Comment on Tuesday SOTD Thread - January 14th, 2025 (#583)
DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social 6 days agoI unfortunately have to chime in here with some nursing-related “well, ackshually 🤓”: if it’s actually a virus but it’s treated with antibiotics, this doesn’t do any good. Perhaps only to prevent secondary infections with bacteria in the best case; worst case, it makes more germs resilient against antibiotics. The name “antibiotics” is kinda misleading. Antibacterial, yes indeed. But they do jack shit about viruses or even fungus infections.
A good way to determine if it’s a viral or bacterial infection is funnily by taking a closer look at your snot: clear and transparent indicates virus, green or yellowish indicates bacteria.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 days ago
Ah, thank you. I always get that mixed up. The doc on the phone did mention “secondary thingy”.
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My snot is dark yellowish.
DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social 5 days ago
There’s unfortunately no clear distinction if bacteria or viruses are more contagious. There are some rather harmless viruses like rhinovirus - it causes a runny nose or in the worst case a common cold. Then there’s stuff like Influenza or the Delta variant of Covid: very contagious and very lethal for vulnerable groups. Bacteria can vary from pretty mild to very harsh ones like MRSA.
You definitely did your due diligence by waiting so long and honestly, I really feel bad for you. Sounds like it’s mostly bacterial or at least a lot of inflammation going on. I guess the doc suspects a superinfection - where bacteria lay on top of a viral infection, causing it to be a very drawn out affair (or in some cases deadly) like often seen with pneumonia. Hope you’ll get well soon! 🍀