is coming on.) Check out the website source below for more info. Click on Product Info on the right hand side of the page under Articles and then scroll down to Clear Tract for Urinary Tract Infections. You might even be able to find this at a local health food store.
Hope this helps!
2007-09-22 11:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not take antibiotics if it is not a full course, this will cause your body to develop a resistance to it.
You need to see your doctor, but in the mean time, use 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda disolved in 6 to 8 oz. of water. Drink this a few times a day. This will help raise the PH of your urine and make it a hostile environment for bacteria.
2007-09-22 11:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a UTI can be dangerous and spread to your Kidney's. This is more painful and more damaging then the start of a UTI. You need to drink a lot of Cranberry juice and water- and go to the ER to get treated - you need to be put on antibiodics immediately. take care of yourself and good luck!
2007-09-22 11:31:04 · answer #4 · answered by mynxnyc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a UTI then you need antibiotics -- I'd say go to the ER, but you might be waiting a while because it's not an emergency. Nothing over the counter to take - sorry.
2007-09-22 11:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by Nurse Lisa 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeahh I use to get UTI's all the time!! But then, I drank a lot of water, and cranberry juice......!! but, you shouldn't wait, go to the ER as soon as possible, because if you don't, then it can go to the kidneys, and cause serious damage! I mean whenever I get an UTI, my mom takes me to the ER... so don't wait, and GO!
2007-09-22 11:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take Advil or something for the pain and then drink lots of water or the old standby cranberry juice.
I would say it would be OK to take the med as long as it wasn't out dated. I have done this before.
2007-09-22 11:39:17 · answer #7 · answered by Oh me oh my...♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i feel so bad for you. although i am 13 i get these ALL the time. mine get as bad as when i can't walk. as to what to do for it-i would get an over the counter vaginal insert pill (looks like a bean) and ive heard it works, if you not for that (i wouldnt be) hang around and sleep a lot until monday. hope you feel better and i hope this helpes :-D
KT
P.S.-drink lots of fluid. i have to drink 60 oz a day to prevnt them!
2007-09-22 12:55:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
avoid acidic drinks like soda and oj get natural cranberry juice and drink also load up on cinnamon both will help!
2007-09-22 11:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by gynodoc 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
drink a lot of water
avoid foods rich in uric acid
coffee , tea , beans,
etc. - hey, read this topic"
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/utiadult/
2007-09-22 11:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by gnyparong 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋