Doctors say that antibiotics can not help people who have viral infections. But I have noticed that people with these infections, children and adults get instantly better (within 24 hours) when given antibiotics. I realize that these people could have both bacterial and viral infections. But if so, the antibiotics knock out the bacteria leaving the viruses to continue to do their thing against the body. I also realize that viruses don't care what they attack, they attack both bacteria and humans! So, ... what's going on? placebo effect Viruses make tissues more vulnerable to bacterial infections by damaging them. Antibiotics kill off the bacterial infection, which makes the tissues healthier and more able to fight off viral infections. If left alone, most, not all viruses go away naturally on their own with the help of our own immune defenses. By the time someone is taking the antibiotic, attack against these viruses have probably started to kick in, and symptoms seen less severe than initially getting sick.
The only way a doctor can tell if a person has a viral or bacterial infection is by drawing blood and testing it, unless of course you have a case of viral chickenpox, etc. If someone has a virus, antibiotics will not do anything except make you more resistant to antibiotics when you get an infection.
Viruses like flu virus can develop into infection.
A good physician will not prescribe an antibiotic unless your white count is higher than 11. A high infection would be in the range of 22. Then an antibiotic is definitely needed, especially one injected. | 