Antibiotics..Need opinions
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Topic: Antibiotics..Need opinions
Posted By: Roxy
Subject: Antibiotics..Need opinions
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 10:54am
Hiya...havent been on this for ages....just wondering if anyone can give me some info and advice on antibiotics.....have been hanging out with one of my friends whose little girl seems to constantly have a green snoty nose and not sure if my kids picked it up from her but yet again thay are both coughing and runny noses.Brookes is green and she coughs so much during the night that she is waking up lots.I feel so sorry for her.Everytime I take her to the dr he gives her antibiotics.Says she has chest infection.Well she has had about 6 lots of antibiotics and she only coming up 6mths old!!!!!It worries me because I hear bits and peices bout building resistance to antibiotics if you have to many.At the same time I dont want to leave my kids sick and getn pnemonia(dnt no how to spell that).But sometimes think my dr hands out antibiotics very freely.If I just leave her to get over it herself will she be able to?????Im so sick of her having these probs and wish I could keep her away from sick kids but seems imposible...especialy when my friends dont bother to tell me that theyre sick.Does anyone else have kids that always seem to pick things up???If so how did you deal with it???????Im a real stress monkey too which doesnt help ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
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Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 12:44pm
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Hey Roxy
My boys have had a cough and on again off again runny nose for the past 3-4 weeks although they seem happy enough am heading off to the docs tomorrow to see what the doc can do. I too have issues with the amount of antibiotics docs seem to dish out so will be having a chat to doc about alternatives. I really believe that too much anitbiotics is no good for us - I have had 4 doses of them for BV and at first it will go away but not long b4 I get it back so am thinking my bodies to used to the antibiotics. As for your friends do you feel comfy enough to let them know you prefer not to have bubs around them if their kids are sick?? I used to be a stresser about the boys getting sick from other kids and let my friends know it too as at the end of the day it was me that had to deal with the sick bubs not them (all my friends kids are sch age) ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 4:52pm
james has had at least 6 lots of abs for infections i dont like giving them to him but its the only thing thay works for him as he has asmath as well james just seems to pick things up from everywere and as i see it hes going to get colds  ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 7:59pm
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I was a bit hesitatant about antibiotics and only used them if panadol wouldnt do the trick. You can get immune to them and if its a virus then antibiotics wont help but I think some doctors give them so the parents feel like they are doing something. Kobe got bronchialitis (sp) constantly when he was little and always had a cough, thankfully he seems to be growing out of it at last. ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 8:25pm
| Hey Lu, how do you cope with James having asthma? |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 01 May 2006 at 10:00pm
ummm its hard somtimes feel real quilty cause it runs in mine and his fathers family anyway..... james is on a inhaler of venterlin only used when weezey we are going to be forwarded to the asthma socitiy if he has nother attack i now no how my perents felt when my brother got sick i think i just cope somehow i have too and u will to how is jake taking his inharler now ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:51am
| well, he hasn't needed it too much, which is wonderful. But I worry as I have an action plan for my asthma. I now when I need to go to the doctor, when to call an ambulance and that kinda thing from my peak flow, but how do I know with jake??? So I'm going to do a call around. Actually I found out my day-care has some asthma "trained" people, so I'm going to chat to them about it too. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 1:18pm
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that sounds lke a good idea i thought your doctor was spose to forward you to the asmtha socoity for a plan allthough that could be hard when they hate taking there inhalers let alone a peckflow i was worried about how i,m i spose to no when to go to docs/hospital james was having a attack and i didnt even no till my mum said he was breathing heverly (how bad did i feel) ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Roxy
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 2:52pm
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Oh man I feel bad making a big deal now.must be so stressfull coping with athsma!took Brooke to osteopath today and he has given mr some stuff to help her so Im really hoping itl work and wont end up at dr again.and yep Im going to talk to my friends about keeping away when ther kids are sick.osteopath says its very rare that young ones actually have a bacterial infection.antibiotics do nothing for viral.he says very important kids build up good imune system.says even giving the kids pamol is interfering with it all.aparently getn a temp is bodys way of fighting infections ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
Posted By: Roxy
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 3:02pm
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mind you he not the one having to cope with a sick miserable child though is he.If she realy feeling crap il give her pamol ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 3:54pm
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Hope it works Rox. And i reckon you know when they need Pamol and its not like you give it all the time... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 8:08pm
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pamol and paraceamol is mainly to control rasing body temperture and as i had a febel convalsion as a baby and my mum said it was the scarys thing she had seen i only use paracetamolif james is sick or in pain i relly dont see how it could be bad for him if thats all i use it for. with james asmath i just cope u just have too and as i see it it could be worse ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 8:18pm
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don't feel bad james...when jack had his first asthma attack i didn't realise how bad he really was either until my mum came over. she took one look at him and said...get to the docs now! i felt like the worst mum! we spent that night in hospital and that made me feel even worse!
roxy..i hope brooke starts feeling better soon with that new stuff. there's absolutely nothing more horrible than watching your darlings suffer and not knowing what to do for them  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 03 May 2006 at 9:29am
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thanks jacksmum i was felling arful after it happen people eve said 'how could u not no' makes me fell better that i,m not theonly one ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |