Things You Didn’t Know About UTIs
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Julia Austin
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What are the dangers of over-diagnosing?
When you call your doctor and tell her that you can’t stop peeing and it burns when you pee, she wants to make you feel better as soon as possible. So she puts in that order for your antibiotics. Maybe you need it. Maybe you don’t. But if you feel better when you’re done with the course, what’s the harm? Well, there is some. “Too many antibiotics can lead to antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria,” warns Plotch. We cover issues like those and other facts about antibiotics here, like the importance of taking probiotics if you’ll be taking antibiotics.
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