hello,
I was wondering if someone could please answer my question because i'm really really sick and starting to get a bit worried. Three weeks ago I went to the doctors and they told me I had acute bronchitis after giving me a chest x-ray and I was given 250mg of azithromycin to take for five days to treat it. The problem is i never took the medicine and now three weeks later i feel worse than ever.
Orginally, I had a dry cough, no fever, no body aches but i did have sharp pain when i took a deep breath but i did have blood streaked sputum.
Now three weeks later i have a very productive cough and sputum that is either clear, dark yellow, or rusty looking, I do have a sight fever, with extreme body aches and no energy. My cough feels like it is very deep now and for some odd reason i am itching. Anyway so I got the prescription filled and have been taking it for four days now and i do not feel better, if anything i feel worse and now my nose is running nonstop.
So I guess my question is why are the antibiotics not working at all, could this be viral? I'm really hoping I do not have strap or phenomia. I do smoke alot also. Do maybe i need a stronger antibiotic but this i am not sure as azithromycin usually is quite effective for chest infections and I believe i am at quite a high dosage. I guess i'm just a bit worried as this is the first time in my life i have had antibiotics not work. Should i go to the doctors again?
Thank you for your help