How to identify and treat urinary tract infections?

  In clinical work, it is often found that women suffer from urinary tract infections, and many patients are not diagnosed and treated in time or do not receive more correct treatment, causing pain to the patients.  Some of the clinical manifestations of urinary tract infection are not typical, most of us think that urinary tract infection is manifested as frequent, urgent, painful urination, with such symptoms, we will think that it is suffering from urinary tract infection, but there are many patients, the performance is not typical, such as manifestation of small abdominal discomfort, lumbar discomfort, fever, some patients also manifest is the body discomfort, such as easy sweating, mood irritability, weakness, many patients are not timely diagnosis and treatment This means that if a woman is healthy and suddenly has symptoms of discomfort, a routine urine test is really recommended.  When you suspect that you have a urinary tract infection, you must first check the urine routine. For patients who have recurrent episodes, it is recommended that you visit a hospital for detailed tests, such as urine culture, kidney ultrasound, and blood sugar. In addition, we also encountered some patients who came to the hospital after checking the urine routine, the white blood cells do not increase, some doctors will think that the patient is not a urinary tract infection, no active treatment, however, the patient’s symptoms continue to worsen, and later asked the patient to come to the hospital before taking antibiotics on their own Therefore, it is recommended that patients who suspect a urinary tract infection should visit the hospital to have their urine routine checked.  The general choice is quinolones, such as ofloxacin, cephalosporins, such as cefradine, cefuroxime, etc. The general course of treatment can be 3-7 days, if the recurrence of the author, it is recommended to apply 14 days, combined with fever is recommended in the hospital intravenous application of antibiotics. The actual fact is that you will find some patients who are aware of the symptoms of urinary tract discomfort and are taking Chinese herbal medicines such as Sanjin tablets, Qinghe Tonglin tablets, etc. It is not impossible to take them, but they should be an adjunct to antibiotic therapy, not as the first choice.  To add, some recurrent urinary tract infections are complicated by factors such as urinary retention and urinary tract obstruction, then they need to be actively addressed, such as intermittent catheterization to relieve the obstruction, in order to prevent kidney insufficiency.  And pay attention to drink more water and pay attention to hygiene! I wish you all good health!