No antibiotics for cough...

[gr33nie]

I understand what people are saying about not wanting to over do the antibiotics. However, our CF nurse went and visited the 'top' CF centers trying to figure out what it was that made their clinics have better outcomes. One of the things they found was that those centers prescribed antibiotics for any cough over baseline that persisted for three days. It's a tough call.

also wanted to add that resistance to antibiotics is not a good thing. But we also want to keep our kids lungs from being damaged by infection. If they are allowed to have an infection in their lungs for a long period of time, I worry about the damage that will cause, making it harder to fight off future infections etc. etc.

 

[gr33nie]

I understand what people are saying about not wanting to over do the antibiotics. However, our CF nurse went and visited the 'top' CF centers trying to figure out what it was that made their clinics have better outcomes. One of the things they found was that those centers prescribed antibiotics for any cough over baseline that persisted for three days. It's a tough call.

also wanted to add that resistance to antibiotics is not a good thing. But we also want to keep our kids lungs from being damaged by infection. If they are allowed to have an infection in their lungs for a long period of time, I worry about the damage that will cause, making it harder to fight off future infections etc. etc.

 

[gr33nie]

I understand what people are saying about not wanting to over do the antibiotics. However, our CF nurse went and visited the 'top' CF centers trying to figure out what it was that made their clinics have better outcomes. One of the things they found was that those centers prescribed antibiotics for any cough over baseline that persisted for three days. It's a tough call.

also wanted to add that resistance to antibiotics is not a good thing. But we also want to keep our kids lungs from being damaged by infection. If they are allowed to have an infection in their lungs for a long period of time, I worry about the damage that will cause, making it harder to fight off future infections etc. etc.

 

[gr33nie]

I understand what people are saying about not wanting to over do the antibiotics. However, our CF nurse went and visited the 'top' CF centers trying to figure out what it was that made their clinics have better outcomes. One of the things they found was that those centers prescribed antibiotics for any cough over baseline that persisted for three days. It's a tough call.

also wanted to add that resistance to antibiotics is not a good thing. But we also want to keep our kids lungs from being damaged by infection. If they are allowed to have an infection in their lungs for a long period of time, I worry about the damage that will cause, making it harder to fight off future infections etc. etc.

 

[gr33nie]

I understand what people are saying about not wanting to over do the antibiotics. However, our CF nurse went and visited the 'top' CF centers trying to figure out what it was that made their clinics have better outcomes. One of the things they found was that those centers prescribed antibiotics for any cough over baseline that persisted for three days. It's a tough call.

also wanted to add that resistance to antibiotics is not a good thing. But we also want to keep our kids lungs from being damaged by infection. If they are allowed to have an infection in their lungs for a long period of time, I worry about the damage that will cause, making it harder to fight off future infections etc. etc.

 

[Ratatosk]

Our primary CF Doctor is an ID specialist, so he prefers a baseline of no cough at DS' age and tends to prescribe ABX. I think at one time when I questioned him about a certain ABX used as a preventative when DS was exposed to someone who was sick, he indicated that Strep could basically destroy lung tissue in a very short time frame.

Local CF clinic tends to not be so apt to prescribe ABX. When I first met the local pulmonologist and he questioned why DS was on Tobi and septra, he told me that ABX weren't necessary and besides, great strides have been made in lung transplantation for when our son was older. DS had cultured pseudo at 3 months and was recovering from bronchitis from an enterbactor choclae bug he brought home from the nicu. Cringe!

 

[Ratatosk]

Our primary CF Doctor is an ID specialist, so he prefers a baseline of no cough at DS' age and tends to prescribe ABX. I think at one time when I questioned him about a certain ABX used as a preventative when DS was exposed to someone who was sick, he indicated that Strep could basically destroy lung tissue in a very short time frame.

Local CF clinic tends to not be so apt to prescribe ABX. When I first met the local pulmonologist and he questioned why DS was on Tobi and septra, he told me that ABX weren't necessary and besides, great strides have been made in lung transplantation for when our son was older. DS had cultured pseudo at 3 months and was recovering from bronchitis from an enterbactor choclae bug he brought home from the nicu. Cringe!

 

[Ratatosk]

Our primary CF Doctor is an ID specialist, so he prefers a baseline of no cough at DS' age and tends to prescribe ABX. I think at one time when I questioned him about a certain ABX used as a preventative when DS was exposed to someone who was sick, he indicated that Strep could basically destroy lung tissue in a very short time frame.

Local CF clinic tends to not be so apt to prescribe ABX. When I first met the local pulmonologist and he questioned why DS was on Tobi and septra, he told me that ABX weren't necessary and besides, great strides have been made in lung transplantation for when our son was older. DS had cultured pseudo at 3 months and was recovering from bronchitis from an enterbactor choclae bug he brought home from the nicu. Cringe!

 

[Ratatosk]

Our primary CF Doctor is an ID specialist, so he prefers a baseline of no cough at DS' age and tends to prescribe ABX. I think at one time when I questioned him about a certain ABX used as a preventative when DS was exposed to someone who was sick, he indicated that Strep could basically destroy lung tissue in a very short time frame.

Local CF clinic tends to not be so apt to prescribe ABX. When I first met the local pulmonologist and he questioned why DS was on Tobi and septra, he told me that ABX weren't necessary and besides, great strides have been made in lung transplantation for when our son was older. DS had cultured pseudo at 3 months and was recovering from bronchitis from an enterbactor choclae bug he brought home from the nicu. Cringe!

 

[Ratatosk]

Our primary CF Doctor is an ID specialist, so he prefers a baseline of no cough at DS' age and tends to prescribe ABX. I think at one time when I questioned him about a certain ABX used as a preventative when DS was exposed to someone who was sick, he indicated that Strep could basically destroy lung tissue in a very short time frame.
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<br />Local CF clinic tends to not be so apt to prescribe ABX. When I first met the local pulmonologist and he questioned why DS was on Tobi and septra, he told me that ABX weren't necessary and besides, great strides have been made in lung transplantation for when our son was older. DS had cultured pseudo at 3 months and was recovering from bronchitis from an enterbactor choclae bug he brought home from the nicu. Cringe!