My almost 3 year old son and I have been sick for about 3 days now, just with the common cold. I took him in for a check up and his doctor could tell he was sick and said she wanted to put him on antibiotics for the fluid in his lungs to prevent a respatory infection like pneumonia. This was the first time we’ve met with this doctor, he doesn’t have a specific doctor he sees because the way they run their clinics they switch doctors with people often (I don’t get it either) I gave him the antibiotic dose but when I looked it up later (azithromycin) I read antibiotics will not work for colds because it’s used to treat bacterial infections, not viral infections and it shouldn’t be given for colds because it increases the risk of getting an infection later that resists antibiotic treatment. I’m suppose to give my child this 3 more days but I don’t want to give him medicine that won’t help that could make him antibiotic resistant. What are your thoughts? I’m suppose to give it to him tonight but I don’t know if I will.
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The doctor told you
To give him that because of fluid in the lungs not a cold. What is the point I’m bringing your child to the doctor if youre not going to listen to them. I’d rather listen to a doctor than Google
You said the doctor prescribed the antibiotics for fluid in the lungs so if you don’t want to bother to give your son the medication then why did you bring your son to the doctors? You do realize that many medications are good for more then one thing right? I think it would be smart to give him the medication to get his lungs cleared up.
The meds is not for the cold it is for the fluid they heard in his lungs that left untreated can cause more serious illnesses why bring him to the doctor if you are going to discard what he thinks is best
Fluids in the lungs can become very serious he needs antibiotics before it gets worse
It sounds like maybe the doctor is concerned that the viral cold is turning into a bacterial respiratory issue. Which is why they prescribed a small dose of antibiotics. If you don’t want to give the meds I get that I would just get a chest decongestant and start giving it. Did you ask the doctor why they were prescribing those meds? And unless you regularly give antibiotics when they aren’t necessary then I wouldn’t stress too much. But I would give a probiotic while they’re on the antibiotics.
Listen to the doctor, please. He is not being treated for a cold with antibiotics he is being treated for the fluid in his lungs which can be a very serious thing. And I know because some of my children and myself have dealt with lung problems for many years.
Fluid in lungs seems legit to give medication to help prevent, he wasn’t diagnosed with a cold
The cold isn’t the problem. Fluid on the lungs is.
My personal opinion is if the dr says he has fluid on his lungs you should give him his medicine, you could follow through with a call to dr on Monday and express your concerns about the medicine prescribed. Pneumonia is horrible for an adult, I can’t even imagine a small child going through it, make sure he sleeps elevated, cup your hand and pat his back several times a day to loosen, I pray he is well soon 
You should finish the antibiotic if you started it cause stopping without finishing is also bad. Yes antibiotics won’t help with viral infections but it sounds like his doctor is worried about possible pneumonia. And antibiotics will help prevent a secondary infection of pneumonia.
??? The medicine is because he has fluid in his lungs (which isn’t supposed to be there). Licensed practitioner > google.
If your child has fluid in his lungs, he already has pneumonia, fluid in the lungs is the very definition of pneumonia. So yes, your child needs the med.
Listen to what the doctor said and finish the antibiotics, starting with a dose or two and stopping is just as likely to lead to antibiotic resistance as giving the full course. You were worried enough to take your child to the doctor and get antibiotics, so you should finish what you were given and listen to the doctor.
Is this a joke 
Baby has fluid in lungs, that is super super serious. He needs medicine to clear it up. If medicine not giving will cause it to get worse. Then he be in hospital for few days .
No. Antibiotics will not help a cold.
!!HOWEVER!! Viruses (like colds) can turn into bacterial infections.
I’ve developed bacterial infections from viruses.
A few years ago I had a cold. I didn’t treat it (because cold meds knock me out)…I continued to work (because it was just a cold). I remember getting to a point where I literally fell asleep on the floor at work. (I didn’t pass out but I sat down because I was taking a break and fell asleep)
I went to take my son to occupational therapy and I could barely walk in the building.
Thankfully OT was connected to a walk in clinic. My son’s ot made me go get looked at. The doc gave me a nebulizer treatment at the office and straight up told me if my lungs didn’t sound better then they were shipping me to the hospital.
Even still I had to be on an inhaler and strong antibiotics.
From the time I started running a fever to the point of getting that bad was three days.
If you don’t feel right giving him the medication you shouldn’t. Just put it to the side till you need it. Or go get another doctor’s opinion
He has fluid on his lungs. Give it to him before that fluid turns to pneumonia. I get pneumonia every single year. It is not easy as an adult, I can’t imagine it being easy for a toddler.
It’s for the fluid on his lungs not the cold my so has to have for fluid on his kidneys if cold goes on longer than 10 days
If the doctor’s office is anything like the one my grandkids go to there are many doctors in there and you get switched around every now and then but they have one main doctor that’s over all of them they keep files of your child so no matter which doctor you end up talking to they have the file of everything on your child 9-year-old grandchild has asthma been going to the same doctor’s office like you described all his life they always have a file know what medications he’s on any problems he’s had just trying to use your mind a little about thinking he hasn’t seen this doctor before
Give him the medicine. Poor baby, hope he feels better soon
If you don’t feel ok giving meds then go to a new doctor
She is being proactive in preventing pneumonia.
I don’t get some of the questions .give your son his medicine lord how old are you 10
Facebook needs an eyeroll emoji…for when you want to respond but don’t feel like typing out a whole ass response.
I swear they need to make people take a test before having kids. 
U LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONAL… 
Really not that hard 
If in doubt consult with another doctor!
My gosh listen to the Dr this time…
Did you go to medical school?
Give it to him. As soon as the fluid is there it is beyond a common cold.
Medical student here, we just finished covering antibiotics a few semesters ago, babies and old people are given antibiotics for such things because they are prone to secondary infections (especially with fluid in their lungs!) like pneumonia which you definitely do not want! Respiratory distress is the number one reason for need for cpr in babies. Please please please give the baby the antibiotics, and if the baby develops a resistance to azithromycin (which they won’t with just one round of doses) then there are other antibiotics that your baby can take in the future. Plus, stopping antibiotics is worse for developing a resistance!
The antibiotic isn’t FOR the cold, it’s to prevent pneumonia due to the fluid buildup in his lungs. Listen to the doctor.
I personally would give it to him. She said it was for the fluid building up in his lungs not the cold. The fluid build could be what’s causing the other symptoms or it could be a symptom of the cold.
Last year i got covid which caused me to have pneumonia in my right lung. The doc gave me a antibiotic for the pneumonia not the covid. The antibiotic helped me body fight the pneumonia so i didn’t have to be on breathing treatments or hospitalized. Luckily we caught it early enough i was able to take the prescription at home. ( i’m not saying your son has covid or pneumonia btw, im just saying the antibiotics were probably subscribed to help prevent something like pneumonia from developing from the fluid she heard in his lungs.
If he doesn’t improve after you finish the antibiotics dosage then take him back to the doctor.
It’s not a common cold if he has pneumonia. Pneumonia is a bacterial respiratory infection. A cold is a virus and can not be cleared by antibiotics
Do as the doctor told you…
You have to weight your options, have the fluid in the lungs possibly turn into pneumonia and risk respiratory arrest, or listen to the dr an give the antibiotic to prevent any complications and possible lung damage.
You don’t need to be a person’s regular dr to know what to prescribe to someone with (I’m guessing bronchitis). The “Mycin” medication is normal to be prescribed for infections. You only become resistant if you’re constantly taking antibiotics.
It stop it from Going into a secondary infection
He probably has pneumonia which is why they gave him antibiotics.
Adverse reactions to antibiotics is extremely rare and most who develop resistance to them are usually people who use them consistently.
You can NOT leave this untreated. It will get worse.
The dr gave him the medicine for fluid in his lungs NOT for the cold. I would still give him the medicine
If she suspects he is bad enough for it to turn to a bacterial pneumonia then I probably would, trust me, my son had it at 1 and it lasted 3 months, it was crazy. But if something is going on in his lungs he could have bronchitis starting up which that antibiotic is good for, a virus can come with secondary bacterial infections as well, she likely doesn’t know for sure that he has a virus/ cold and is being safe
Pneumonia is usual bacterial so the antibiotics are ok. Antibiotic are not effective on viruses.
Antibiotics is not going to hurt ur child ( unless he was allergic to them ) listen to the doctor.
I don’t know. What do doctors
Know ? Let’s ask random idiots on the internet instead.
Why even go to the doctors if you think you know more than them?
He has fluid on his lungs it’s not just a cold give the poor baby the meds so he doesn’t get pneumonia
Sounds like you shouldnt alone with any child ever, of course you give the medication! Your asking if you should abuse your child cause you used Google🤦🏽♀️
Yes let’s not listen to the doctor and why it was prescribed
give it bad outcome your fault
You are the one that diagnosed your child with “a common cold” the educated doctors said there is fluid in your child’s lungs. Why the hell wouldn’t you listen and give that poor child the medicine.
Your doctor didn’t provide the antibiotics for a cold, they provided them to nip the resulting bacterial infection in the bud. Give your child the medication as directed.
Please don’t ask people on Facebook for medical advice. You went to a doctor’s office for medical advice so follow the doctors advice. Give your child the medication the doctor prescribed!!!
So your going to listen to random people on Facebook instead of a doctor?
I would get a second opinion , antibiotics , are not for viruses , bacterial only
Give him the meds. You do not want this to turn into pneumonia. Listen to the Dr’s. Yes you can become immune to antibiotics (I’m warned all the time because I am constantly having to be on them for chronic infections) but it’s going to take more than 1 prescription of it. Forget the fact that he has a cold, but more so that this “simple cold” can turn dangerous and deadly. Listen to a real Dr and not Dr Google.
Jesus give him the medicine and font have any more children. He literally TOLD YOU WHY he needed it
It sounds like you are questioning things more because you don’t trust the care your child is receiving because you don’t have a working relationship with a single provider there. I would start looking for a pediatrician’s practice that can see your child consistently and assign your child’s care to a single provider. I also would finish the medication course out as recommended.
If you are not going to do what the Dr tells you,why go. He had his reasons,probably to prevent it from turning Bacterial.
With fluid in the lungs it can turn to bacterial quickly. Unless he takes antibiotics constantly, one round of antibiotics is not going to cause resistance.
Pnumonia can be bacterial
Fluid in the lungs is where bacteria breeds and grows and turns into pneumonia or worse. The antibiotics is considered prophylactic and will kill any bacteria gathering in the lungs anyway d allow baby to be able to clear the lungs Without infection progressing. Pneumonia and children is very very dangerous and has a lifelong effect including lung scarring and damage.
Sorry but fluid in lungs is not a cold.
Just stopping a antibiotic and not finishing it as prescribed is also not good. Call the office and express your concerns, maybe ask them to explain why they prescribed that medication.
Call the doctor’s office. Do not seek medical advice online.
seems like it’s a preventative dosage used to prevent things like the pneumonia. my daughter had to take a preventative dose from 6 weeks old to about 3 years old every day.
I would simple because all these new colds are causing alot of harm in children, alot of kids are ending up in hospital… but you are the mom
If you already started with the medication then give the entire dose prescribed. It’s not good to just give some of it because the antibodies start building up and causes resistance to the medication in the future. If you have questions about needing the medication I would encourage you to speak to the Doctor himself
If I went to a doctor and they gave my child medication, I would give it to my kid… or else why would you go… also lots of medications have more than one purpose and may not be on line…
See another doctor and get a second opinion