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Suggest Treatment For Intermittent Fever And Dry Cough
My wife is 59 and had been running an off and on low grade fever (no higher than 101.5) for 10 days with no other noticeable symptoms. She has now developed a persistent, sometimes semi-uncontrollable dry cough to go along with the on and off fever for the past 5 days. She has now had the intermittent fever for 15 days. Any ideas?
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
Hi there,
It would seem that she may have contracted a bacterial chest infection, which will necessitate a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. At her age, she might never get a fever higher than what she has been having, and two weeks is long enough for us to worry.
You would need to go to your local doctor's for a prescription for the antibiotics, and he may well advise for a chest X-ray just to have a look at how bad the infection is. It would also be useful to rule out nastier things like tuberculosis.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Dr. Teh
It would seem that she may have contracted a bacterial chest infection, which will necessitate a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. At her age, she might never get a fever higher than what she has been having, and two weeks is long enough for us to worry.
You would need to go to your local doctor's for a prescription for the antibiotics, and he may well advise for a chest X-ray just to have a look at how bad the infection is. It would also be useful to rule out nastier things like tuberculosis.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Dr. Teh
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