Our child has a fever, he coughs a lot and he is knocked out. We think we are reassured if the doctor prescribes first-line antibiotics, but we are not necessarily right. Admittedly, the symptoms will undoubtedly disappear more quickly, but in the long term the repeated intake of antibiotics can on the contrary weaken our child.
So, if in some cases, the use of antibiotics is essential, for a certain number of infections, we must remember the slogan launched 20 years ago by the public authorities and the National Health Insurance Fund: “Antibiotics are not automatic! »
Geraldine Mayr and the Dr Jimmy Mohamed are with the Dr Benjamin Davido, infectiologist and Covid-19 referent medical director at the Raymond-Poincaré hospital in Garches in the Hauts-de-Seine. He explains to us the risks of excessive consumption of antibiotics, talks to us about what to do in the event of viral diseases in particular and new alternatives for the treatment of infections.
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The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
To evoke thequeen’s funeral Elizabeth II which takes place this Monday, September 19, the Professor Lejoyeuxpsychiatrist at Bichat Hospital in Paris, author of the book In good health with Montaigne, intervenes in the program: he tells us about the feeling of sadness that seized the British but also many foreigners at the announcement of the death of the queen.