What to do if you have a bacterial infection with a recurring fever and cough

Bacterial infections with recurrent fever and cough are usually given anti-infective treatment, symptomatic treatment such as relieving cough and reducing fever, as well as managing complications. 1. Anti-infective treatment: For example, cough and fever caused by bacterial pneumonia may need to be treated with antibiotics such as ceftriaxone sodium or ampicillin sulbactam sodium. 2. Symptomatic treatment such as cough and fever reduction: If there is little sputum or a dry cough, and the cough is severe, the use of cough suppressants can also help to reduce the patient’s symptoms, such as dextromethorphan hydrobromide, etc.; high fever symptoms may require the use of acetaminophen and other antipyretic treatment. 3. Treatment of complications: For example, if the patient has a pyothorax, a chest tube may be needed to drain the chest cavity. If the course of the disease is long, it is also necessary to exclude the possibility of poor drainage of sputum from the airway or foreign bodies, to investigate whether it is caused by special germs such as tuberculosis, fungi, etc., and to pay attention to assess whether there are complications such as lung abscess, etc. It is recommended to consult a doctor in time, standardize the medication, and observe the efficacy of the treatment.