Charles went to the docs on Monday, having coughed pretty much incessantly for the best part of a week.
He WAS prescribed antibiotics BUT the GP asked him NOT to take them until WEDNESDAY IF HE'S NOT FEELING ANY IMPROVEMENT BY THEN!
Hmmmm! I can see a fundamental flaw in this plan!
The upshot is, of course, that he DOESN'T feel (or indeed sound) any better and has taken the first of his antibiotics this morning. He could however have been well on the mend by now if he'd started on Monday, I would have thought... in my humble opinion like!
LILY & ROSE
Here are some photos of Lily & Rose. There are a few from the first time we saw them when they were just 4 weeks old. They would fit on your hand at this age and didn't look much like westies!
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Here is the answer to your query.
ReplyDeleteThe general public does not realise the risks and the wider implications of antibiotics being prescribed frivolously. Most bad viral infections would be expected to last a week to 10 days and antibiotics would only be prescribed when a secondary complication sets in because they are useless to viral infections. The GP obviously knows Charles is an educated man and trusted him to make that decision to save him going back to the surgery after what's considered to be a reasonable length of time for a viral infection. If he is no better or worse by the Wed it would be reasonable to assume that there is a bacterial infection present as a complication to the viral infection (which would respond to the antbiotics). It follows therefore that Chrales has done the right thing. If he'd been in hospital the same process would have been followed. Over use of antibiotics causes immunity (the real cause behind CDIF and MRSA - not dirty hospitals.) Charles may need antibiotics to save his life one day and he would need them to work.
Hope this helps - Dr Logic