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Should i go to an er? urgent care? or just suck it up and wait until i have taken all of my antibiotic? i am being treated for a uti, the second one this month. this time, after 5 days of antibiotics, i still have quite a bit of pain. the burning and
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Yes, : Yes, you should go to the er if you have failed your second antibiotic, which sounds like you have. Hopefully there were cultures taken of your urine so that they can find out which antibiotic works for you. Urinary tract infections can worsen and can cause kidney infection (pyelonephritis), with symptoms of increased pain, vomiting, or fever.
Answered 10/3/2016
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