How quick should oral steroids and amoxicillin for chest infection work?

[Wonderingwhyme]

Ds is 12 and asthmatic. Went to gp Monday and was given oral steroids and amoxicillin for chest infection and his chest has been hurting an awful lot. In the past his sibling had the oral steroids and they worked within 48 hours and really helped.

I kept him off school yesterday and Monday but he went back today. He doesn’t have a temperature anymore but is still coughing an awful lot and he says the coughing hurts, feels abit rough and his chest still hurts. Should I take him back to GP tomorrow if his chest still hurts? Ventolin is temporarily helping? If he wasn’t asthmatic I wouldn’t be too concerned and would wait out the anti biotics but I’m not sure...?

We are at the doctors now. He can take a full lung full but it hurts.

Was everything okay at the docs OP?

They said he has trachitus (however that is spelt!) as well but aren’t concerned. Have given us some more steroids just in case they are needed (as we head toward weekend).

Fingers crossed he’s back to his usual self very soon

Thank you! Yes he’s fed up now!

it sounds like his asthma is generally well controlled, is it severe enough for inhaled steroids? I have found that they try to give you the minimum dose initially and I have had to go back for the dose to be increased in the past, I think it was 60mg and reducing every few days and I felt improvement in a couple of days, however, the AB's may take a little longer before the secondary infection improves.

Its your decision but I think for the above reasons I would have waited for more improvement before he went back to school.