valerie22

I have been sick for the last three weeks. The second week of september, I had a common cold, last week it developed into a bacterial sinus infection (at least that is what the doc told me it was). He placed me on this antibiotic Sandoz-Azithromycin which is part of the macrolide family.

My symptoms are a sore throat for at least two days, a chronic cough which comes in bursts. there is often mucus that comes up from the lungs whether it is a greenish brown or clear which is more predominant in the morning when i first wake up. The lymph glands in my neck were sore and it was painful to swallow things whether it was food, water or saliva.

I took the medication for its full time being prescribed and suffered some of the side effects, which were nasea and diarrhea. My boyfriend caught the same bacterial infection that i had.

As of sunday morning when i woke up to go to work, i started feeling the same symptoms. sore throat and cough that comes in short bursts and when i do cough, mucus is released and sometimes the cough is so long that i would struggle to breathe.

Is it possible in developing the same infection twice? If so, what should i do? contact my family physican even though it is difficult to get into see him.

I have taken cough syrup, halls and other means on supressing the cough, nothing seems to work. I took the anitbiotic for the full course that it was prescribed. It's a vicious cycle. What can i do in the time being?