Uti Or Not?????

[mcg02]

I work med/surg and my next door neighbor had a question for me that was kinda out of my field. She has been having mild buring sensation when she urinates for the past month, but not everytime she goes. Back in december she was treated with a 7day antibiotic for a mild UTI. Now she is also having some itching in the perineal area mainly where the lady partsl lips are. She wanted to know what was wrong but I had no clue. She is not having any discharge or foul order, no blood etc and her menustral cycle is normal. TH elast time she had sex was early December. Any suggestions, I told her to go to the MD.

[luvmy2angels]

Nope, she just needs to go to the Dr!!

[TazziRN, RN]

Sounds like yeast to me, but if she's never had one she needs to have it diagnosed by a doc.

[mcg02]

ant body with any suggestions to tell her

[kids]

My only suggestion is she needs to see her doctor.

To suggest anything else is inappropriate.

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

Any suggestions, I told her to go to the MD.

That's the only suggestion I'd have :). Since with my pt population, hooha problems could be gonorrhea, chlamydia, BV, yeast, trich. or UTI's, I don't guess. If cost is an issue amd why she hasn't gone to the doc after a month of symptoms, send her to planned parenthood where they operate on a very reasonable sliding scale.