Antibiotics for colds

Almost every adult gets sick of cold approximately 1-2 times a year. If the disease runs without complications, it lasts 5-7 days. Viral infection is contagious and transmitted through the air when in contact with the patient. If the treatment is not started on time, the situation becomes more complicated, the illness is delayed and passes into an acute stage. Immunity of the body weakens and can not cope with the virus itself. The bacterial background joins, and here it is already necessary to treat the cold with antibiotics.

However, one should not "prescribe" to oneself drugs, having seen enough advertising on TV - competent consultation of an experienced specialist is needed so that he assesses the severity of the disease and the location of the bacteria in the examination and analysis, and, taking this into account, prescribed what antibiotics to drink when cold in this particular case.

How to determine whether to start to be treated with antibiotics?

There are certain signs that the virus infection grows into a bactericidal one, and it's time to think about a radical change in treatment with antibacterial antibiotics:

1. After 5-7 days treatment of acute respiratory viral infection, overall health deteriorates.
2. Cough not only does not pass, but it also intensifies.
3. Appears short of breath, when breathing pain in the chest.
4. The pain in the throat increases, there is a raid on the tonsils.
5. The temperature does not drop, but, on the contrary, after 5-6 days it rises to 38-39 degrees.
6. Discharge from the nose does not decrease and from the transparent become cloudy, yellowish-green.
7. When expectoration is also sputum and yellowish-green.
8. The sense of smell is lost.
9. When there is no runny nose there is a nasal voice.
10. The head starts to hurt in the forehead, the whole face, with tilts forward or lying down, the pain intensifies.
11. There is a pain in the ears, with pressure on the tragus, it increases, or even out of the ear fluid flows.
12. Inflamed and enlarged cervical lymph nodes.
13. Urine becomes turbid with sediment.
14. In feces appears mucus, sometimes even pus or blood.

What are the complications of colds?

Once you feel the first signs of respiratory infection - do not put it on your feet, contact your doctor. The specialist will prescribe the necessary treatment for a viral infectious disease, which in time will prevent the onset of unwanted complications of the common cold, such as:

• acute bronchitis;
• pneumonia;
• purulent sore throat;
• quinsy;
• otitis;
• pharyngitis;
• sinusitis;
• frontitis;
• pleurisy;
• purulent lymphadenitis;
• laryngotracheitis .

All these complications of colds are indications for immediate connection of antibiotics.

What antibiotics can I take with a cold and cough?

In order to know exactly which antibiotics against cold to prescribe in this case, you need a correct diagnosis, since antibiotics are divided into groups in which each is individually called upon to act on a specific type of bacterium.

Antibiotics for colds - names

In case of a cold, ENT organs use the following antibiotics:

1. Ampicillin, Augmentin, Amoxicillin - penicillin group, is prescribed in the treatment of angina, frontitis, pharyngitis, etc.
2. Clarithromycin, Azithromycin, Roxithromycin - a group of macrolides, gives an effect in the treatment of otitis media, pharyngitis, sinusitis.
3. Cefatoxime, Ceftriaxone, Cefatoxime - group cephalosporins, is prescribed for severe forms of ENT disease.
4. Morsifloxacin, levofloxacin - a group of fluoroquinolones, are also effective in inflammation of the otorhinolaryngological organs - otitis media, pharyngitis and others.

With inflammation of the respiratory tract, antibiotics are prescribed for colds:

1. Avelox, Levofloxacin - antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia - from the penicillin group.
2. Supraks, Zinnat, Zinacef - in the treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia from the group of cephalosporins.
3. Hemomycin, Sumamed - for the treatment of atypical pneumonia - from the group of macrolides.