notBrad
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- 04/2015
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Wanted to get some feedback and advice.
Here is the deal. My breathing is getting worse, and the home health nurse said there is some crackling noise in the bottom of my lungs indicating fluid.
My wife and Roger ( home health nurse) don't communicate well, he talks about potential issues and she takes things out of context and strings them together into a convoluted narrative.
He said that the fluid in my lungs can turn into pneumonia left untreated. So she calls my pcp and gets a prescription for antibiotics because she thinks if I take them they will prevent pneumonia from developing.
My take is that taking antibiotics when there is no infection is begging for trouble.
How serious are things and how much will taking antibiotics when there is no infection help or hurt?
Here is the deal. My breathing is getting worse, and the home health nurse said there is some crackling noise in the bottom of my lungs indicating fluid.
My wife and Roger ( home health nurse) don't communicate well, he talks about potential issues and she takes things out of context and strings them together into a convoluted narrative.
He said that the fluid in my lungs can turn into pneumonia left untreated. So she calls my pcp and gets a prescription for antibiotics because she thinks if I take them they will prevent pneumonia from developing.
My take is that taking antibiotics when there is no infection is begging for trouble.
How serious are things and how much will taking antibiotics when there is no infection help or hurt?