Another antibiotics question
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Topic: Another antibiotics question
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Another antibiotics question
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:20pm
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Elle is half way through a course of antibiotics for an ear infection. However, she seems worse not better. She is quite miserable, not wanting to eat or play and is tugging at her ear a lot. When we started the antibiotics the infection was only in the left ear but I'm suspicious about the right one now too. Granted, she spat a lot of the antibiotic out for the first few days but I still would've expected an improvement by now. Should I take her back to doc or what until the course of antibiotics is finished? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:49pm
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Hmmm its a tricky one with ear infections. My gp won't even prescibe antibiotics for Ashleigh when she has an ear infection as in most cases they don't help as it is a viral infection. We generally just have to ride them out with pamol to help with the pain. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:51pm
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You should have seen a bit of an improvement by now. I have fund that if Isla hasnt improved in a day or 2, then she wont on that antibiotic. Go back to Dr , or ring them up and check with the hurse. I think they are likely to change the antibiotic she is on.
Hope she feels better soon. |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:53pm
Yeah I was reluctant but she's had the infection for 2 weeks now. Poor poppet. Mind you, the last 2 days are the first days she has actually taken the full doses without spitting most of it out... ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
KH25 wrote:Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:09pm
| I'd take her back to the doc and give her pamol in the mean time if you arent already. Poor lil girl! |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:11pm
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She won't take Pamol but I give her Fenpaed...sadly it didn't help at all today :( ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:32pm
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Oh dear poor Elle. I'd go back and get the Doctor to take a swab to see what the infection is. Then you will know for sure if antibiotics will help.
Other than that a warm wheat bag helps sometimes if she will let you put it to her ear. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:49pm
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I would be going back, ears are something I don't like to mess with. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |