Burning, urgency, and going every twenty minutes for nothing — a urinary tract infection rarely settles on its own, and waiting it out is how a bladder infection becomes a kidney infection. Both UrgentMed clinics test your urine on site, give you the result during the visit, and start treatment the same day when it is indicated. Walk in seven days a week; most visits are done inside the hour.
Symptoms that are worth walking in for
The usual picture
- Burning or stinging when you pass urine.
- Needing to go urgently and often, with little coming out.
- Cloudy, dark or strong-smelling urine.
- Blood in the urine, or a pink tinge.
- Pressure or cramping low in the abdomen.
- Symptoms that came back within days of finishing a previous course of antibiotics.
Reasons not to wait it out
- Pain in the back or side, above the waist.
- Temperature, shivering or feeling generally unwell alongside the urinary symptoms.
- Nausea or vomiting with any of the above.
- Symptoms during pregnancy, which are treated differently and should never be left.
- Symptoms in men, which are less common and deserve a proper look.
- Confusion or a sudden change in an older adult — sometimes the only sign there is.
Back or side pain with a temperature suggests the infection has reached a kidney. That is the point at which same-day care stops being optional — come in, or go to the emergency department if you are vomiting and cannot keep fluids down.
What happens at the visit
- You give a urine sample at check-in — staff explain how to collect it cleanly, because a poorly collected sample is the most common reason a result is unclear.
- It is tested here, usually within minutes, by dipstick and by microscope when the picture calls for it. See on-site testing for what else can be run at the same time.
- A provider examines you and reads the result with your symptoms. Neither one decides on its own; the combination does.
- A culture is sent where it is warranted — a recurring infection, a treatment that has already failed, pregnancy, a man with symptoms, or an unclear result. It identifies the organism and which antibiotics will actually work.
- Treatment is started the same day when it is indicated, with the prescription sent to the pharmacy you choose and relief for the burning where that helps.
- You are told what should improve and by when, and exactly when to come back — that instruction matters as much as the prescription.
Recurring and complicated infections
Repeated infections are not something to keep treating blindly. Where infections keep returning, the visit looks further:
- A culture, so treatment is chosen on evidence rather than habit — and so resistance is spotted rather than guessed at.
- A review of what has already been tried, which is why bringing your previous prescriptions is worth doing.
- Consideration of the conditions that make infections recur, including blood sugar control — see diabetes evaluation.
- Referral to urology or gynaecology where the pattern warrants it, arranged at the visit.
- Where symptoms could equally be something else, confidential STI testing is available at the same visit, and hCG testing is run whenever it would change the treatment.
What to bring
- A list of your medications, and any antibiotic you have taken in the last few months.
- Any previous urine results or culture reports you have.
- The name of the pharmacy you want the prescription sent to.
- Photo ID and your insurance card.
- If you can, arrive without having just emptied your bladder — a sample is the first thing needed.
When to go to the emergency room instead
- A high temperature with shaking chills together with back or side pain.
- Vomiting, or being unable to keep fluids or medication down.
- Severe abdominal pain.
- Confusion, severe weakness or collapse — particularly in an older adult.
- Being unable to pass urine at all.
- Symptoms in pregnancy with a temperature or back pain — be seen the same day, and go to the emergency department if you feel unwell.
Urgent care is for problems that need attention today but are not life-threatening. If you think you may be having an emergency, call 911 — do not drive yourself.
Walk in at either Broward clinic
Both clinics are open seven days a week — Davie at 5149 S University Drive (Renaissance Plaza, just off I-595) and Plantation at 10199 Cleary Boulevard, Suite 10 — serving Davie, Plantation, Cooper City, Weston, Sunrise, Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Pines, Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward County communities. Hours, maps and parking, or hold your place online before you come in.
Insurance and self-pay
Most major plans are accepted, along with workers’ compensation and auto (PIP) claims; benefits are verified at check-in. Self-pay is welcome and the price is quoted at the front desk before you are seen. Plans and payment.