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I have been sick for almost a month! Anyone else?

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GabbyGurl3
GabbyGurl3

The 14th of July, I found out I had strep. They gave me steroids & a zpack. Then I find out I have a sinus infection. They give me omnicif (spelling). I'm still not better. It is now going into my chest. I am having trouble breathing & my chest hurts added to the other crap. I am exhausted. & my body hurts Plus, my 5 & 2 year old boys are getting over strep. Has anyone been sick this long? Any treatment ideas? Anything! Thanks in advance!

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  • Verbina
    Verbina GabbyGurl3

    Posted

    Sorry to hear this babe! Last year it took me almost 3 months to get over sinusitis. I have never had anything as debilitating in my whole life.

    I promise you will get better eventually.

    I was doing daily salt water nose rinses and flushes sometimes with Neil Med saches sometimes with Sea Water Sprays.

    Get well soon!

  • shane50317
    shane50317 GabbyGurl3

    Posted

    Press your doctor for a better antibiotics. Amoxicillin is the best and I’m surprised you weren’t given in. If it has been around this long it is certainly bacterial and amoxicillin or even augmentin will knock it out. I have chronic sinus inflammation so I can’t get rid of it, but amoxicillin has helped me knock out ear infections, strep, previous sinusitis, and chest infections. Good luck 
  • miriam65408
    miriam65408 GabbyGurl3

    Posted

    If you do ask for more effective antibiotics, just beware of being given Levaquin (levofloxacin) or Cipro (ciprofloxacin) or any other fluoroquinolone (FQ). The FDA ruled that FQs should not be used for sinus, lung or other simple infections, except as a last resort but many doctors are ignoring this advice.  The ruling was made because the long term side effects of an FQ can be much worse than the problem they were given to cure.

    Check out the FQ antibiotic discussions on this site for more information.  Hope it clears up soon.

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