Re: just a few purrs please ...

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2006-02-28, John F Eldredge penned:

Of course, when you get a secondary bacterial infection after the
viral infection, they are of use at that point. About a month ago,
I had a cold. One week later, most of the cold symptoms were gone,
but I had started making bubbling noises every time I exhaled. I
went to a walk-in clinic, and the doctor diagnosed bronchitis and
prescribed a week-long antibiotic treatment. The bubbling noises
went away after two days on the antibiotic, but I took the pills for
the entire week in order to make sure the infection was gone.

Eep. Yeah, I have learned the hard way that if symptoms not only
don't improve, they actually get worse, it's time to see the doctor.

Of course, you're always supposed to take the full course of
antibiotics. They're not pain or symptom relievers; they're killing
off the bacteria, and if you end the course early, the bacteria may
stage a renewed attack; at that point, all you've done is made them
more resistant to that antibiotic.

Antibiotics kill VIRUSES not bacteria. They do nothing against bacterial
infections, which is why doctors get so frustrated when patients insist on
antibiotics for a bacteriological infection. In your case you had a double
whammy <ouch!> but in most cases an antibiotic won't do a darned thing
against a bacterial infection.

Jill


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