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Got prescibed antibiotics for UTI. Mother says not to take them.

Hello, I hope I am kind of right to post this under Men's Health because I didn't really find a forum that would fit better.

First of: Im a 20 year old male.

So it started the night 2 days ago. Fever for 2-3h at night which stopped after that. After that it started to hurt when I went to urinate which i had to quite frequently, yesterday too.
This has gotten a bit better today so it really only hurts a tiny bit now but I started to feel a sharp pain in my bladder area every few seconds, not that painful but sometimes a bit more.

I decided to got to the Doctor just in case, gave them a urine sample and told the Doctor what I just described and he described me antibiotics for a urinary tract infection (i hope this is the right term as Im in germany). Im supposed to take one in the morning and one in the evening for one week.

Now my mother was a nurse some years ago and when she had a UTI the pain was really bad, which is not the case with me. So I should wait a day or 2 before taking the antibiotics to see if it goes away on it's own because taking antibiotics can be really bad.

I don't agree with this, am I right? Should I take them anyway?
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Best to nip this in the bud as UTI's can spread.  Take the antibiotics before the bacteria really gets raging.
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Totally agree.  Bacterial infections can get out of hand.  Antibiotics aren't dangerous, the only issues would be if they didn't work, and a few rare souls can have a reaction to them.  But not you and not most people.  Don't let your mom give you scare-tactic information contrary to your doctor.
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Take what the doctor prescribed.   A urinary-tract infection is simply the name for where the infection is in the body.  It does not mean that if someone you know once had a UTI and now you have a UTI, your symptoms will be an exact match.  Sometimes people who have a cold will call their doctor and demand antibiotics, which is wrong because antibiotics don't do anything for someone who has a problem caused by a virus.  But your doctor took samples and heard your description of what is wrong, and he prescribed you to take an antibiotic.  It is obvious he feels you have a bacterial infection, and that is what antibiotics are for.  Take the whole course of antibiotics even if you start to feel better.

The only reason I would ever hesitate to take an antibiotic is if I were sensitive to them, and I would talk this over with my doctor if I knew it to be true.  But antibiotics are generally very helpful, and if you have a bacteria-based infection they knock it out, and you sure don't want it to get worse!  
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Thank you for your answer!
Looks like I will definitely take them then.

Since you said "The only reason I would ever hesitate to take an antibiotic is if I were sensitive to them" I'm guessing they are pretty safe to take? I just don't really have any experience with them.

I was just worried because the pain is neither there all the time and when there is pain it's not even that bad just uncomfortable. But he heard what I said and I gave them a urine sample so if he said I should take them I guess I should.
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The doctor likely prescribed broad-spectrum antibiotics for you and unless you're sensitive / intolerant to them, you should definitely take them as instructed. I can't see why your mother would be too worried about this. Maybe it's because she's worried about microflora imbalance (C. difficile lol) and drug resistance etc, but UTI can get really bad if it goes out of control.
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