Repeat Anti-B's ?

[jackthehat]

Mrs jth was off work at the end of last week with the lurgy.
I could see that she had 'infected tonsils' and managed to get her an appointment at GP.
She came away with a 3-day course of Anti-B's.
She's spent the time since then coughing, sniffing and dribbling and, to be honest, doesn't seem to have improved at all.

She's taken herself off to work this morning (short of pinning her vest to the mattress I couldn't think of a way to stop her) but still feels (and looks, sorry love) pretty grim.

Should I make an additional appointment for her this afternoon and see if we can get some betterer Anti-B's..............or is it more reasonable to wait a while longer ?

[bednobs]

is she not capable of making her own appointment if she wants one?
3 days of antibiotics seems on the low side to me. What do the tonsils look like?

[Sqad]

So what was the diagnosis?......the Dr´s diagnosis.

?Tonsillitis

[jackthehat]

bednobs - She's at work whereas I am at home. I can ring the surgery this morning to make an appointment for when she is home from work, mid-afternoon.
She has large white spots on her tonsils.

sqad - She was seen by the Nurse-practitioner who diagnosed a 'virus' and prescribed Anti-Bs.
She is distinctly 'fluey...........sneezing, coughing, aching, swollen around the throat/jaw-line, having trouble swallowing.

[Sqad]

JTH....I agree with the Practice Nurse........it sounds almost certainly viral e.g flu and the antibiotics will do little to help.

Acute tonsillitis is rarely associated with coughing and sneezing etc, but a Respitatory virus would fit the picture.

Get her home from work, bed, Ibuprofen 600mgs 6 hourly, plenty of fluids and by the weekend she will be fine.

Cant see the value of another GP appt.

[jackthehat]

I shan't bother the surgery, then, thanks, sqad.

However, trying to make her take time off work is a completely different ball-game.....:o(

[Sqad]

JTH...yes, but you are a "persuasive character;-))

[Jemisa]

JTH - She's not being very fair to her work mates is she?

jem

[jackthehat]

Thankyou for your input, jem.................not. :o(