Can a viral cold turn into a bacteria infection? - General Health Message Board

shorty03906 · 01-31-2009, 12:10 AM

I have been feeling drained for 2 weeks. I went to the doctor, he told me that I had a viral cold. Today feels worse. My head hurts when I cough and I have really bad sinus pressure that makes me want to cry.

AuntieLeela · 01-31-2009, 03:23 AM

Yes, they often do. Oddly colored (green or yellow) nasal or lung mucus is a dead giveaway. Go back to your doc, even if it isn't bacterial he can give you a better prescription for your sinusitis.

[url]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sinusitis.html[/url]

AnnD · 01-31-2009, 03:34 AM

If you are running a fever and liquids are a greenish gunk being coughed up or blown out then you have bacterial.

shorty03906 · 01-31-2009, 10:01 AM

So far I dont have any yellowish or green getting coughed up or in my nose. My doctor told me that it cant turn into a bacteria infection. Wat would be good for me to take so I can get rid of the cough and sleep at night? Thnxs for the help.

Forensicmom · 01-31-2009, 10:03 AM

Sorry but your doctor is wrong. This has happened to me and my children many times. We start out with a cold with congestion and from the congestion lingering too long, it gets infected. I've had MANY sinus infections after having a cold. They are bacterial. The same thing with my kids ear infections.

Maybe the virus doesn't turn into a bacterial but it can lead to one.