Today, i am struggling psychologically.
I have been off work for a while, now have ear and throat infection. I was trying to avoid antibiotics, but now, GP has advised me take them
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Get well soon 
Any idea how you got the infections?
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Iām guessing during recovery from her COVID infection, from all the coughing her throat and sinuses were inflamed and other bacteria were able to take over.
Not advisable, restraints on antibiotics are already in place no need for us to avoid them. They are a very effective medication when the correct antibotic/s are used against the bacteria they are recommended for.
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That true but they are also not without their side effects.
I prefer not to take them. There is increasing evidence that the microbiome has a huge impact on your general wellbeing. and mental health Recent study showed athletes have a huge drop off in performance. In mice there is a 21% decereasing in running capacity 2 weeks after their last treatment of antiboitics.
I know with my wife, when she takes antiboitics it take months afterwards for her stomach to settle back down to normal.
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Last time I took some they disrupted my bowel movements for months, only just getting back to ānormalā after about 4 months. Then it was a high dose of augmentin. I didnāt have any problems taking Dioxycycline for 18 months, then I did know what I was doing.
Itās funny you metion mental health and antibiotics as one of the things that they did was empty pyschiatric hospitals. In our perception they are overshadowed by vaccines but historically they were almost as important, if not more important.
As you might know I suffered from Lyme disease for over 15 years, so your not going to convince me that antibiotics are overused now. 
The thing is if you let a bacteria install you risk so much more!
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Very true. I suffer from arthritis which I can still function quite normally because of the cocktail of medicines I take. It started 25 years ago with a pain in my heel. Within a week I was bedridden and unable to move. My GP acted quickly and after blood tests I was visited at home by a consultant rheumatology specialist who told me that it had all been caused by a stomach bug. He said that a couple of months earlier Iād ingested the bug through badly prepared food and Iād had food poisoning.
I couldnāt recall being ill, but he assured me that I had been. Over the years Iāve been on different medications to enable be to get about and live normally. Some of the meds Iām on I take to counter the side effects of others that I need to take. 
About a year after being diagnosed I caught up with my TA mates who Iād not seen in that time. We were having a pint and one of the lads got up to get the round in. One of the others told him not to $h1t himself and everyone laughed. I was puzzled and asked what they meant? It turned out that a couple of months prior to my becoming ill, Iād been away on our annual camp. These things are normally two weeks long, but because of work commitments I started my ācampā a week before the rest and finished in the middle of the two weeks. After Iād gone back to work there was an outbreak of food poisoning. Nige, the lad they were laughing about had actually soiled himself.
I think that because I never had the outward symptoms that maybe the bug hung around inside me and caused the āreactiveā arthritis?
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@Commando I think it was the pseudo rhumatoid arthritis that was my worst Lyme disease symptom (even if others caused heart attacks, pseudo ATCās and very disturbing mental problems). That pain through the whole body when you took a step, every joint from foot to head. Just so disabling (I was so mentally disorientated it didnāt sink in at the time but looking back it really was hell.
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This thread is just like standing in the queue, outside the Post Office.
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I canāt speak for @Flobs, but Iām an old man and am entitled to talk/write about my ailments. And as for you @WooltonRed you just be quiet while I get my pension and pay for my gas, electric and water in loose change before getting a quarter of sherbert lemons and telling the nice lady behind the counter how well my Son is doing in his new job. 
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Standing and waiting behind the āPurple Rinseā brigade has got to be the worst queue there isā¦ ever!
Yeah, the science behind probiotics arenāt great, but one of the areas where the data is good is after a bout of antibiotics.
I think patients should be prudent over antibiotic use acknowledging that Drs will often prescribe them as a CYA measure, sometimes knowing they wont work but using them as placebo. This is not harmless. But they are a literal life saving medication, one of the biggest advancement in medicine weāve ever made. Just use wisely. Unfortunately, the conditions caused by a respiratory virus that wont go away can promote secondary bacterial infection and so it can be prudent to start on a course antibiotics after a chest infection just in case.
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Just had a proper night out with the missus at this place
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Looks awesome.
Were you the elephant in the room?
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Actually I have a question, is your nick because of your past profession or your preferred dress code?
There was a thread on TIA back in the day where we explained where our usernames came from.
Hereās mine. I was in the Merseyside branch of the Royal Marines Reserve (RMR). I passed my Commando (CDO) course on 4th July 1986. After the birth of my Son probably the proudest moment of my life.
I did also enjoy Arnieās Commando film, but never go commando in my dress code.
Which reminds me, I need new underpants. The one pair that I own has holes in the knees.
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This is what happens with Grammar when you post at night 
Edit - fixed
Or spelling when you post in the morning?
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