The cause of UTI is bacterial infection. So she need to take antibiotics to kill the bacteria. If the bacteria was eradicated, the symptoms will improve.
So she need to go to see the doctor again and perform urine culture to find out the bacteria.
Besides, she should drink more and more water to improve the uncomfortable.
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>I appreciate your clear explanations of UTI and APN. Judging
>from the back pain my mother has experienced, it sounds
>more like APN, except she does not really have symptoms
>like fever and chilliness etc. She does not seem to have
>trouble with voiding either. From the doctor's report, there is
>an excess of pus cells in the urine, but the rest seems pretty
>normal. She is on medication now--is that the only way for
>the pain to be gone? Is there anything else she should do?