|
sick and tired of uti
15/F
Hey. So I have UTI and I tried to say nothing but I can't take it anymore! It is sooo irritating! I have to pee the whole time! So yesterday I told my mom and she said I will go and check if I have sometimg (after she screamed at me and told me I'm to flirty with my nephew! I mwan he's my nephew!) But she never went.... And I'm not gonna remind her again.
Any help
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Health?
As a 15 year old by a Federal Law called HIPPA for problems related to your Reproductive System, you do not need parental permission to see a doctor. Since your urinary tract is part of your reproductive system this law allows you to see a doctor, be treated for this condition and have any questions concerning reproductive health answered by your doctor.
These visits are totally confidential, meaning no one not even your parents can be told what you are being treated for or have access to any of your medical records related to any treatment sought for reproductive health reasons without your expressed written permission to your doctor. Ask your doctor for a HIPPA confidentiality form, which all doctors have, on that form you can state who can see your records.
This law also says your mom can no longer be in the exam room if you are to have any type of reproductive system exam. She must by law wait in the waiting room. The fact that her health insurance is paying the bill gives her no leverage. I could be paying you medical bills and I still could not see your records without your permission.
This law was passed by congress not to give young people a reason to have sex. It was passed so that they could get proper medical care when needed without having to go to their parents with questions or complaints that would embarrass them. So that they can be totally honest with their doctor so the doctor can properly treat them. This includes prescribing birth control medication if you ask for it.
Your mother is also very wrong in her assumption of how you come to have a UTI. All women and some men get UTI's. Most UTI's in women are caused by reasons other than sex; if left untreated this infection can infect the kidneys and other parts of their bodies.
So if mom will not take you to a doctor you should seek a doctor’s treatment on your own. You can see your family doctor, or a GYN.
Since you have had this for a while I would suggest going to one of the urgent care places that have opened. They have doctors who can prescribe the antibiotics required to clear this infection up. The longer you wait to see a doctor the more chance you will have a kidney infection as well. If you spike a fever while waiting then you must get to a doctor, urgent care facility or hospital emergency room immediately as this would be a sign the infection has worsened.
]
Hon, if your mother isnt being a help, you might want to go see Planned Parenthood, they will handle things related to your private parts, not just pregnancies and prevention of. As Razhie says, a UTI is a serious condition if left untreated, the longer you let it go, the more serious it can get.
While sometimes a girl can get a UTI from having sex, there are other ways to get it too. One being wiping herself incorrectly after a bowel movement. The correct way is from front to back, not the other way. Even if you take care to wipe correctly, I have found the majority of UTIs i got was recently after having bouts of diarrhea. My guess is that it being so runny and explosive (sorry about having to be graphic) that some of the germs still get near the vagina or pee hole. I have since started a custom of using a warm wet washcloth to wash well down there after wiping my best with TP after diarrhea and never again got it from that.
Another way to get one is simply to be too low on fluids. You are not drinking enough water so the natural germs in the pee don't have a chance to be flushed out with a full load of pee and just sit at the bottom of the bladder and begin to breed germs. So drinking plenty fluids is a good way to prevent this cause of it.
As for the sex part/for future reference, it is recommended that a girl have a good orgasm or two before the man enters her because it will close down a valve in the urethra that would otherwise be open allowing any possible germs that might be around to be allowed access to the bladder. Another good precaution is to urinate right after sex.
In the future, if you think you feel that funny urge to go when you've just peed, the first time you feel it, don't wait...start drinking cranberry juice. Naturopathic docs know this works to get rid of it in the early stages. However you may not be that familiar with signs from your body yet so I don't recommend relying on this only. Start drinking it, a gallon a day. If caught early enough, it can be cured naturally by as early as 48 hrs for some people or in 3 days time. Set an appt with the doctor anyhow just in case and go in. If the cranberry had time to work, they won't find any sign of UTI.
]
You need to see a doctor. Quickly.
An untreated UTI can lead to dangerous kidney problems. It can even become life threatening.
You need a doctor's help. Nothing your mother 'has' is going to clear a bacterial infection.
Keep drinking as much water as you can - that will keep the pain under control - but you also must see a doctor.
]
More Questions: |