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My 3 year old is on antibiotics, she has been well for 3 days now, we are still giving her the medicine. should we finish it all?
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Yes: It is wonderful that you are seeing improvement. However, the timing of recommended treatment is based on eliminating the germ, not on how fast they respond. That timing is based on intensive lab studies. Stop to soon & residual germs may re-infect or a drug resistant germ may develop.
Answered 9/12/2019
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