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How to get rid of urinary infections with out seeing a doctors?

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Not likely: Urinary tract infections should be dealt with by antibiotic therapy. For this you should see a doctor. If this is not practical for financial reasons, perhaps there is a free clinic in your vicinity in which you will be seen by a nurse practitioner with physician backup. Go and get treated and feel better.

Answered 2/21/2013

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Dr. Darrell Herrington answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Don't try it.: There is no reliable substitute for antibiotics, and delaying treatment or just lessening pain may lead to infection in the kidneys or even the bloodstream. These are very serious and even life-threatening conditions, so do the right thing -- see your doctor.

Answered 2/25/2013

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Not easily: Urinary infections need to be evaluated by doctors because they are caused by different germs that usually require antibiotics to clear them from your body. Not all antibiotics will work, and the germs are becoming more resistant. That's why we recommend having a urine culture done (to determine the best treatment for that specific infection.).

Answered 2/21/2013

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Should not: These infections need therapy with antibiotics for resolution. Cultures to determine the organism are only necessary if you are a man with UTI or a woman with upper urinary tract infection or one who fails to respond to initial empirical therapy.

Answered 6/10/2014

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