Sexual Health - Women Forum - UTI treatment + ingrown pubic hair

I have a UTI I have had it since Wednesday and im going to the doctors tomorrow what should i do until then?

Another thing is I have a bump on my pubic area but its on where my hair is and it had pus in it and it was painful intil i bust it can u tell me what i was?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on April 5th, 2007

Sexual Health - Women Answer A2532

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is treated with a proper antibiotic and drinking urinary antiseptic teas.
That painful bump with pus in the pubic area could be a superficial hair follicle infection (superficial folliculitis). Antibiotic cram/balsam may help for it.

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on April 5th, 2007

Sexual Health - Women Answer A2532

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