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My ent dr telling me with my throat it is a yeast infection but don't need antibiotics cause won't help much? is this ok? seems weird..

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Ok: Yeast are yeast and killed by medicines that kill yeast. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria and bacteria are not the same things as yeast. Antibiotics, by killing bacteria (which often times fight yeast) actually can make yeast grow more. That's why after antibiotics frequently people develop yeast infections.

Dr Livingston and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/12/2013

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