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How Serious Is Tonsillitis And Leukocytosis? Can This Spread To Infants?
My 19 year old daughter went to an urgent care this afternoon for a sore throat, headache, achy and tired...thought she had strep...the doctor sd that she has tonsilitis and leukocytosis. prescribed Azithromycin for 5 days. I looked up leukocytosis...concerned...should I make an appointment with her primary care doctor? It sounds like it could be serious. Also, she has a 6 month old baby...should we be concerned about her being around her?
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
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Welcome to HCM,
As your daughter is having the symptoms like sore throat, headache and tiredness are suggesting of inflammation of tonsils. These infections are transmitted by droplet infection and droplet nuclei and it can be communicable to others.
It is highly infectious and as the doctor has prescribed the antibiotic like Tab Azithromycin for 5 days is an excellent antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infection and it will act on the bacteria and make non infectious.
In addition to the antibiotics your daughter should be given Syp Amrodil S and oral antihistamines. She can transmit this infection to her baby.She should follow personnel protection measures to avoid transmission of infection to her baby.
Thank You.
Welcome to HCM,
As your daughter is having the symptoms like sore throat, headache and tiredness are suggesting of inflammation of tonsils. These infections are transmitted by droplet infection and droplet nuclei and it can be communicable to others.
It is highly infectious and as the doctor has prescribed the antibiotic like Tab Azithromycin for 5 days is an excellent antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infection and it will act on the bacteria and make non infectious.
In addition to the antibiotics your daughter should be given Syp Amrodil S and oral antihistamines. She can transmit this infection to her baby.She should follow personnel protection measures to avoid transmission of infection to her baby.
Thank You.
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