Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD A urinary tract infection (UTI) causes uncomfortable symptoms such as pain or burning ...

Contact your doctor if you take a home test and get a positive result. Not every UTI requires treatment with antibiotics. For example, older adults staying in hospitals or residential care ...

“A UTI isn’t treated with dietary changes,” says Philippe E. Zimmern, MD, director of the Cain Bladder Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. “That means following your doctor ...