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The pediatrician has dispelled the myth that antibiotics are prescribed for viral pneumonia to combat complications.
The famous Ukrainian doctor and television presenter Yevgeny Komarovsky has dispelled several popular myths about pneumonia and the methods of its treatment, in particular, antibiotics.
The corresponding video appeared on his YouTube channel.
The doctor emphasized that pneumonia can be viral or bacterial in nature. And antibiotics are used only to treat bacterial pneumonia, against viral ones they are useless.
Read alsoKomarovsky told why after acute respiratory infections in children, the runny nose does not go away for a long time.
So, Komarovsky dispelled the myth that antibiotics for viral pneumonia are prescribed to combat complications: from such drugs with viral pneumonia only worsens.
“The prophylactic use of antibiotics is a huge stupidity. It does not work. According to some reports, the prescription of antibiotics for viral infections increases between 6 and 9 times the probability of developing bacterial pneumonia. That is, the probability of complications”, emphasized the pediatrician .
The doctor added that with the patient’s normal state of health, lack of temperature and oxygen deficiency, almost any treatment for pneumonia, except for antipyretics, hurts the prospects for recovery.
“If you don’t prove a bacterial infection, a bacterial complication, antibiotics are simply contraindicated at any stage, even in a hospital or at home,” Komarovsky said.
“Guys, I ask you, never ask for antibiotics for coronavirus infection, this is the last thing with which this infection is treated,” concluded the doctor.
What Komarovsky said about the coronavirus
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Olga Robeyko
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