India, Nov. 18 -- Whenever you have a urinary infection, doctors generally prescribe antibiotics to treat it. However, consuming antibiotics for every urinary infection might not always be the safest option for your overall health.

In an Instagram post shared on November 17, Dr Karan Rajan, an NHS surgeon and a health content creator, warned how antibiotics and urinary tract infections do not go hand in hand, strongly urging both prescribers and patients to ensure a urine culture is performed whenever antibiotics are given for a suspected urinary tract infection (UTI). Here's why:

Dr Rajan emphasised, "If you're ever prescribed antibiotics for a urine infection, make sure your doctor does a urine culture as well. You don't ever need to ...