Autumn viruses/ Doctor Kalo, advice to citizens: Do not self-medicate, be careful with antibiotics

2023-10-09 08:59:00, Shëndeti CNA

Autumn viruses/ Doctor Kalo, advice to citizens: Do not self-medicate, be

Doctor Tritan Kalo

Doctor Tritan Kalo has given some advice to the citizens, who may be affected by the viruses of the autumn season.

Through a status on social networks, Kalo says that citizens should not take medicine at the pharmacy without first consulting a doctor.

He states that one should be careful with the use of antibiotics, as he states that they are not antiviral.

The doctor emphasizes that self-medication should not be done in any case, as he emphasizes that the frequent use of antibiotics reduces their effectiveness due to the increase in bacterial resistance.

Advice from doctor Tritan Kalo:

Happy week to our fellow countrymen inside and outside the tree lands... Reminder... Autumn is accompanied by other seasonal viral or bacterial infections, also with frequent tonsils/angina or tonsils as they are known by the people... Fluctuations in temperatures and returns to school banks with the addition of daily life contacts, enable the appearance and spread of this infection... Do not run directly to the pharmacy to start their medication without first consulting a doctor... In over 70% of them, tonsil infections are of viral origin, which does not at all justify starting an antibacterial/antibiotic in such cases… Antibiotics are not antiviral…

If we have three elements combined: 1- high temperature above 38 degrees Celsius, 2- the presence of pus/pus on the tonsils, and 3- the growth of lymph glands under the jaw, sensitive to the touch, it becomes justifiable to start a the antibiotic... Since streptococci are their most frequent causes, an antibiotic of the large family of beta-lactams and cephalosporins is sufficient... The duration of taking this antibiotic is important, of not less than 7 days, but not more than 10 days combined with probiotics, fever reducers (alternating Paracetamol with Ibubrufen), throat disinfectants (aerosol Jodex, Golapiol, etc.), vitamin therapy (Vitamin B complex, C, etc.)...

The inappropriate use of antibiotics/antibacterials, especially in recent years during the Covid-19 pandemic, has favored the reduction of their effectiveness due to the increase in bacterial resistance... Antibiotics are "an important treasure of humanity" in its battles against bacterial infections, so one must be very careful with such a valuable treasure... No self-medication.../ CNA