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Is Cipro The Right Medicine For Chills, Headache And Hip Pain?

I went to the emergency room a few days ago with symptoms of freezing cold hands, feet. chills aching hips neck and severe headache. my hands started drawing up and pain was causing me to have rapid breathing and felt like my heart was going to burst. my legs would go numb and I could not walk. I had vomited a few times that morning and had diarrhea just once. they did blood work and said I had an infection because my white blood cell count was high. I hadn t been sick at all with the exception of a few months back I went to clinic and the said I had start of pneumonia in lung and prescribed antibiotics and I felt better. the emergency room doctor said I had a UTI. I told him I hadn t had any problems but that s what he insisted upon and diagnosed me with and prescribed me Cipro. I laid there and hurt for 4 hours crying with pain all over my body. I begged for them to give me IV fluids and finally they did along with an antibiotic in the IV. I had relief from the cramping with 30 minutes. I did the same thing about 4 years ago with the same diagnosis about a bacterial infection in the blood work. Can you please give any insight into my condition. thank you.
Tue, 12 Apr 2016
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Hi,

It is good that you started feeling better now. The symptoms you described are all of UTI only and treatment given to you in the emergency room also seems okay. The urinary tract infection you just had was the same experience as that was of before 4 years. 4 years is a long time to have infection again. I do not think you are suffering from any specific condition. Pneumonia and urinary tract infections are very common opportunistic infections that can happen to anyone at any time. If you experience more frequent and more severe episodes in very less interval of time, then you surely need to find a more concrete reason behind it.

However, there are some things that you can do to prevent UTIs:

- Empty your bladder frequently and completely. Do not rush to finish urinating. Take you time.
- Drink plenty of water and fluids. You should drink at least 1.8 L of fluids daily to stay healthy. Water is the best way to detoxify and eliminate toxins from body through urine.
- You can choose shower over baths to clean the pelvic area better.
- Make sure that you clean pelvis from front to back and not the other way around.
- Cleanse your genitals before and after sex.
- Wear cotton underpants to keep the area dry and let it breathe.

I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthCareMagic. Take care.

Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah
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Is Cipro The Right Medicine For Chills, Headache And Hip Pain?

Hi, It is good that you started feeling better now. The symptoms you described are all of UTI only and treatment given to you in the emergency room also seems okay. The urinary tract infection you just had was the same experience as that was of before 4 years. 4 years is a long time to have infection again. I do not think you are suffering from any specific condition. Pneumonia and urinary tract infections are very common opportunistic infections that can happen to anyone at any time. If you experience more frequent and more severe episodes in very less interval of time, then you surely need to find a more concrete reason behind it. However, there are some things that you can do to prevent UTIs: - Empty your bladder frequently and completely. Do not rush to finish urinating. Take you time. - Drink plenty of water and fluids. You should drink at least 1.8 L of fluids daily to stay healthy. Water is the best way to detoxify and eliminate toxins from body through urine. - You can choose shower over baths to clean the pelvic area better. - Make sure that you clean pelvis from front to back and not the other way around. - Cleanse your genitals before and after sex. - Wear cotton underpants to keep the area dry and let it breathe. I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing HealthCareMagic. Take care. Best, Dr. Viraj Shah