<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I ve been sick for weeks. It started with a bad sor throat and cold in my chest. I m 74 yrs old and work three days as a nurse in a residential care facilty..Everyone there has had pneumonia, brochitis or some lung problem..We have arouind 40 residents with one nurse and one cna in the evening..I m small - I weigh around 90 but, I m small boned and 5 1 ..I ve worked hard all my life but as I get older its harder to recover from illnesses..I had back surgery in 2009..I fell on the ice and kept working as I didn t think it was as bad as it turned out to be. The back surgery helped but, I still have to have epidurals abouit every three months to keep me going..I m on Avelox 400mg qd..And I m on predisone 40mg x2 wks then 10mg x2 wks. I have this week to go..I ve had a Ct scan of my head..OK I had fluid around my heart which I know isn t good..I had rheumatic fever yrs ago and I have a small murmur and a prolasp mitrial valve which was doing really good until I got sick this year. I talked to my Dr re: another Epidural and he was telling me about a lot of patients coming in with what they thought was back pain and it turned out to be Meningitis..Of couse now I m wodering if this is why I have been so sick and what should I do???  <response>: Hello rearward welcome to Chat Doctor.come have evaluated your query in details . Ave lox containing moxifloxacin can be used for treating sore throat and cold that could lead to bronchitis ; under medical supervision. Issue of meningitis has to be evaluated in details with clinical parameters and results of spinal tap fluid. Wishing you fine recovery. Feel free to ask any further doubts. Regards . 