Which department should I go to for female urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infection in women may cause symptoms such as low back pain, abnormal urination, and hematuria. Currently, the incidence of urinary tract infection is relatively high, and the harm caused is relatively large, so timely medical treatment is required. When you arrive at the hospital, you may wonder: Which department should I go to for female urinary tract infection? You can choose urology, internal medicine, or gynecology. For patients with more severe symptoms, it is recommended to choose urology for comprehensive and standardized treatment.

What to do if a woman has a urinary tract infection

The principles of treatment for urinary tract infection are to control symptoms, eliminate pathogens, remove inducing factors and prevent recurrence. It generally includes general treatment, use of antibiotics, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc.

1. General treatment: When symptoms are obvious, you should rest in bed, drink plenty of water, urinate frequently, and alkalize urine appropriately.

2. Try to choose sensitive antibiotics based on drug sensitivity tests. Before that, SMZco, quinolone antibiotics, ampicillin, second- or third-generation cephalosporin antibiotics, etc. should be selected based on clinical conditions. For patients with more acute and severe conditions, combined intravenous administration should be used.

3. Correct the complex factors that cause urinary tract infection, such as stones, urinary tract obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, etc.

4. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition, treatment of urinary tract infection also includes self-treatment . The following aspects should be achieved in terms of diet and personal hygiene.

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene to avoid repeated infections.

2. Get more rest and get enough sleep to improve your resistance.

3. Drink plenty of water, more than 1500-2000 ml a day, to increase urine volume, which can not only flush and clean the urethra, but also excrete drug metabolites from the body and reduce drug toxicity.

4. It is advisable to eat light, water-rich foods and fresh vegetables and fruits, because they are rich in vitamin C and carotene, which are beneficial to control inflammation and help repair urinary tract epithelial cells. You should also eat more foods that have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, such as chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, amaranth, winter melon, etc.

5. Avoid spicy and irritating foods such as leeks, onions, garlic, pepper, ginger, etc. Avoid warm foods such as lamb, dog meat, rabbit meat, and greasy foods to avoid aggravating inflammation.

6. Avoid the stimulation of tobacco and alcohol.

7. Try to avoid sexual intercourse during the illness to reduce congestion in the urinary and reproductive tracts and prevent mutual infection.

Urinary tract infection, also known as urinary system infection, is an inflammatory response of the urothelium to bacterial invasion, usually accompanied by bacteriuria and pyuria. Urinary tract infection affects life and must be treated in time.