How Can I Prevent a Urinary Tract Infection?

Home tests are available to corroborate the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection. If it is not possible to visit the specialist, it is a good tool to be sure that you do have an infection so you won’t start a treatment with antibiotics when it’s not necessary. Although they are a bit expensive, I think it is a good idea to keep some at home and use them only in emergencies. Once we know it is an infection, antibiotic treatment should be started. Amoxicillin or Cephalexin are preferred. I particularly use the second one in the case of women since there is not as much bacterial resistance to this as there is to Amoxicillin. If, after taking antibiotics, the symptoms continue, you should contact an emergency service as the infection may have ascended to the kidneys. Cephalexin: 500mg every 12 hours for 7 days

Prevention is the main weapon against urinary tract infections. As I said before, women are the ones who are most vulnerable to this. Prevention begins with good hygiene of the genital area to minimize the population of microorganisms.

By BruceBlaus, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0