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How long are you still contagious after starting antibiotics for bacterial pink eye?
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Is strep throat still contagious after 24 hours on antibiotics and white spots are still evident on glands?
If you've been prescribed antibiotics I'm assuming that you tested positive for a bacterial infection. Sometimes you doc will prescribe them anyway (bad idea). Strep can cause tonsillitis and we all know that you wont be contagious after 24 hours of being on antibiotics. If your tonsillitis was caused by a viral infection the antibiotics wont do anything for you except lower your immunity, and you'll still be contagious.
If someone with the Swine Flu is taking antibiotics are they still contagious?
Yes, because antibiotics are not effective on viruses. The Swine Flu (A-H1N1/09 virus) is unaffected by antibiotics and would still be transmissable. Antibiotics are usually only given to someone with a virus if they have already gotten or are considered to be at risk of getting a secondary bacterial infection along with the viral infection. Antibiotics are used to kill bacteria and treat bacterial infections.
Is rsv contagious if the person is on antibiotics?
As far as I know it is still contagious. The antibiotics help the symptoms, they do not cure the RSV. My 4 month old just got over RSV and his pediatritian gave him medicines and told us he was contagious for 8 days from when the symptoms first appeared. I have also heard they are contagious for 10 days from a friend.\ "Antibiotics are not effective treatments for viral illnesses such as RSV infection" That is quoted from the CDC so the answer is not only yes but also antibiotics do nothing for it
How do doctors treat a patient with a bacterial infection?
Most bacterial infections are treatable because most bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics. i.e. Antibiotics kill the bacteria without killing the patient. The other common form of infections, viruses are much harder to "kill" without harming the patient. Antiviral drugs are making progress but they still have a long way to go before they are as effective as antibiotics.
Are you contageous while taking antibiotics?
It depends on what you have. Bacterial infections are usually not very contagious - and I know you have a bacterial infection because antibiotics are useless for viral infections. You need to consult with your doctor and find out if you have something that would easily pass to another person or not.
Can antibiotics prevent HIV?
because HIV is a virus and antibiotics treat bacterial infections.
Is a staph infection contageous?
Yes.You must finish taking all of the antibiotics. Even if your symptoms have begun to clear up and you are feeling better; if you still have antibiotics left than you are likely still contagious.Symptoms often begin to go away before you have completed taking all of the medicine, the virus itself however is normally still present and your body is still fighting it off.
What is a sentence for the word contagious?
This is not a contagious disease.The virus is contagious.
Are you contagious if your dog makes you sick?
Yes you are still contagious.
How long are you contagious for after being diagnosed with strep throat and after you start taking medication?
The germs that caused the virus are still in you and reproducing for most of the time you are on antibiotics. The anitbiotics kill them. As they die, they're numbers dwindle, but are still there, so you are still contagious until all the antibiotic is gone and the doctor confirms the virus is gone. It is important to use all the prescribed antibiotic--to be sure to kill off all the germs. If not, some may be left and start reproducing again, thus you'd have to start all over with the antibiotics.
Is croup still contagious if you are on antibiotic?
till symptom are showing it is contagious
Why does doctors still prescribe antibiotics for a flu infection?
You cannot. Antibiotics are only for treating or preventing bacterial infections. Since the flu is caused by a virus, antibiotics have no effect and have been shown time and again to make no difference on the duration or severity of a viral infection (Influenza is a virus). There are antiviral medications but usually the best therapy is time.
