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TonyaH
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Hi guys,
Andrew has been a clindamycin for a couple of weeks, has a couple of days to go. The doctor is trying to get rid of some yellow gunk he's been coughing out due to a staph infection. Well, yesterday his cough, which had subsided a bit, came back with a vengeance and his throat began to hurt. Many kids in his class have been home sick with strep, so a red flag went up. Well, this morning he woke up with no voice, bad cough, fever, and soar throat. I'm almost positive he probably picked up strep at school. Should I let him finish his three days of clindamycin, which still hasn't stopped the yellow gunk, and then take him in for bactrim, which is what they usually give him for strep? He was on bactrim about six weeks ago because we had tried a three week round of that before the clindamycin to beat the staph. I feel like my kiddo is living on antibiotics and I don't like it! Is there a possibility they would put him on two different antibiotics at the same time, one for the strep, another for the staph? I'm not sure if I should wait a few days on the other before taking him in for the strep. Can clindamycin work for the strep as well as the staph? Probably not, since he got it while on the clindamycin. What would you do?
Andrew has been a clindamycin for a couple of weeks, has a couple of days to go. The doctor is trying to get rid of some yellow gunk he's been coughing out due to a staph infection. Well, yesterday his cough, which had subsided a bit, came back with a vengeance and his throat began to hurt. Many kids in his class have been home sick with strep, so a red flag went up. Well, this morning he woke up with no voice, bad cough, fever, and soar throat. I'm almost positive he probably picked up strep at school. Should I let him finish his three days of clindamycin, which still hasn't stopped the yellow gunk, and then take him in for bactrim, which is what they usually give him for strep? He was on bactrim about six weeks ago because we had tried a three week round of that before the clindamycin to beat the staph. I feel like my kiddo is living on antibiotics and I don't like it! Is there a possibility they would put him on two different antibiotics at the same time, one for the strep, another for the staph? I'm not sure if I should wait a few days on the other before taking him in for the strep. Can clindamycin work for the strep as well as the staph? Probably not, since he got it while on the clindamycin. What would you do?