• whiteheads, which are closed plugged oil glands
• blackheads, which are open plugged oil glands (the oil turns black when it is exposed to air)
• red bumps, which are inflamed oil glands (the larger red bumps are quite painful).

• Wash your skin twice a day and after exercise. The most important time to wash is bedtime. Use a mild soap such as Dove.
• Shampoo your hair daily. Long hair can make acne worse by rubbing against your skin.
• Avoid picking and squeezing. Picking stops acne from healing. Squeezing causes bleeding into the skin and blotches that can last a month.
• Avoid scrubbing your skin or using abrasive soaps. Hard scrubbing of the skin is harmful because it irritates the openings of the oil glands and can cause them to be more tightly closed.
• Avoid putting any oily or greasy substances on your face. Oily and greasy substances make acne worse by blocking oil glands. If you use cosmetics, use water-based cosmetics and wash them off at bedtime.
• Avoid hair tonics or hair creams (especially greasy ones). When you sweat, these substances will spread to your face and aggravate the acne.
• If you are using acne medicine, don't stop using the medicine too soon. It takes 8 weeks to see a good response.

• Benzoyl peroxide 5% lotion or gel
  
  This lotion helps to open pimples and unplug blackheads. It also kills bacteria. It is available without a prescription. Ask your pharmacist to recommend a brand.
  
  Apply the lotion once a day at bedtime. Redheads and blonds should apply it every other day for the first 2 weeks.
  
  An amount of lotion the size of a pea should be enough to cover most of your face. If your skin becomes red or peels, you are using too much of the medicine or applying it too often. Try using less of it or applying it less often. You may need to use this lotion for several years.
  
  Caution: Benzoyl peroxide bleaches clothing, carpets, etc. Apply it only at bedtime and put it on sparingly.
  
  
• Pimple opening
  
  In general, it is better not to "pop" pimples, but most teenagers do it anyway. Therefore, do it safely. Never open a pimple before it has come to a head. Wash your face and hands first. Use a sterile needle (sterilized by alcohol or a flame). Nick the surface of the yellow pimple with the tip of the needle. The pus should run out without squeezing. Wipe away the pus and wash the area with soap and water.
  
  Scarring will not result from opening small pimples, but it can result from squeezing boils or other large, red, tender bumps.

• Benzoyl peroxide 5% lotion or gel
  
  This lotion is also excellent for removing thickened skin that blocks the openings to oil glands. Use the lotion as described above for whiteheads.
  
  
• Blackhead extractor
  Blackheads that are a cosmetic problem can sometimes be removed with a blackhead extractor. This instrument costs about a dollar and is available at any drugstore. By placing the hole in the end of the small metal spoon directly over the blackhead, you can apply uniform pressure that does not hurt normal skin. This method is much more efficient than anything you can do with your fingers. Soak your face with a warm washcloth before you try to remove blackheads. If the blackhead does not come out the first time, leave it alone.

• The acne has not improved after you have treated it with benzoyl peroxide for 2 months.
• It looks infected (large, red, tender bumps).
• You have other concerns or questions.

• Make sure your child has something to eat before taking the medicine. This will help prevent upset stomach. Do not give iron with milk or formula. The iron won't work as well.
• Then give the iron medicine with orange juice. The juice helps to digest the iron and keeps your child's teeth from getting stained. (If teeth do become stained, brush with baking soda.)
• Iron can change the color of bowel movements. They may be greenish-black. This is harmless.
• Too much iron medicine can be dangerous. Keep it out of your child's reach.

• Raisins
• Sweet potatoes
• Lima beans
• Kidney beans
• Pinto beans
• Green peas
• Peanut butter
• Enriched cereals and breads
• Cream of wheat

• Give your child antibiotics. It can really help to give your child pills prescribed by your doctor. The boil will heal faster. It will also be less likely to return.
• Keep your child clean. It is easy to get a boil again. Make sure your child showers and washes his hair every day with an antibacterial soap. This will help wash away staph bacteria on the skin.
• Do not let other people use your child's towels or washcloths. The boils are easy to spread.
• Do not squeeze a boil. You may spread boils to other parts of the body.

• The boil is not better within 48 hours after starting the antibiotic.
• The boil has come to a head.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• wheezing (making a high-pitched whistling sound when breathing out)
• breathing rapidly at a rate of over 40 breaths per minute
• tight breathing (having to push the air out)
• coughing (may cough up very sticky mucus)
• a fever and a runny nose that precede the breathing problems and cough.

• Medicines
  About 1/3 of children with bronchiolitis are helped by asthma medicines. Your health care provider may prescribe medicine for your child.
  
  In addition, you can give your child acetaminophen every 4 to 6 hours or ibuprofen every 6 to 8 hours if the fever is over 102 degrees.
  
  
• Warm fluids for coughing spasms
  Coughing spasms are often caused by sticky secretions in the back of the throat. Warm liquids usually relax the airway and loosen the secretions. Offer warm lemonade or apple juice if your child is over 4 months old.
  
  In addition, breathing warm, moist air helps to loosen the sticky mucus that may be choking your child. You can provide warm mist by placing a warm, wet washcloth loosely over your child's nose and mouth. Or you can fill a humidifier with warm water and have your child breathe in the warm mist it produces. Avoid steam vaporizers because they can cause burns.
  
  
• Humidity
  Dry air tends to make coughs worse. Use a humidifier in your child's bedroom.
• Suction of a blocked nose
  If the nose is blocked up, your child will not be able to drink from a bottle or to breast-feed. Most stuffy noses are blocked by dry or sticky mucus. Suction alone cannot remove dry secretions. Warm tap-water or saline nose drops are better than any medicine you can buy for loosening up mucus. Place three drops of warm water or saline in each nostril. After about one minute, use a soft rubber suction bulb to suck out the mucus. You can repeat this procedure several times until your child's breathing through the nose becomes quiet and easy.
  
  
• Feedings
  Encourage your child to drink enough fluids.
  
  Eating is often tiring, so offer your child breast milk, formula, or regular milk (if he is over 1 year old) in smaller amounts at more frequent intervals. If your child vomits during a coughing spasm, feed him or her again.
  
  
• No smoking
  Tobacco smoke aggravates coughing. Children who have an RSV infection are much more likely to wheeze if they are exposed to tobacco smoke. Don't let anyone smoke around your child. In fact, try not to let anybody smoke inside your home.

• Breathing becomes labored or difficult.
• The wheezing becomes severe (tight).
• Breathing becomes faster than 60 breaths per minute (when your child is not crying).

• Any fever lasts more than 3 days.
• Your child is drinking much less or having fewer wet diapers.
• The cough lasts more than 3 weeks.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Runny nose. Gently blowing the nose for older children is all that is needed. For babies, use a soft rubber suction bulb to take out the mucus.
  
  
• Stuffy nose. Most stuffy noses are blocked by dry mucus. Try nosedrops of warm tap water or saline. They are better than any medicine you can buy.

1. Mix 1/4 teaspoon of table salt in 8 ounces of water.
2. Put 3 drops in each nostril. (For children less than 1 year old, use 1 drop.)
3. Wait 1 minute.
4. Then have the child blow or you can use suction bulb. Use a wet cotton swab to remove mucus that's very sticky.

• Aches and fever. Give your child acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for fever over 102?F (39?C). Do not give aspirin.
• Cough or sore throat. Use cough drops for children over 4 years old.

• Your child has a hard time breathing AND is no better after you clear the nose.
• Your child starts acting very sick.

• The fever lasts more than 3 days.
• The runny nose lasts more than 10 days.
• The eyes get yellow discharge.
• You think your child may have an earache or sinus pain.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• runny or stuffy nose
• usually a fever and sore throat
• sometimes a cough, hoarseness, red eyes, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck.

• Treatment for a runny nose with a lot of discharge
  Nasal discharge is the nose's way of getting rid of viruses. Medicine is not helpful unless you have a nasal allergy.
  
  
• Treatment for a dry or stuffy nose with only a little discharge or dried, yellow-green mucus
  Most stuffy noses are blocked by dry mucus. Blowing the nose alone cannot remove most dry secretions.
  
  Nose drops of warm tap water or saline are better than any medicine you can buy for loosening up mucus. Use a clean dropper to put drops into the nose. Water can be splashed in or dripped in using a wet cotton ball.
  
  The main mistakes people make when they use warm-water nose drops are using only 1 drop of water or saline, not waiting long enough for secretions to loosen up before blowing their nose, and not repeating the procedure until their breathing is easy. The front of the nose can look open while the back of the nose is all gummed up with dried mucus.
  
  Use the nasal washes at least 4 times a day or whenever you can't breathe through your nose.
  
  

• Treatment for other symptoms of colds
  Fever: Use acetaminophen or ibuprofen for aches or mild fever (over 102 degrees F, or 38.9 degrees C).
  
  Sore throat: Use hard candies and warm chicken broth.
  
  Cough: Use cough drops and a humidifier in your bedroom.
  
  Red eyes: Rinse frequently with wet cotton balls.
  
  
• Prevention of colds
  A cold is caused by direct contact with someone who already has a cold. Over the years we are all exposed to many colds and develop some immunity to them.
  
  A humidifier prevents dry mucous membranes, which may be more susceptible to infections.
  
  Vitamin C, unfortunately, has not been shown to prevent or shorten colds. Large doses of vitamin C (for example, 2 grams) cause diarrhea.
  
  
• Common mistakes in treating colds
  Most nonprescription cold remedies or tablets are worthless. Especially avoid drugs that have several ingredients because there is a greater chance of side effects from these drugs. Antihistamines do not help cold symptoms. Nothing can make a cold last a shorter time. If your nose is really congested, consider using an oral decongestant (pseudoephedrine) for a day or so. Avoid oral decongestants if they make you jittery or keep you from sleeping at night. Use acetaminophen or ibuprofen for a cold only if you also have a fever, sore throat, or muscle aches.
  
  Do not take leftover antibiotics for uncomplicated colds because they have no effect on viruses and may be harmful.

• Breathing becomes difficult AND no better after you clear your nose.

• The fever lasts more than 3 days.
• The nasal discharge lasts more than 10 days.
• Your eyes develop a yellow discharge.
• You have an earache or sinus pain.
• Your sore throat lasts more than 5 days.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Wheezing
• Vomiting
• Skin reaction (hives).

• Loose stools (sometimes containing streaks of blood and/or mucus)
• Diarrhea, abdominal cramping
• Intermittent cough, wheezing, runny nose, or sinus infection
• Skin rash
• Slowed gain in weight and/or height (failure to thrive).

• Extensively hydrolyzed formulas: The proteins in these formulas have been broken down so that they are more easily digested and less likely to cause a reaction. Brands include Nutramigen, Pregestimil, and Alimentum. Partially hydrolyzed formulas are not a good substitute.
• Elemental formulas: The proteins in these formulas are in the simplest form and are used when hydrolyzed formula continues to cause symptoms. Elemental formulas include Neocate and Elecare.

• Milk (including milk from other animals such as goat)
• Yogurt
• Cheese
• Cottage cheese
• Half & half
• Cream
• Sour cream and solids
• Casein
• Whey products
• Butter, butterfat, butter oil, natural butter flavor, butter solids
• Artificial butter flavor
• Ingredients that begin with "lact" such as lactose, lactate, lactalbumin, and lactic acid
• Chocolate
• Custard
• Ghee
• Nougat
• Caramel
• Fat replacers such as Simplesse
• Hydrolyzed milk
• High protein powders and flours often contain milk proteins
• Artificial and natural flavorings such as for meat, poultry, canned fish, and potato chips.

• Order simple dishes with only a few recipe ingredients.
• Avoid battered or fried foods. The oil is often used for many different items, some of which may contain milk.
• Tell the waiter or waitress about the allergy.
• Make sure the meat slicer at the deli counter is not also used to cut cheese.
• Be careful to separate cooking utensils, cutting boards, and dishes used to prepare dairy products from those used to prepare foods for your child.

• Teach your child not to eat foods unless they are safe. Even young children can grasp this concept, especially once they have gotten sick after eating a particular food.
• Prepare your child's lunch at home.
• Talk with teachers and the school administrator regarding your child's needs. Ask teachers to keep an eye out and explain the situation to other children if needed.
• Have the teacher call you if there is a special event or party planned so that you can bring a few modified treats that your child enjoys and can share with other kids.
• Make a card that lists foods and ingredients that should be avoided and give one to the teacher. The card can also be helpful to older children in making decisions when out with friends.

• Be cranky.
• Not be able to sleep well.
• Have trouble hearing.
• Be dizzy.

• Antibiotics. For mild ear infections, your child may not need an antibiotic. If the doctor prescribes an antibiotic, your child will start to feel better in a few days. But keep giving the medicine until it is all gone. This medicine will kill the bacteria that cause ear infections.
• Fever and pain. Use acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) to help with the earache or fever over 102 degrees. No aspirin.
• Going outside. Your child can go outside. Your child does not need to cover the ears.
• Swimming. Swimming is OK as long as there is no tear in the eardrum or drainage from the ear.
• Air travel. If your child has an ear infection, he can travel by airplane safely if he is taking antibiotics. Have your child drink something, suck on a pacifier, or chew gum when the plane starts coming down or when traveling back down from the mountains by car.

• Your child gets a stiff neck.
• Your child acts very sick.

• Your child still has pain or fever after taking the antibiotic for 48 hours.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Yellow discharge (pus) in the eye.
• Eyelids stuck together with pus.
• Redness or pinkness of the white part of the eyes.
• Puffy eyelids.

• Take away all pus with warm water and wet cotton balls.
• Do this before you put in any medicine. This will give the medicine a chance to work.

• If your child is under 2 years of age, he may need an appointment to rule out other associated infections.

• Give your child his own washcloth and towel.
• Wash your child's hands often.

• The outer eyelids get very red or swollen.
• The eye is painful.
• Your child's vision is blurred.
• Your child starts to act very sick.

• The infection hasn't cleared up after you've treated it for 3 days.
• Your child gets an earache.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• Small, painful sores in his mouth.
• Small water blisters or red spots on the palms of his hands and soles of the feet. You may also see these on the webs between the fingers and toes.
• Five or fewer blisters on each hand or foot
• Low-grade fever between 100?F and 102?F

• If your child is very young, put 1/2 teaspoon antacid solution in the front of the mouth four times a day after meals.
• Children over age 4 can use 1 teaspoon of an antacid solution as a mouthwash after meals.
• Give acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) if your child's mouth really hurts, or for fever over 102? F. No aspirin.

• Give soft foods, like yogurt, cottage cheese, and Jell-O.
• Use a cup instead of a bottle.
• Cold drinks, milkshakes, Popsicles, and sherbet can feel good.
• Stay away from citrus, salty, or spicy foods.

• Your child's playmates may get the disease in 3 to 6 days.
• Your child may go back to school when the fever goes away.

• Your child has not urinated for more than 8-12 hours.
• Your child acts very sick.

• The fever lasts more than 3 days.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• There is a clear discharge from your child's nose,
• AND your child's nose itches,
• AND your child sneezes and sniffs or ear and sinus congestion.
• Your child's eyes may also itch and water.
• Tickling sensation in the back of the throat

• In April and May, the most common pollen is from trees.
• From May to July, most of the time it is from grass.
• From late August through the fall, ragweed pollen is the big problem.

• This medicine works best for hay fever.
• If your child has hay fever every day, it's a good idea to give him the antihistamine all during the pollen season.

• This will clean away the pollen. Your child should have fewer symptoms at night.

• Make sure your child stays away when someone cuts grass.
• Your child should stay indoors when it is windy or if there is a lot of pollen in the air.
• Make sure your child stays away from anything that causes his hay fever. Watch out for feather pillows, pets, farms, stables, and tobacco smoke.

• Wash your child's face and eyelids with water. That will clean away any pollen.
• Put a cold wet cloth on your child's eyelids for 10 minutes.

• The hay fever does not get better after your child takes medicine for 2 days.
• Your child gets sinus pain or pressure.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Your child has itchy, raised pink spots with pale centers. They often look like mosquito bites. They may be different sizes and shapes.
• The spots change size and shape. They may move from one area on the body to another.

• Give your child antihistamine medicine. This medicine won't cure the hives, but it will help the itching and reduce the number of hives.
  
  You may give your child Benadryl Elixir. Give 1 tsp. per 20 lbs. every 6 hours.
  
  Be sure to keep giving the medicine until you are sure the hives are completely gone for 24 hours. Other wise your child may get itchy again.
  
  
• Make sure your child stays away from anything you think may have caused the hives.
• Have your child take a shower, if the hives were caused by pollen or animals.

• It gets hard for your child to breathe or swallow.
• Your child starts to act very sick.

• Your child develops a fever.
• Most of the itch is not better after your child has taken the medicine for 24 hours.
• The hives last more than 1 week.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• a full, congested sensation in the ear
• mildly reduced hearing (temporary).

• By 1 month, 50% of children will still have fluid.
• By 2 months, 20% of children will still have fluid.
• By 3 months, only 10% of children will still have fluid.

• Get close to your child, get eye contact, and get his full attention. Occasionally check that he understands what you have said.
• Speak in a louder voice than you normally use. A common mistake is to assume your child is ignoring you when actually he doesn't hear you.
• Reduce any background noise from radio or television while talking with your child.

• Avoid tobacco smoke. Protect your child from secondhand tobacco smoke. Passive smoking increases the frequency and severity of infections. Be sure no one smokes in your home or at day care.
• Avoid excessive colds. Reduce your child's exposure to children with colds during the first year of life. Most ear infections start with a cold. Try to delay the use of large day care centers during the first year by using a sitter in your home or a small home-based day care.
• Breast-feed. Breast-feed your baby during the first 6 to 12 months of life. Antibodies in breast milk reduce the rate of ear infections. If you are breast-feeding, continue. If you are not, consider it with your next child.
• Avoid bottle propping. If you bottle-feed, hold your baby at a 45-degree angle. Feeding in the horizontal position can cause formula and other fluids to flow back into the eustachian tube. Allowing an infant to hold his own bottle also can cause milk to drain into the middle ear. Weaning your baby from a bottle between 9 and 12 months of age will help stop this problem.
• Control allergies. If your infant has a continuously runny nose, consider allergy as a contributing factor to the ear infections. If your child has other allergies such as eczema, your health care provider will check for a milk protein or soy protein allergy.
• Adenoids. If your toddler constantly snores or breathes through his mouth, he may have large adenoids. Large adenoids can contribute to ear infections. Talk to your health care provider about this.

• Your child develops an earache.
• Your child's speech development is delayed.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Clean the scrape.
  Wash your hands. Wash the wound with warm, soapy water for 5 minutes. If there is dirt, scrub the wound with a wet gauze or cloth. You may have to take out big pieces of dirt with tweezers.
  
  If there is tar in the wound, rub it with petroleum jelly, (such as Vaseline). This helps get rid of the tar. Then wash the scrape again with soap and water.
  
  Clean a pair of small, sharp scissors with rubbing alcohol. Cut off any loose pieces of skin with the scissors. Rinse the wound well.
  
  
• Protect the scrape.
  Put an antibiotic ointment, such as Neosporin, on the scrape. Cover it with a Band-Aid or gauze. This is very important when a scrape is over a joint (such as elbow, knee, or hand). When you use ointment, it keeps the scrape from cracking and coming back open.
  
  Clean your child's scrape once a day with warm water. Then put on fresh antibiotic ointment and a clean Band-Aid. Do this until the scrape heals.
  
  
• Give pain relief.
  Give your child pain medicine if it hurts a lot. You can give acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil).

• Your child's wound has dirt in it that you can't get out.
• A large area of your child's skin is scraped off.
• The scrape gets red streaks, or drains pus.
• Your child has a fever.

• Your child hasn't had a tetanus shot in over 5 years.
• The scrape doesn't heal in 10 days.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Your child has itchy and painful ear canals.
• Your child has been swimming recently.
• Your child feels pain when the earlobe is moved up and down.
• Your child feels pain when the tab of the outer ear overlying the ear canal is pushed in.
• The ear feels plugged up.
• There is a slight amount of clear discharge at first. Without treatment, the discharge becomes yellowish.

• For mild swimmer's ear, use white vinegar mixed with equal parts of water. Fill the ear canal with the vinegar mixture. After 5 minutes, remove it by turning the head to the side. Do this twice a day.
• Do not use if child has ear tubes or drainage.
• For severe swimmer's ear, use antibiotic-steroid eardrops. (These require a prescription.) Run the eardrops down the side of the ear opening so that air isn't trapped under the drops. Then move the ear lobe back and forth to help the eardrops go down into the ear. Continue using the eardrops until 48 hours after all the symptoms have cleared up, or as directed by physicians.
• Use acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for pain relief.

• The ear pain becomes severe.
• Your child starts acting very sick.

• The ear becomes severely painful.
• The ear symptoms are not cleared up in 3 days.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• They slowly return to normal size when your child is better.
• It may take 2 to 4 weeks for your child's lymph nodes to shrink back down.

• Make sure the illness that made the lymph nodes swell gets treated.
• Give acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for pain or fever over 102? F (39? C). No aspirin.

• One of your child's lymph nodes swells to 2 or more inches across.
• The skin over the lymph node gets red.
• Your child starts to act very sick.

• One of your child's lymph nodes swells to 1 to 2 inches across.
• Your child also gets a sore throat.
• Your child has a fever for more than 3 days.
• You have other questions or concerns.

• Your child has pain when she urinates (pees).
• Your child has to pee right away and can't hold it.
• Your child has to pee a lot.
• Even when your child is awake, he wets his pants.
• Your child wets at night.
• Your child's urine smells bad.
• Your child has a fever or a stomachache.

• Give antibiotics. Your child needs to take the medicine prescribed by your doctor to get better.
• Give lots of water and fluids. Drinking lots of water and fluids helps clear up the infection.
• Give pain and fever medicine. Give your child acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for the pain or for fever over 102?F (39?C). No aspirin.
• Call your doctor. Two days after your child starts the medicine, call your child's doctor about your child's symptoms. You need to make sure your child is getting better.
• Get a recheck. Your child will need another urine test 2 weeks after the first visit.

• Your child has back pain.
• Your child starts to act very sick

• Your child has a fever more than 2 days after taking the medicine.
• It still hurts your child to pee 3 days after taking the medicine.
• You have other concerns or questions.

• painful urination
• an urgent need to urinate
• frequent urination
• daytime and nighttime wetting
• dribbling
• foul-smelling urine
• fever
• stomachaches (especially lower abdomen)
• vomiting.

• Antibiotics
  Be sure to take the antibiotic your doctor prescribed.
  
  Try not to forget any of the doses. Take the medicine until all the pills are gone. Even though you will feel better in a few days, take the antibiotic for the full 10 days to keep the UTI from flaring up again.
  
  
• Extra fluids
  Drink extra fluids to help clear the infection.
  
  
• Fever and pain relief
  Take acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for the painful urination or for fever over 102?F (39?C).
  
  
• Medical follow-up
  Two days after you begin antibiotics, it is important to contact your health care provider to find out the results of the urine culture and make sure that your infection is responding to the antibiotic.
  
  About 2 weeks after your initial visit your provider will want to see you for another urine culture. Because the chances are high that you will develop a second infection (50% of cases), your provider will probably also want to check your urine 1, 4, and 12 months after the first infection has cleared up.
  
  
• Instructions for collecting a midstream, clean-catch urine specimen at home
  If you are asked to bring a urine sample to your physician's office, try to collect the urine when you first urinate in the morning. Use a jar and lid that have been sterilized by boiling for 10 minutes or come in for container.
  
  For Girls: Wash the genital area several times with a clean washcloth and warm water. Sit on the toilet seat with your legs spread widely so that the labia (skin folds of the vagina) don't touch. Start to urinate into the toilet and then place the clean container directly in line with the stream of urine. Remove it after you have collected a few ounces but before you stop urinating. (The first or last drops that come out of the bladder may be contaminated with bacteria.)
  
  Keep the urine in the refrigerator until you take it to your provider's office. Try to keep it chilled when you bring it to the office (that is, put the jar in a plastic bag with some ice).

• Urinate at least every 3 to 4 hours during the day and don't "hold back."
• Urinate after baths.
• Sexually active young women should urinate after intercourse.
• Wipe correctly from front to back, especially after a bowel movement.
• Don't put bubble bath, shampoo, or other soaps into the bath water. Don't let a bar of soap float around the tub.
• Don't become constipated. Try to have a BM every day.
• Drink enough fluids each day to keep the urine light-colored.

• You start having back pain.
• You start feeling very sick.

• Fever or painful urination lasts more than 48 hours after you start taking an antibiotic.
• You have other concerns or questions.