February 03, 2009
What to do about Urinary Tract Infection?
Posted by: admin : Category: urinary tract infection
My sister has a urinary tract infection but she doesnt have insurance. Im taking her to the clinic but I wanted to know what I could do to help her?
Is there any way to get rid of the infection without antibiotics?
SHE NEEDS ANTIBIOTICS ASAP! Nothing over the counter will cure an infection.
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:56 am
All you can do is take her to the hospital and get her medacine filled. Her meds are probably guna cost money though unless you ask the doc at the hospital for the 1 day pill and they may just give it to her if you let them know she has no insurance.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Drinking lots of cranberry juice is known to be helpful and also lots of water. Beyond that, not much. Only anti-biotics will clear it up.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
antibiotics is the way to go.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Ciproflaxin is free at Publix pharmacy, but you do need a rx prob.
Vitimin C.
Pure Cranberry juice, not corn syrup.
Drink lots of water.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:29 am
if she has a UTI she needs to definatley go to the hospital so she can be put on antibiotics another thing that can occur woth a UTI is a kidney infection. having a UTI and a kidney infection is not fun at all. it would propably be better to take her to a hospital than a clinic anyways.i didn't have medical insurance either when i went but the hospitals do have a thing where you might beable to qualify for financial assistance depending on how much money she makes. i had at least 10 hospital bills and my husband had about 7 and they paid for all of our hospital bills we owe absolutely nothing.good luck and i hope your sister feels better.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 am
azo!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:45 am
cranberry juice is good and high doses of vitamin C. They have cranberry pills at the drugstore also that you can get. She really should go to a doctor though if her symptoms don't improve because it is very easy for a UTI to turn into a kidney infection which can be very serious. She is probably gonna have to go on antibiotics. I would stay away from hospitals because they are gonna be very expensive. A clinic is better and talk to a pharmacy about the generic antibiotics that are on a $4.00 plan. Cipro is the common antibiotic used for UTI's and I believe it is very cheap so you may want to mention that antibiotic to the doc if that's not the one they prescribe.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 11:04 am
SHE NEEDS ANTIBIOTICS ASAP! Nothing over the counter will cure an infection.
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2 people have died in the last week because of a UTI turning into a kidney infection then into sepsis.