My son who is 3.5 came home from nursery with a temp, crying in pain whenever he tried to pee, he was ago sick when he got home had a temp of 39.5 & very lethargic- never seen him to unwell actually. I took him to dr who requested we did a urine sample- I tried my best but he was crying in too much pain he just couldn't do it, he then examined him and his boy parts seemed okay, no signs of infection or anything like that. He told me to go him and give him regular calpol, I said I wasn't happy to get sent home with nothing as I'm positive he has urine infection but he said it's too early to tell, he also said he can't prescribe without pee sample and I asked if it was possible to get sent to hospital for them to do one and he said it wasn't necessary, I trusted his word and left... I'm now thinking that possibly wasn't the right thing to do. I tried my best to get him to pee for me when we got home but he was crying saying please no mummy😢 he eventually let one out when he was in the bath ( yuck I know but it seemed more comfortable for him)
I guess my question is, was the dr right with not prescribing antibiotics?