Kateri antibiotik za angino

Customer question:

Which antibiotic is most suitable for the treatment of angina? Question from an anonymous customer

Pharmacist's answer:

If a bacterial infection causes angina, your doctor will prescribe various antibiotics. Penicillin, taken by mouth for ten days, is the most common antibiotic treatment prescribed for angina caused by group A streptococcus. If you are allergic to penicillin, your doctor will prescribe an alternative antibiotic.

Whether a viral or bacterial infection causes angina, home care strategies can provide comfort and promote an easier recovery. If a virus is the expected cause of angina, these strategies are the only treatment, as your doctor will not prescribe antibiotics in this case.

Home care strategies include the following tactics:

• Rest: sleep and rest give your body time to regenerate, which is especially important when you are sick. Specific immune processes during sleep can boost your body's ability to fight disease.

• Drink plenty of fluids: staying hydrated allows your body to circulate blood more freely, which makes it easier for white blood cells to fight viruses.

• Get healthy food and drink: Warm liquids such as soup, tea, or warm water with honey and cold foods such as ice cream, puddings, and smoothies can soothe a sore throat.

• Gargling salt water: Gargling salt water containing 1/2 teaspoon of table salt per cup of warm water helps soothe a sore throat.

• Humidification: use a humidifier to eliminate dry air in a room that can further irritate an irritated throat. You can also sit in a steam-filled bathroom for a few minutes.

• Licking lozenges: lozenges with natural plant and fruit extracts or essential oils help relieve pain and irritation in sore throat. Reach for quality pastilles.

• Avoid irritants: keep your home free of cigarette smoke and cleaning agents that can irritate the throat.

• Treat pain and fever: Ask your doctor about using ibuprofen or paracetamol to reduce sore throat and control fever. A low-grade fever without the pain usually does not require treatment.

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