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Are Antibiotics Safe During Bronchitis Infection?

in the beginning of February I was urinating blood and they diagnosed me with a UTI and I was on cipro. 3 days after that medication was finished I got a sore throat and fever and had really bad tonsillitis and was prescribed keflex. Now it has been 5 days since that medication was finished and I have a really bad cold, which I think is turning into bronchitis. is this normal or ok... and if I have bronchitis is it safe to go on 3 different antibiotics in 1 month.
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Exposure to antibiotics can alter the type of bacteria that live in your body and make them more resistant, and thus harder to treat when you have a future infection. Physicians try to limit antibiotic prescriptions as much as possible to protect you from this effect. That being said, if you have 3 different infections that truly require antibiotics, then it is okay to take the antibiotics. The benefit of treating the infection would outweight this downside. However, keep in mind that bronchitis often does not require antibiotics and gets better on its own.
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Are Antibiotics Safe During Bronchitis Infection?

Exposure to antibiotics can alter the type of bacteria that live in your body and make them more resistant, and thus harder to treat when you have a future infection. Physicians try to limit antibiotic prescriptions as much as possible to protect you from this effect. That being said, if you have 3 different infections that truly require antibiotics, then it is okay to take the antibiotics. The benefit of treating the infection would outweight this downside. However, keep in mind that bronchitis often does not require antibiotics and gets better on its own.