Can bacterial infections last for several decades?

[TigerLilea]

Gosh,
I don't have the expertise to advise you on this. But I did read that lately, people have been challenging the received wisdom about antibiotic use. It used to be that you were supposed to use the lowest dose possible, and finish the course whatever happens. That was supposed to reduce the chances of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria strains. But now I think some medics are suggesting using high doses over shorter courses?

I don't even think that a higher dose of the antibiotic is necessary. They found that people did just as well taking the antibiotic for half the number of days providing that the antibiotic was working and they were symptom free for a couple of days before stopping taking it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5233409/

 

[TigerLilea]

A little anecdote : I told a gynaecologist about the severe pain I got in the area where the ovarian torsion happened, and about the cyst and the ovary removal.

His comment was a classic : "You can't be feeling pain because there is nothing left there to feel pain."

Arnie Pye, my mom was told the same thing after she complained about hip pain in the area of her hip replacement.

 

[Woolie]

I don't even think that a higher dose of the antibiotic is necessary. They found that people did just as well taking the antibiotic for half the number of days providing that the antibiotic was working and they were symptom free for a couple of days before stopping taking it.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5233409/

Thanks for finding the reference, @TigerLilea

 

[Graham]

I'm often asked why there is so little research into ME, and I say I have five main reasons. One of the big ones is that the illness mainly affects women, and the medical profession has a terrible history of ignoring women's pain and symptoms. Some people think that with more women in the profession, things must be improving, but my impression is that many women doctors are just as bad.

 

[Arnie Pye]

Some people think that with more women in the profession, things must be improving, but my impression is that many women doctors are just as bad.

I actually think that in many cases women doctors try to "out-nasty" the men, if you know what I mean. It's a bit like female politicians being tougher than men because they can't afford to be seen to be "soft".