Urinary Tract Infections

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For this discussion post, I decided to research urinary tract infections. I chose this topic because at the assistant living I work at, there is quite a few residents that suffer from this. And I believe its always good to have more knowledge with something that is more common to us. The medication that is most common used to UTIs is amoxicillin. Amoxicillin is a medication that is used to treat most infections caused by bacteria. Amoxicillin acts through the cell wall then leads to the death of the bacteria. However if the patient is allergic to any penicillin, this medication is a no. Some side effects to this medication would be headache, stomach pain, vomiting and/or vaginal pain.
Someone that has an UTI could be experiencing any of these

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