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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Susie Beever & Neil Shaw

New symptoms you must have before GP can say you have UTI and prescribe antibiotics

Doctors should not be diagnosing Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in under-65s without at least two symptoms present, health experts have now said.

UTIs - a common condition in women and people with female reproductive organs - should only be diagnosed if you have more than one "key symptom", doctors are now saying.

This includes a burning pain when passing urine, needing to wee more at night and “cloudy” urine.

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