13th October 2011, 08:38 AM
Hum Deadley sounds to me that your Doc doesnt know if you have a bacterial or viral infection. Viral chest infections are not treated with antibiotics but they can lower your immune system and pave the way for a much nastier bacterial infection. As someone who has had every chest infection going, the sequence of events is familiar. Nasty cough or flue like syptoms treat as viral infection ( treat the syptoms and let it run its course )if does not go away in a couple of weeks treat as bacterial and bring out the antibiotics but normally only as a last resort.
Hope you all feel better soon ( I am off for my free flu jab)
Hope you all feel better soon ( I am off for my free flu jab)