Persistent lower abdominal and back pains in women could be an indication of the following: urinary tract infection: which manifests itself as:Pain during urination,bad smelling urine,discolored urine or whitish urine. Milk curd like vaginal discharge that irritates or sometimes makes the vulva itchy and raw red could be an indication of candida infection in females How do you treat this problem if it does occur to you? TAKE oral cefixime 400mg once a day for 10 days plus oral azithromycin 1gm once plus oral secnidazole 2gms once plus oral fluconazole 150mg once clotrimozole pessaries 100mg tablet at bed time for 6 days NB: oral azithromycin tablets may cause some abdominal discomfort for 30mins, oral secnidazole may cause unusual taste in mouth for 48hrs.You need not to be worried.This treatment will work for you well.Do not forget to have your partner treated as well to avoid re-infection.Take plenty of water to enable urinary tract cleansing.