We are not really treating the strep, it is more that you want to prevent the sequelae from it

Studies have shown that the antibiotics make you feel better about 16 hours quicker which is not significant. We are really trying to prevent rheumatic fever

You heard of rheumatic fever??

Beat me to it

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This guy is an admin? I wonder if he thinks the earth is flat

Show me where I said it was an antibiotic.

I'm still not sure you understand engrish...

You really have no place criticizing the intelligence of others. Everyone here knows better.

He's a doctor ya know

8:57am vs. 9:26am and you go with "Beat me to it"?

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The war against antibiotics has been a strange trip for me here... while I well understand that overuse is counter-productive, for years and years when I've gotten severe chest colds thick with hacked up glowing green gunk?

Different docs always give up a 5 day antibiotic pack for that, and its been working for years... they've never had an adverse affect I can point to, then again I only get truly sick about every 2 years or so

Antibiotics infrequently used are some of the best illness cures ever made

Green gunk doesn't always equal bacterial infection. You don't get any real adverse reactions from taking antibiotics without needing them they just tend to stop working when you do actually need them. You may have gotten better just because the illness ran it's course.

I've ignored any real healthcare in similar situations many times, and treatment always fixes it much faster

What's that?

Basically the good bacteria in your gut is wiped out C. Diff takes over and you shit your guts out. Horrible smell too. It can be caused by taking antibiotics for too long.

It's just a bit dangerous in the long run is all.

There isn't much out there that can reliably kill 100% of any bacteria. So you take a round of antibiotics and it kills off most of the bacteria that's causing you problems, but not all of them. Those that survive are now better equipped to fight off the antibiotics that you used, then they replicate and then their "offspring" are also better equipped to deal with said antibiotics. That can potentially create some superbugs that can't be cured by antibiotics in the future.

Anyone with more knowledge on the subject can feel free to correct me but that's the explanation I've been given..

Here's some good news

http://2016/08/30/491969011/u-n-heal...ng-untreatable

Do you hold a doctorate?

Definitely not but I worked in a medical lab for 6 years

Is that the same as staying at a Holiday Inn Express last night?


Asking for a friend . . . .

Lol I about put that in there

You clearly mean well, and theres no need to disparage your knowledge on this.... but I'll side with the actual doctors, this last one has been my doc since 2010

He fixes me right up every 2-3 years

It's all good

It's not a "War against antibiotics." It's simple biology and evolution. Saying they've never had an adverse effect is completely backwards thinking. The point of medicine is never to "Not have an adverse effect." It's intended to actually treat something specific. And it's not medicine until it's proven to directly treat something with evidence of results.

"Glowing green gunk" is meaningless. You have to know exactly what the gunk is to treat it. Which your doctor would test to find out, he wouldn't simply throw random shit at it and hope it worked. Like I said, antibiotics aren't effective on anything but bacterial infection. It's completely worthless against any virus like the common cold or flu. Taking antibiotics infrequently when you don't actually have an infection is dangerous and stupid. Learn a little biology, you will live longer.

Maybe you should be my doctor, Fish... you seem to know so much more than my actual doctor

He's right, though.

The science is out there for all to see. This isn't just some dude on the internet saying some shit.

My doc has a thriving practice, one of the most well known names in town... I'll take my chances with him

That's what urgent care is for.

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Knock on wood I have been lucky in regards to a cold this season. But it seems everyone at work is hacking up a lung. I will tell you I wash my hands frequently and use the Purell all the time.

Now...if you want to talk about a stomach bug, I had a 24 hour bug that kicked my butt. I woke up feeling a little crappy but not so bad that I couldn't at least shower and give it a try. While in the shower I could feel my stomach telling me to "finish this shower quickly"....I barely got dried off before making it to the toilet. I spent the whole day trying to sleep in the fetal position. Ever hour on the hour it came out in both directions. At some point you just feel like telling the wife to make sure the insurance policy is up to date.

Strangely enough it only last 24 hours and I started feeling better.....

Legit one of my top 5 worst things ever. You're in the shower getting all clean and as soon as you get out you destroy your butthole's newfound cleanliness.

Unleash those shit demons whilst in the shower brah. Problrm solved.