Julies husband has not been feeling well for the past 10 days. He has congestion in his lungsand has been very tired. She talked him into going to the doctor a week ago when histemperature was 101o F. The doctor gave him some oral amoxicillin, which he took faithfullyuntil it was gone. But she still thinks he looks sick.Julie, Doug, and their 3-year-old daughter have just moved to Ohio from Arizona. Doug is apark ranger and he loves his job, but for the past three days he has felt too sick to go to work.His respiratory symptoms have not improved. Julie makes an appointment for him with herdoctor.
Hi thanks for contacting Chat Doctor. Noted here after antibiotic use presence of fever and cough.... So your respiratory examination first done for CREPS .... You might have ...-bacterial lobar pneumonia consolidation-interstitial pneumonia-bronchitis -bronchiolitis etc.... So for that chest x-ray done. If consolidation seen accordingly suitable antibiotic given ... If still no recovery sputum examination can be done for fungal examination and culture.Meanwhile, avoid smoking and resp irritant related to work for few days. Keep these in mind and consult doc for it. Chat Doctor.