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A member asked:
Swollen glands and red throat the and the amoxicillin didn't help so the doctor just gave me a stonger one but no test was done he just said infection?
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May be viral: You may just have a viral infection which is not treated by antibiotics, only supportive care and time. But you may also have a bacterial infection that wasn't sensitive to the amoxicillin.
Answered 9/11/2013
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Infection: Physicians often recur to so called empirical treatment which is based on presumption that the presentation made by the patient is consistent with this or that. In your case your physician on a more probable than not basis thought that your case represents infection (bacterial) and that's what led him to give you 2 abx. The case, though, may be that it's not bacterial infection!
Answered 3/24/2020
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