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Diagnosed with acute bronchitis & given penicillin but am worried about taking it due to having severe ibs, could the bronchitis go away without meds?

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Dr. Keshab Paudel answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Please see below: Bronchitis are usually viral, they usually get better in 1 week without antibiotics but if your symptoms are severe and got fever, you may need to take antibiotics otherwise you don't need to.

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Answered 5/1/2014

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A member asked:

Diagnosed with acute bronchitis & given penicillin but am worried about taking it due to having severe ibs, could the bronchitis go away without meds?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Keshab Paudel answered

Dr Kaplan and another doctor agreed

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