Amox pot clav 875mg

I think the title basically covers it. I’m about 48 hours in to a bout of fever and sore throat with white spots on my tonsils. My fever isn’t terribly high (fluctuates between 98.9 and 100.7), but it’s very rare for me to have a fever. I went to an urgent care and was swabbed for strep, influenza, and covid, all of which came back negative. However, the PA said he probably wanted to start me on antibiotics due to my symptoms and the fact that it was very early in my infection, so I could possibly have falsely tested negative for strep. He said alternatively I could tough it out and wait for the throat culture results.
I do not want to take antibiotics unnecessarily, so I asked him to go ahead and order the antibiotics (amoxicillin/clavulanate 875/125mg 2x/day for 10 days), but I might hold off on taking them until I get the throat culture results, unless I begin to feel worse.
I don’t feel any worse and my fever seems to be holding at the same moderate temperature range (most recently it was 98.8F, but just a couple hours ago was 100.4), however, looking my throat, the white spots appear to have dramatically multiplied and spread. Previously it looked like there was maybe 3 white spots per tonsil, now it appears to be more like 7-10 spots per tonsil, and on the left side, the spots appear to be spreading down into my throat, out of sight.
The appearance of these spots multiplying and spreading nearly frightened me into taking the amox/clav, but I do not want to take unnecessary antibiotics for what has thus far tested negative for strep and may well be a viral infection. Also, I would describe my throat pain as moderate, even mild at times, and apparently strep throat pain is like swallowing glass, so this is giving me pause as well.
Do you think I should begin taking the amox/clav now, wait possibly another 4 days for the throat culture, or go back to urgent care for another rapid strep swab tomorrow? Perhaps I’m being a bit overly cautious about not taking the antibiotics and I should just go ahead and take them even if it turns out they were unnecessary? I haven’t taken antibiotics of any kind in 15 years.

30F. Currently taking amoxicillin/clav to prevent ear infection, and Flonase, prescription strength sudafed, and zyrtec for congestion.
Last week I went up to the mountains after a having a cold (though I wasnt feeling congested at the time) and two cases of strep right before that. The next morning, my left ear still hadn't popped from the altitude change, and was hurting and had a swollen lymph node. I tried all the google remedies, such as plugging my nose and blowing, neti-pot, chewing gum, yawning, swallowing, etc. I Went to urgent care where the doc prescribed the amox/clav and suggested use of the other 3 medications I listed, and told me it looked like it would rupture soon and not to try to force it to pop.
Do I go back to urgent care? Or make an appointment with my doctor? Or just let it keep going on as it is? Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi,
We're after some help/advice as we navigate a scary situation. My wife was diagnosed with a Stage 2 PMBCL last September and went through 6 rounds of DA-R-EPOCH. During treatment, the mass shrunk significantly, it went from 10x7cm to 2x2cm as of February (during the post chemo PET scan). Her deauville score was 1 and she was declared to be in CMR1.
Fast forward 3 months, she was checked last week for her 3 month checkup and her bloodwork came back immaculate - all levels are normal. That said, she had a cough that wasn't going away (we all caught some virus from our son) and she was prescribed a Z pack + steroids to see if the cough would go away after a week. It didn't and she picked up a fever yesterday (Friday 5/17), so they did a CT scan without contrast to see what was going on with her lungs. She has pneumonia and they are treating her with amox-clav, doxycycline, benzonatate. She's seen significant improvement in 24 hours, which has us very happy.
The radiologist's report measured the mass at 3 cm x 5 cm, which is significantly bigger than the pet scan result from February. He did state on the report that the lack of contrast made it difficult to measure the mass, and our oncologist advised to wait two weeks to complete the pneumonia treatment to re-do the CT scan with contrast this time. He also asked to call him on Monday so he can see the images from the test and make a decision whether a PET scan is more appropriate. I've talked to a few doctor friends and they are not overly concerned, as the area is likely inflamed from the pneumonia and the CT scan without contrast is not really a great tool to assess a mass. That is encouraging, but we are very, very worried.
Our questions are the following:

1. Does the recommendation from the doctor make sense?
   
2. Should we be concerned that the cancer is back?
   
3. Is it normal or even plausible for a mass to be inflamed as a result of pneumonia/infection in the area?
   

I'd love to hear anything that is relevant for our weekend wait...

Hello Doc Friends!
Background info - 30 Female, non smoker, no major medical conditions (just busted fallopian tubes). 5'4 155 pounds
I am in a weird spot, my whole life I am prone to sinus infections, get a cold, drags out and end up on amox clav or some antibiotic to eventually clear it up. No serious nasal issues just dramatic sinuses.
The last few days I clearly have one brewing, facial nasal pain, headache, yellow green and blood phlegm. Took mucinex, did nasal rinse, not getting better. Normally I'd wait it out and see if it gets better because doctors always say they are usually viral, don't take too many antibiotics etc.
HOWEVER I am in the middle of an IVF Egg retrieval cycle. I am worried if I don't get better I will have my cycle canceled which as you can imagine will be very bad! What should I do? Should I go to urgent care and beg for mercy and a Z Pak? Try something else? I am really panicked right now.

TL;DR - My doctor gave me “Amox-Clav 875-125mg” to take twice a day for a week and drew a line around the borders, told me to call him if it keeps getting worse. There was no pus or anything to culture so it’s not even guaranteed to be infected, but it’s pretty red, painful, and puffy. Vet says the dog has a Clostridium infection but didn’t say which type. I’m wondering if it’s C.diff and what that means for my bite infection
Images of bite progression from when it first happened to now
Bite happened a little over 24hr ago and it didn’t seem so bad at first. Only her canine tooth broke the skin and it wasn’t deep at all. It was the back of my hand which is pretty boney with not much flesh, so it didn’t really bleed much at all but it did ooze a little lymph over the next few hours and overnight.
It didn’t hurt much and I immediately went to wash it in the sink after she bit me, but the second the cold water touched it I felt searing pain and almost passed out, not sure what that was about 😅 so I sat down for about 30min before getting up to spray it with sterile saline wound wash and got around to washing it with soap an hour after that.
The dog that bit me is my own, she’s up to date on all vaccines so rabies and such isn’t a concern. But she has been sick this week with what the vet says is a Clostridium infection. 3 days ago she was having a lot of bloody diarrhea and vomiting, but luckily after coming back from the vet with antibiotics she’s been acting fine since.
I was hoping the puffy red swelling was just because the bite was on a thin boney area. And I’m really disappointed because I’ve been working so hard in the last couple months to improve the diversity of my gut microbiome due to other health issues, and the antibiotics kind of ruin that. Of course I will take them, but I’m wondering what I might expect for the next couple days if this antibiotic doesn’t work.
My brother got bit by a dog a few years ago on his finger and somehow bacteria from the little bite quickly liquified the tendon in his hand and now even after surgery he can’t fully make a fist, so I’m scared about what to expect when I got bit in the middle of the back of my hand. Especially if it’s the commonly antibiotic resistant strain of C.diff 😭

TL;DR - My doctor gave me “Amox-Clav 875-125mg” to take twice a day for a week and drew a line around the borders, told me to call him if it keeps getting worse. There was no pus or anything to culture so it’s not even guaranteed to be infected, but it’s pretty red, painful, and puffy. Vet says the dog has a Clostridium infection but didn’t say which type. I’m wondering if it’s C.diff and what that means for my bite infection
Images of bite progression from when it first happened to now
Bite happened a little over 24hr ago and it didn’t seem so bad at first. Only her canine tooth broke the skin and it wasn’t deep at all. It was the back of my hand which is pretty boney with not much flesh, so it didn’t really bleed much at all but it did ooze a little lymph over the next few hours and overnight.
It didn’t hurt much and I immediately went to wash it in the sink after she bit me, but the second the cold water touched it I felt searing pain and almost passed out, not sure what that was about 😅 so I sat down for about 30min before getting up to spray it with sterile saline wound wash and got around to washing it with soap an hour after that.
The dog that bit me is my own, she’s up to date on all vaccines so rabies and such isn’t a concern. But she has been sick this week with what the vet says is a Clostridium infection. 3 days ago she was having a lot of bloody diarrhea and vomiting, but luckily after coming back from the vet with antibiotics she’s been acting fine since.
I was hoping the puffy red swelling was just because the bite was on a thin boney area. And I’m really disappointed because I’ve been working so hard in the last couple months to improve the diversity of my gut microbiome due to other health issues, and the antibiotics kind of ruin that. Of course I will take them, but I’m wondering what I might expect for the next couple days if this antibiotic doesn’t work.
My brother got bit by a dog a few years ago on his finger and somehow bacteria from the little bite quickly liquified the tendon in his hand and now even after surgery he can’t fully make a fist, so I’m scared about what to expect when I got bit in the middle of the back of my hand. Especially if it’s the commonly antibiotic resistant strain of C.diff 😭

Nervous to take xifaxan since antibiotics from a dog bite were what caused my SIBO in the first place (amox/clav). Also wondering how to take the dosages. Should they be 8 hours apart?

40/F, 5’6”, 110 lbs. It started in my ring finger in February. Soaking it in epsom salt and using neosporin helped, but it wouldn’t go away. Telehealth doctor prescribed Amox/Clav 875mg/125mg in March. That and the soaking helped, but still didn’t go away. Saw a dermatologist in April and was prescribed a topical antibiotic (Neo-synalar) and recommended adding a vinegawater soak to my routine. Between the cream and 4 soaks a day, it got a lot better but not gone. Went on vacation 2 weeks ago so I stopped my routine for 4 days, and it’s back with a painful vengeance. I’m still soaking 4x/day and using the neo-synalar and it’s not helping. I also took Cedfinir 300mg for a UTI at the end of March, and Amoxicillin 500mg mid April for strep throat. I would love to not have to take antibiotics again but I don’t know what to do anymore. Help!! Thank you in advance!

I am a 31 year old female, about 140 lbs. Medications I take are: Lexapro, Seroquel, Ritalin, Gabapentin.
I was bitten and scratched by one of my outdoor cats earlier while trying to break up a fight. I am not worried about rabies as they are vaccinated. I have been hospitalized before for a cat bite infection, the bite went into my finger tendon and I did not wash it for about an hour after I was bitten. That said, I am ultra paranoid and do not want to spend days on an IV drip if I can avoid it.
Here are photos of the wound and here is what I did to care for the wound:
https://imgur.com/6Wre1zH https://imgur.com/WywQGeR https://imgur.com/iLYID7h
Immediately after the bite I came inside and ran hot water over the wound and used Hibiclens surgical scrub to clean it. I made sure the soap was inside the wounds and washed for about 5 minutes straight. Then I used antiseptic wipes to clean it even further, even squeezing the solution into the wounds. Then I used an alcohol prep pad to do one more wipe over everything before covering everything with neosporin. Then I wrapped it in gauze and soft tape to keep it covered. I also took 500mg of amoxicillin since I had a bottle from a dentist appointment I never used.
SO, do I need to go to the hospital or urgent care still?
UPDATE: I went to urgent care where they prescribed amox-clav. This morning the swelling has gone down significantly as has the pain. Thanks all for your input!

34F, central NC area.
Hi! For about a month, I had this annoying, hacking cough and sinus congestion. Urgent care 1 said it was sinusitis: started amoxicillin and prednisone - this did nothing. Urgent care 2 a week later said it was acute cough and walking pneumonia: chest xray was clear, stopped amoxicillin, started doxycycline and tessalon - this did nothing either. A week after that, I finally got to my primary care dr: no idea what it is but did a nebulizer, prescribed Flonase 2x/day, Zyrtec, inhaler, and nebulizer at night.
None of these treatments worked either. My cough had become intermittent, and 5/12 (5 days after starting primary care’s Rx - today is 5/14), my sense of smell and taste left me. Dr told me to stop Flonase - 2 days later still no improvement. I have this weird phantom smell up in my nose that I can’t begin to describe but it’s gross. She offered no other advice or treatment - just to stop Flonase for a week.
Anyone else had this happen to them? I’ve never had allergies before and all these drugs were new to me besides the prednisone. I also restarted birth control while all of this was happening - but I’ve used that medication before without issue.
Send help because eating and life in general is depressing without smell and taste!
Edit to add: Covid tests were and have been negative.
Edit 2: ENT did a nasal endoscopy: found purulent mucus on the medial meatus in both nostrils. Nasty sinus infection. Started amox-clav for the next two weeks with sinus CT at follow up.

Hi! For about a month, I had this annoying, hacking cough and sinus congestion. Urgent care 1 said it was sinusitis: started amoxicillin and prednisone - this did nothing. Urgent care 2 a week later said it was acute cough and walking pneumonia: chest xray was clear, stopped amoxicillin, started doxycycline and tessalon - this did nothing either. A week after that, I finally got to my primary care dr: no idea what it is but did a nebulizer, prescribed Flonase 2x/day, Zyrtec, inhaler, and nebulizer at night.
None of these treatments worked either. My cough had become intermittent, and 5/12 (5 days after starting primary care’s Rx - today is 5/14), my sense of smell and taste left me. Dr told me to stop Flonase - 2 days later still no improvement. I have this weird phantom smell up in my nose that I can’t begin to describe but it’s gross. She offered no other advice or treatment - just to stop Flonase.
Anyone else had this happen to them? I’ve never had allergies before and all these drugs were new to me besides the prednisone. I also restarted birth control while all of this was happening - but I’ve used that medication before without issue.
Send help because eating and life in general is depressing without smell and taste!
Edit to add: Covid tests were and have been negative.
Edit 2: ENT did a nasal endoscopy: found purulent mucus on the medial meatus on both nostrils. Nasty sinus infection. Started amox-clav for the next two weeks with sinus CT at follow up.

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Long story short I got super sick about 2 weeks ago (high fevers headaches swollen throat etc)& after testing for mono and strep they thought it could be a lymph node infection and i was prescribed amoxicillin clav 2x a day 875 for 10 days last saturday (may 4th) after taking 6 doses I was having debilitating side effects I could not get over (too lightheaded to stand, unable to eat, nausea, face swelling, dizzy, etc) so they took me off of it completely without replacing with another antibiotic. Now i’ve been completely off of it for 4 days but am still experiencing GI effects. Mainly lack of appetite, bad taste in mouth, SEVERE acid reflux and stomach/chest pain as well as weakness and fatigue. The first day I was off it I ate my first full meal in over a weak and threw it up 5 hours later. Today I ate another full meal (not as much as I usually would eat, but a lot more than i’ve been able to tolerate) and threw it up a few hours after. Seems like today it was acid reflux that made me puke since brushing my teeth triggered it. I also get nauseous stomach pain and diarrhea every time I eat. I’ve taken probiotic drinks every day to try to help but I really would like to go back to my normal life but I don’t want to drive/work if I can’t eat a full meal and feel weak from such a long time of not eating much. Has anyone else experienced this from antibiotics specifically days after and did anything help? I went back to urgent care and she said it’s normal and just give it a few days but I’m getting anxious to get back to normal since it’s been 2 weeks of staying home. Any advice is appreciated!

Weird skin change behind ear, not painful. Ears do feel 'full', persistent stiff neck coupled with crepitus in cervical spine and occasionally pulsatile tinnitus pending certain criteria/activity but seems more prominent at night, also that vein seen traveling up left nape through to behind ear was not a vein i've noticed in the past however I never really looked for it either. Never really had a rash like this, have been on antibiotics (Amox-Clav 800mg 2x daily) for a dental issue if that matters also, wondering if simple skin irritation or reason to maybe make an appt. Hx of Leukemia in remission if that makes a difference. Thank you all, sorry for rant didn't wanna miss time at work for potential non issue

Hi! I recently had a bad illness (symptoms started about 1.5 weeks ago) that began with a very swollen right lymph node in my neck a few days prior to having any symptoms. After the first ER visit I was negative for strep so they said it was likely viral pharyngitis but it later progressed into high fevers, extreme headaches, nausea and pain in my throat to the point i couldn’t eat anything. After returning they tested for mono which was negative so they said it was likely an infection and I was given augmentin (amox clav) 2x a day 875 mg. After taking it I noticed the symptoms of the illness improved but now I had a new debilitating set of symptoms. I was so nauseous I would be gagging forcing myself to eat and would get so dizzy and lightheaded I could not stand for sometimes hours at a time. I also noticed swelling in my face, tightness in my throat and headaches that were so bad I would wake up from my sleep that felt different than the headaches I had before. I ended up calling the doctor who prescribed the antibiotics and he said to stop them all together and not prescribe something else. Yesterday (the first day I had not taken them) I was able to eat a normal meal for me for the first time in 1.5 weeks after eating bites of food and low calories all week. I ended up throwing it up 5 hours later. I drank some gatorade, a probiotic drink and a protein shake after to try to recover the nutrients. Today I still feel extremely nauseous and weak. Is this normal after coming off antibiotics? I really want to begin going back to my normal life since I haven’t been able to work or barely leave the house in a week and a half but it’s hard when I’m still not able to eat normally and feel so weak. Is there anything I can do to feel better quickly? Has anyone else experienced this? Sorry this is a lot to read but I wanted to include all the details!
Age 22
Sex female
Height 5’5
Weight 120 lbs
Race White
Duration of complaint 1.5 weeks
Location MO
Any existing relevant medical issues no
Current medications no
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Age 35, female, 5'6" 240lbs caucasian, going on 3 weeks Southern USA- diagnosed exsisting conditions: low thyroid, migraines, TMJ. Current medications: zyrtec, seasonique, frova (when needed)and cyclobenzaprine. Dr prescribed amox clav 875-125 for whatever this is.
For the last 3 weeks I have been excessively tired, like falling asleep at work at 10am and 2pm tired. I had a runny nose and assumed allergies. On 4/27 i noticed my superficial parotid lymph node under my left ear was swollen. By 4/28 it was about 2 inches and could be seen when i turned my head. By 5/1 all the superficial anterior cervical nodes on the back of my head had swollen to dime size and were protruding and painful. 5/2 the other parotid and submandibular nodes had swollen too. My right supraclavicular node was swollen and visible. My right arm turned red and hot from my shoulder to mid forearm and my chest and arms began to itch excessively. 5/4 the red and heat was gone on my arm but my wrists and arms were swollen. Wrist joints, knees, ankles shoulders all extremely painful, felt heavy and hard to move or close hands. Left and right arms shot pain through when lifting too high and caused weakness in the hands to where i would drop things. I started having nightly diarrhea but no fevers. I had a dr appointment 5/7 and had bloodwork. Was given antibiotics but I have had no change. All nodes still swollen, the joint pain and extremity heaviness, tiredness, diarrhea is all still active. Blood results today CBC was all in normal range except Rbc was 3.77. Chloride was high at 107, Carbon dioxide low at 17. ALT SGPT high at 76. C reactive protein was high at 37. My daughters school just called and said she appears to have the fifths disease rash on her arms and cheeks (we noticed the arms last night and thought she rubbed on a Weird plant or something) they said she isnt contagious now. Does this sound likely to be parvovirus b19 lymphadenopathy on my end? From reading it seems possible and that this may take a while to go away. Especially the pain.

I took Amox clav 875 mg 2 times a day, physical fitness, take it slow , then ramp it up. Keep your heart rate constantly beating . Walk in a circle in a park, as fast pace as possible. Keep taking amox and fitness until you feel sharp again. Avoid this sub. Been hauling for 5 months before i decided to ask doctors for amox.
Edit: Im totally off the amox. I was only on it for 5 days so i doubt it did much. It definitely helped a bit but perhaps it was a placebo. I forced myself to walk long distances and kept my heartrate up while on Amox so maybe the amox did nothing and it was just the bloodflow of my body. Perhaps I thought the amox made me better so it gave me the motivation to move. Yes you will crash when you begin to move, you will come back from the crash better day after day, just don't faint in the streets.
Stay off this sub, its like a bucket of crabs, you guys will drag each other down

I was poisoned by 2 pills of levofloxacin 10 months ago. Here is a summary of my symptoms and update on my condition. I am still severely disabled and living with pain.
I had 4 (known) partial tendon ruptures within the first month. Right Achilles (healed at month 6), right rotator cuff (no pain day to day as of month 2), left and right tricep tendons (did not heal properly, still cause pain and disability). Severe tendon pain throughout my whole body, muscle/tendon/joint stiffness, loss of cartilage, joint aches, joint crackling and popping. Eye floaters and flashing (I had it checked, it is not serious).
I was wheelchair bound around month 3 due to the Achilles rupture not healing properly. Eventually it healed around month 5-6 with the use of heel lifts (3/4 inch) that I inserted into my shoes. I was able to walk around my apartment again but each step was only 2 inches and motion was side to side. Around month 6 I noticed an improvement in my condition where I could do very small amounts of exercise and my body would respond positively, whereas for the first 6 months all forms of exercise made me worse. Eventually around month 7 I was able to walk with forward steps 10 inches.
I now notice a natural but very very slow improvement in my condition over time, but I am prone to setbacks and this has prevented me from making any progress for the past 3 months.
First I developed retronychia (ingrown toenail at the base of my right big toe) which I later found out was due to the heel lifts. While going to see a doctor I injured my right knee while trying to go up a few stairs. The knee took 3 months to mostly heal. I tried a prescription of Amox Clav to treat the toe infection (before I knew the cause) and got a major tendon flare up after 3 days, so I discontinued and it took 2 weeks to heal from that. Then I had to get the toenail removed, which prevented me from walking for a week. In order to prevent reinjury I had to get off the heel lifts so I started decreasing the thickness by 1/8 inch each week, which temporarily increased my pain a lot.
Currently my heel lifts are 1/4 inch thick and my left big toe has developed the same problem as the right so I will have to get the left toenail removed too. I want to get through these toe issues and then focus on gentle physical therapy for my Achilles so I can walk better.
Currently I can walk around my apartment only and cannot leave my apartment without assistance. I cannot stand or walk without heel lifts and my shoes, must shower seated, cannot walk up or down stairs or on uneven ground, cannot squat or bend over, and cannot lift anything heavier than a few pounds.
Mentally I am doing better than the first 6 months, when I thought about killing myself every day. The things I found help are to not think about what I've lost or compare my life to what it used to be or what it would be, but to focus on what I can still do, the reasons I have to keep living, and to focus on the things I'm looking forward to and on the thought of getting better. When I don't feel like I am getting better, I try to just tell myself to take it one day at a time and over a longer period of time I may see improvement. Often things do get better over time but it may take a long time. However, I can't think positively all the time and sometimes I still get very upset about what happened.
Recently I have been thinking about killing myself again because I am in so much pain and so frustrated with the lack of progress, worried that I will not recover. That's why I'm posting here. I am frustrated with daily pain, inability to exercise and do some of the things I enjoyed, the loss of freedom and independence, and with the injustice that this entirely preventable, potentially life long disabling event happened to me and many others due to an infuriatingly absurd health system which takes no responsibility for the havoc it wreaks in people's lives, and that this will continue to happen, and that nobody in a position of power cares enough about this condition to stop it, let alone study it or try to find a treatment.

40yr old Female 5’ 128 lbs Non smoker, alcohol x 4-5 week Cannabis (gummies) user daily but weaning off Prescribed: Lexapro 10mg for anxiety and Gabapentin 300mg for insomnia.
Diagnosed with: anxiety, flexural eczema, dermatographia, asthma, chronic insomnia
Medical history: 3 c-sections (2009, 2012 & 2017), hysterectomy 2022, positive ANA test, lasik in 2020, rare panic attacks, gestational diabetes x 3
Little bit of history in case it’s relevant. In 2021 we had a major family event that sent me into a major episode of stress, panic and anxiety so much so that I was thrown into the longest and most bothersome outbreak of dermatographia yet. It lasted about 6 months until I quit my amazing job and focused on my health and home. For me the dermatographia was extreme itchiness all over my body that was uncontrollable by scratching and only eased up with a cbd balm and a lotion from Mexico. After quitting my job I got my health to a good place and have not had an outbreak like this since. I have had a couple of times where I’m stressed and itchy and I can draw lines on my skin from scratching but it goes away quickly and hasn’t lasted more than a day or two.
Now to the present. Last weekend my voice was raspy but no other symptoms aside from being tired as usual. Woke up last Monday with a UTI and because I get them often I try the usual home remedies (increased water intake and cranberry juice) by the nighttime I see blood when I wipe after peeing so I decide I’m calling the doctor as soon as they open in the morning. Tuesday morning left a voicemail for the doctor but the pain subsided enough that I stayed at work and got through the day. Woke up Wednesday in extreme discomfort and more blood in my urine so I drug myself to urgent care immediately. Doctor says I have a viral infection as my throat was slightly red and my lymph nodes were extremely swollen. He prescribes me Amox-Clav and writes me off work for the rest of the week. I wake up Friday morning to my entire body being swollen, joint pain everywhere and speckled rash on my arms, chest and legs. I skip the amox-clav dosage and call the dr and send a message about my symptoms. They tell me to stop the antibiotic immediately as I’m having an allergic reaction to it. They prescribe me bactrim for the UTI.
Now for my concerns, I’m still swollen in my hands and have to “exercise them” after non use for awhile (watching tv or sleeping) in order for the swelling to go down enough to be able to use them. The joint pain is still very much present all the time too.
I was able to return to work in 2022, I work in Human Resources so every day is different but I do type a lot. I’m concerned about being able to do my job. I can return to work tomorrow and try to type and work (and reset my disability waiting period) or I can file for short term disability and figure out my health.
Is this normal (swelling and joint pain) for an allergic reaction even though it’s been more than 2 days since I had the medication? Or is this possibly my undiagnosed autoimmune rearing its head?
Sorry for the long post please let me know if I need to clarify or elaborate or anything.
Thank you.

I am female, 50’s, overweight. Vaccinated. I got influenza A in December 24 and it took till end of February feel better. I was vaccinated, can’t imagine how bad it would have been if I was not.
Last Thursday I started feeling unwell after traveling, and went to urgent care on Sunday. At that Sunday Urgent Care appointment, I was diagnosed with HFMD, as I had blisters in my throat, cough, fever, body aches and it seemed to fit the bill, but they took a throat culture just in case. They just thought it odd to see such a severe infection in an adult. I was sent home with cough meds and told to take Tylenol for the pain, which has had little to no impact on the pain or swelling in my throat. Rapid step test was negative, no Covid, no flu.
Tuesday, I could not take the pain and went to the ER in the night, the throat pain was insane, cough, body aches, extreme headache, congestion, and ear pain and could not hear out my left hear. The HFMD apparently had spread to my sinuses, ear, etc, and now I have a raging ear infection. They gave me the magic mouthwash, cough meds, told me to continue with the Tylenol and drink water, and amoxicillin, and told me to ride it out. Mind you, every day was getting worse.
Thursday the culture came back for Haemophilus influenzae B, and Urgent Care from Sunday called to put me on antibiotics, when I told them of the headache, pain and fever, they suggested I go to the ER for a spinal tap to be checked for Meningitis. I went, the ER, they didn’t think a spinal tap was needed, and put me on a different antibiotic Amox-Clav 875-125 mg tablets once a day. So was it HFMD and this Haemophilus Influenzae B, or just the latter? I did not get a clear answer.
I feel terrible, but the swelling in my throat has improved and the lidocaine wash they gave me is helpful, as is alternating between advil and Tylenol, decongestant and my head is much less painful, ear is less painful and throat pain is a bit more tolerable. So I am hopeful that the new antibiotics are working.
I am concerned that I am getting these severe illnesses and trying to figure out what questions I need to ask my primary to determine why this is happening. My blood panel that was done on Tuesday had a few items that were high, but nothing that indicated to the doctor that there was something glaringly autoimmune going on.
Could there be something lowering my immune system making me more vulnerable to these infections? what tests should I ask for from my Primary to determine root cause? Can I get a test to identify what boosters I need?
I do have psoriasis and asthma. Autoimmune issues run in my family(rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus), as do thyroid issues, (sister had thyroid cancer, several cousins on thyroid meds for various thyroid issues). Not sure if that is relevant. I am not a diabetic, but I am overweight.
I just need to not get this sick again. I am starting to fear what will I get next, and want to head it off at the pass.

Which SIBO does Amoxic-clav treat, methane or hydrogen?
And same for Azitrhomycin?