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Mystery pneumonia kills three and infects nine in Argentina
Doctors rule out Covid, influenza and hantavirus as culprits but continue to run more tests

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Mystery pneumonia kills three and infects nine in Argentina
Doctors rule out Covid, influenza and hantavirus as culprits but continue to run more testswww.telegraph.co.uk
Have you had a fever for 3 weeks?Its like a bad cough/fever that will not go away plus lots of flem.
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After 3 weeks finally found a specialist in north B.A.
I strongly agree, i want antibiotics. I have a respiratory doctor booked , but not until the 13th!After 3 weeks with cough / fever I would be taking antibiotics. I know I shouldn't self-medicate, but I'm an engineer, a doctor's worst nightmare, and 3 weeks like that is a bit long for a viral infection). Farmacity don't like selling antibiotics without a prescription, but the other pharmacies will (they might lecture you on how this is the only time they'll sell them to you, and how you should take the full course, not just until you feel better). Advice on the forum is worth what you pay for it, of course.
If it is a viral pneumonia, that would not make much sense. Antibiotics don't kill viruses. Don't self-medicate. If you have a reason to go to a doctor, go to a doctor.After 3 weeks with cough / fever I would be taking antibiotics.
If it is a viral pneumonia, that would not make much sense. Antibiotics don't kill viruses. Don't self-medicate. If you have a reason to go to a doctor, go to a doctor.
You should be extremely careful with pneumonia. The onset can be sudden. After oxygen level drops for several hours, you start suffocating.
You should be ready to go to the emergency room, stay there and insist on hospitalization.
Get one of these oxygen meters. Not that you should rely on it too much, but it can give you an additional reason to go to the hospital when you have doubts.