Hi,
Now I understand that that is a vague question, and will probably give me an answer such as "1-7 Days", but "generally" how long do they take to at least make you feel slightly better(i.e. most of the time within 24 hours you should notice improvement)? I feel absolutely terrible, I've never felt like this before except maybe when I had glandular fever, so I feel like I have to do something.
I have been feeling unwell since saturday, with mainly a chronic non-productive cough. On occassion I have produced some orange phlegm, and I have been feverish. I went to the doctor yesterday and he noted gloomily that I have some pus on my throat on the right side and a temperature.
He said it was a bacterial infection, and gave me some amoxicilin. Now I know not even 24 hours is a pretty short amount of time for antibiotics to work, but today I feel the same, if not worse than yesterday. I'm really light headed, overnight I was freezing cold (got up and put a tracksuit on to sleep in), and now I have pus on both sides of my throat! Last night, my sleep was just as bad as previous nights.
So, basically, how long do you think I should give it? I'm getting battered here. Otherwise I might roll on (stumble on) down to a and e and get some proper tests etc. Any other tips? I'm downing ibruprofen, paracetamol and cough mixture at the moment.
Also, I'm missing out on the last week of my internship for this stupid disease...
Many thanks!