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Acute lower respitory infection

  • 17-01-2019 9:17pm
    #1
    The Darkroom
    Registered Users Posts: 288 ✭✭


    A doctor has diagnosed me with this and told me I've pneumonia basically and that I'm over the worst of it by the time I got to him. So He gave me 500mg amoxcillan and inhaler and told me to come back to him in 2 days.

    I did come back to him and he said just to continue with the antibiotics.

    Some of my relatives have found it strange I wasn't sent straight to A&E for a scan to see what exactly is happening as listening to the chest with a stethoscope and checking oxygen blood levels wouldn't suffice.

    At the time he first saw me my blood oxygen was at 94 and 92 would mean I'd have to go to hospital. I went back to him two days later and my blood levels were up to 99 again but could that have been because I puffed an inhaler 15 minutes before going in?

    I don't know should I go to A&E?


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  • #2
    thomasdylan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 514 ✭✭✭thomasdylan


    The Darkroom wrote: »
    A doctor has diagnosed me with this and told me I've pneumonia basically and that I'm over the worst of it by the time I got to him. So He gave me 500mg amoxcillan and inhaler and told me to come back to him in 2 days.

    I did come back to him and he said just to continue with the antibiotics.

    Some of my relatives have found it strange I wasn't sent straight to A&E for a scan to see what exactly is happening as listening to the chest with a stethoscope and checking oxygen blood levels wouldn't suffice.

    At the time he first saw me my blood oxygen was at 94 and 92 would mean I'd have to go to hospital. I went back to him two days later and my blood levels were up to 99 again but could that have been because I puffed an inhaler 15 minutes before going in?

    I don't know should I go to A&E?


    Someone on the Internet who has never seen you can't tell you what to do.
    If you're concerned or feeling worse contact your GP.
    Your relatives are wrong anyway if they think every respiratory tract infection needs a scan.


  • #3
    Kurtosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Kurtosis


    Mod note

    Medical advice isn't permitted on boards, if you want these questions addressed you should consult with you GP.


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