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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
28. That's what I was wondering about
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:33 PM
May 2020

A couple of years ago I got an unbelievable sore throat and in the middle of the night made my wife drive me to the emergency room because I wasn't sure if I would be able to breathe in a couple more hours.

At the ER I asked if it was viral or bacterial and the doctor said "if it is this bad, it could be both" which mystified me.

I got it again a year later and went into a urgent care and they tested me and said I was positive for virus.

I looked at the doctor and told him that I understood what that meant but I would like to be prescribed an antibiotic. He started to roll his eyes but I told him that I had the exact same thing a year before and the antibiotic cleared it up and he reluctantly wrote me a prescription.

In both cases the antibiotic cleared up the "viral" infection in 2 hours.

I wonder if sometimes (not in the case of the Coronavirus) bacterial infections can masquerade or carry around some virus which will dissipate if the bacterial part is wiped out.

Thanks

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"many physicians recommended" tanyev May 2020 #1
This. Absolutely. Questionable reporting by Daily Beast. Hortensis May 2020 #7
You also have to wonder why they "prescribed an antibiotic" grantcart May 2020 #13
Lots to wonder about. Apparently tissue biopsy can establish Hortensis May 2020 #16
The Trumpist hype was saying that azithromyicin needed to be prescribed along with tblue37 May 2020 #17
My understanding is that that is accurate RVN VET71 May 2020 #25
Didier Raoult prescribes that combination to everyone he treats jmowreader May 2020 #18
My point is that antibiotics are ineffective against viruses. grantcart May 2020 #20
Yes they are jmowreader May 2020 #32
The antibiotic is in case of related bacterial infection complicating things IronLionZion May 2020 #26
That's what I was wondering about grantcart May 2020 #28
They're studying that and doctors have varying opinions on it IronLionZion May 2020 #31
recent limbaugh show sampling i heard a 'med worker' tell 20 mil that she knew MANY certainot May 2020 #23
Why can't she stop in at WalMart and get a new heart ? magicarpet May 2020 #2
There you go! Rorey May 2020 #4
and it is not known if the hydroxychloroquine had any affect on the virus still_one May 2020 #3
I would be surprised if any doctor gives her an answer for fear they will be called into a lawsuit. Frustratedlady May 2020 #5
So, in my mind, is Wendy lying about getting the CV? A good possibility. And an antibiotic being.. SWBTATTReg May 2020 #6
You seem not to understand.. jberryhill May 2020 #8
Seriously? LisaL May 2020 #10
Yeah, seriously. Doctors shouldn't be prescribing this, being that they don't know what will work, SWBTATTReg May 2020 #11
Shouldn't be, but they did. LisaL May 2020 #12
Whatever happened to that 'do no harm to the patient'? Seems like to me that some... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #14
Who has been prescribing all those opioids? jberryhill May 2020 #33
As Ann Landers once wrote: luvtheGWN May 2020 #22
Another little joke. LisaL May 2020 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue May 2020 #9
I can hear trump now "but she's alive, could be worse" Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #15
Wouldn't surprise me one bit, that rump would say such a thing...perhaps if this kind of 'hit and... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #19
IOW, she may have recovered from COVID without the malaria/lupus drug. Eyeball_Kid May 2020 #21
I have it on good authority that injecting Clorox directly bluecollar2 May 2020 #24
The president has inserted his own head IronLionZion May 2020 #27
I just laugh that anyone can take Death Count Donnie seriously at all. Brainfodder May 2020 #30
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