Anonymous wrote:In the last year, I've started using the online healthcare provider Wisp for recurring ITIs, yeast infections, and BV. (Don't ask, lol.) You have to pay $60, but to me, it's worth it to avoid going anywhere and talking to anyone. You fill out a survey on your symptoms. If a doctor has questions, they'll follow up with you, but I've used them 6 times for the above issues and have never been asked questions. I believe a similar company is called Uqora. So convenient!
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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I have a ton of experience with UTI's and no your doctor should absolutely be able to culture and tell you within minutes whether you have one.
Get a new doctor.
Also, CVS Minute clinics and or any urgent care would be better than your current doctor. They are idiots.
If the longer culture comes back negative then they should send you to a URO GYN not no antibiotics. There would be an underlying reason for the pain.
Are you saying that the culture results can come back in minutes, or am I misreading you?
I think they mean the doctor’s office can determine if bacteria is present in the urine during the office visit. The actual culture to see how the bacteria reacts to the antibiotics is not immediate.
Thanks, but I was trying to determine what PP meant by writing that, and I'm still interested in PP's response.
Anonymous wrote:That’s awful. Minute Clinic has been great for UTIs. They’ll give you antibiotics and do a culture... if the culture comes back showing you need different abs they just switch your prescription.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Next time go to a walk-in clinic or an urgent care clinic, not the ER, for a minor emergency like a UTI.
+1 why on earth would you go to the ER during covid for a UTI??? Omg.
Some people just don’t know. I’m always surprised when people go to the ER for minor stuff, but...it happens.
Anonymous wrote:Infections kill people. Infections that hang around untreated while an arrogant, cookbook, insecure, in knowledgeable “health care practitioner” waits for confirmatory labs are more likely to kill people.
Part of the art of medicine is the knowledge, experience and confidence to make a good judgment and begin treatment and then have the diagnosis confirmed or adjusted when the labs come back.
There is no excuse for how you were treated. You need a new primary care PHYSICIAN.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Next time go to a walk-in clinic or an urgent care clinic, not the ER, for a minor emergency like a UTI.
+1 why on earth would you go to the ER during covid for a UTI??? Omg.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I have a ton of experience with UTI's and no your doctor should absolutely be able to culture and tell you within minutes whether you have one.
Get a new doctor.
Also, CVS Minute clinics and or any urgent care would be better than your current doctor. They are idiots.
If the longer culture comes back negative then they should send you to a URO GYN not no antibiotics. There would be an underlying reason for the pain.
Are you saying that the culture results can come back in minutes, or am I misreading you?
I think they mean the doctor’s office can determine if bacteria is present in the urine during the office visit. The actual culture to see how the bacteria reacts to the antibiotics is not immediate.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP I have a ton of experience with UTI's and no your doctor should absolutely be able to culture and tell you within minutes whether you have one.
Get a new doctor.
Also, CVS Minute clinics and or any urgent care would be better than your current doctor. They are idiots.
If the longer culture comes back negative then they should send you to a URO GYN not no antibiotics. There would be an underlying reason for the pain.
Are you saying that the culture results can come back in minutes, or am I misreading you?