harllee
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Dropout, what is the treatment for strep? Is there a test for strep?
Well in 1969 they swabbed your throat and gave you antibiotics. I'm guessing it's still a swab but antibiotics?Dropout, what is the treatment for strep? Is there a test for strep?
Sorry naked...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the quick tests are only 50 to 70 percent accurate. They're the most common flu test performed at hospitals and clinics during flu season.
Well, that's scary! So I could have the flu even though the quick test came back negative. Well, I feel a tiny bit better today and my temperature is not quite so high so maybe I do just have a cold. Even though I have a very bad sore throat I don't think I have strep because I do not have any of the other strep symptoms, like swollen glands or throat rash. i had a cold a few months ago and it turned into a sinus infection and it took 3 visits to the doctor over a month's time to get the antibiotic that finally cured me.
I am getting sick too often in my old age (age 66), maybe I need to do something to boost my immunity.
I am getting sick too often in my old age (age 66), maybe I need to do something to boost my immunity.
This is the first year since I retired that I have been sick several times instead of maybe 1 or 2 ordinary colds once in awhile. My daughter and her husband have a new baby. My lovely granddaughter appears to be a bundle of microbes. She goes to daycare and is very good with sharing everything with us.
My daughter and granddaughter did test for type A flu...I didn’t. Mine was probably a sinus infection and I did get antibiotics.
I was sick for one day before I went to a urgent care clinic. I did have a fever and the chills. I really thought I had the flu so I expected to get Tamiflu.They gave me a 5 day antibiotic that I have never taken before called Z pac..I guess that’s a slang term for Azithromycin. It’s doing it’s job well.
I was sick for one day before I went to a urgent care clinic. I did have a fever and the chills. I really thought I had the flu so I expected to get Tamiflu.They gave me a 5 day antibiotic that I have never taken before called Z pac..I guess that’s a slang term for Azithromycin. It’s doing it’s job well.
I do not spend much time in other places, where I could be in contact with sick people.
Interesting that only one person who did NOT get the flu shot has gotten the flu. From what I have read, this year's flu strain (H3N2) is one that the flu shot provides little or no protection against.
TrvlBug[/B];2010246]After 17 days of antibiotics and 5 days off, my sinus infection is getting worse with an accompanying sore throat. I have an appt with my allergist on Monday. I'm sick of being sick .
After 17 days of antibiotics and 5 days off, my sinus infection is getting worse with an accompanying sore throat. I have an appt with my allergist on Monday. I'm sick of being sick .
What type of antibiotic did you get?
levaquin works best for me for sinus infections. 7 days usually does the trick. For the first time dr also prescribed prednisone, for the first 5 days, 20 mg twice a day tapering down to 5 mg once a day. Concern to prevent pneumonia was his reasoning
Maybe changing your screen name would help.
I was thinking along the same lines about work life and after-work life.
One goes to the office and meets a lot of people, any of whom could be sick. Then one goes from work for lunch to the restaurant and meets a whole lot of other people. Maybe one goes frequently or periodically to the airport, a place with thousands of people, and sits in a plane in close proximity to other people in a closed cabin. The advantage of after-work life is not meeting all these people; at least apart from grocery shopping one can pick and choose who to come into contact with. And retired people can pick the time for grocery shopping when there are lesser people in the store.