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What secondary bacterial infections can a person get with a common cold?
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Colds make the upper respiratory system less resistant to bacterial infection. Secondary bacterial infection may lead to middle ear infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinus infection, or strep throat.
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Can bacterial endocarditis be caused by the flu?
Yes as an opportunistic (secondary) infection when the immune system is fighting the flu virus and has trouble dealing with bacterial infections at the same time. Weakened immune systems can allow people to get bacterial infections more easily. But the person still must be exposed to the bacteria that causes the infection and inflammation of the inner lining of the heart (which is called the endocardium). Endocarditis also can affect the heart valves. Prevention is the best medicine! Get your flu vaccination!
Who found the pencillin vaccine?
Penicillin is a type of antibiotic that is prescribed to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Alexander Fleming is the person who found the penicillin vaccine in 1928.
What can cause infections?
Athletes foot
What is the inflammation of the voicebox is called?
This is also known as laryngitis, Laryngitis is usually caused by a virus or occurs in people who overuse their voice. Occasionally, a person may develop laryngitis from bacterial infections, and rarely, from infections such as tuberculosis,syphilis, or a fungal infection.
Will antibiotics help you recover from the flu quicker?
The flu is caused by a virus (viruses). Antibiotics ONLY treat bacterial infections. Therefore, an antibiotic will do absolutely nothing for a person with the flu.
What infections are common in AIDS patients?
AIDS patients are susceptible to a variety of infections, commonly known as opportunitistic infections. They are so named because the infections take advantage of a person's weakened immune system to strike.Among the most common infections are:Kaposi's SarcomaPneumocystis carinii pneumoniaOral thrushHerpes
What is the medical term meaning inflammatory skin reaction characterized by intense itching predisposing the person to secondary infections and long-term chronic lichenification?
eczema
What color is phlegm in a cold versus the flu?
Both colds and flu are caused by viruses. The color of the phlegm in respiratory viral infections such as these is very similar. If there is a secondary bacterial infection on top of the virus, the phlegm color may be darker and more greenish/yellow, but that is not always the case as symptoms can vary widely from person to person and microbe to microbe. See the related question below for differences in the cold and flu symptoms.
What is a bacterial infection?
a viral infection is like the flu and mononucleosis combined. you have the same symptoms that you would have with the flu. but it isn't the flu. to find out more ask you doctor at your next appointment or call and ask the person that answers the phone. hope this helps or helped you a little. you might think i am crazy but i got diagnosed with the viral infection yesturday, 02-12-2009. i have had to miss 4 days so far and maybe more. so hoped this helped. thx for taking the time to read, Anna on wikianswers.com
What bacterial agent is contagious person to person?
THC
Is are caused by which attacks the immune system so that the infected person is weakened and cannot fight off common infections?
Aids; hiv.
Is it ok to take metronidazole with penicillin vk?
Yes, it is a common combination of antibiotics used to treat dental infections.
