Thursday, March 24, 2011

what to do about a urinary tract infection and no health insurance?

I have a UTI and no health coverage. What do i do?
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Alicia - If you are correct, and you probably are, then you first need to be sure that what you have is a urinary tract infection (UTI). With burning on urination and frequent urination, you need to get to a doctor's office, or health clinic to get a rapid Urine Dipstick paper strip test done on a couple of drops of urine to detect bacteria and pus cells in the urine. If it is positive, then you need to start treatment with an appropriate antibiotic. With no health insurance, you should phone your local county health clinic, or urgent care center or county medical society office or hospital outpatient clinic and ask about free care. It is available in most places. If untreated a UT can lead to kidney damage and worse. Do not delay. Good luck!
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