So firstly I have quite bad health anxiety so I apologise if I sound silly but I'm really worried.
I have had a sore throat that started two weeks ago, hurts to swallow, aching glands in neck, sore to touch, red throat but no white spots that I can see. It's been on and off for two weeks and my GP prescribed Amoxicillin last week as it was over a week and not better. I didn't end up taking them right away as it stopped hurting for a couple of days and then today quite quickly my throat has become sore and it hurts to swallow.
So I took my first dose of antibiotics.
Now I'm analysing like I always do and obviously I didn't want to take the antibiotics unless I really needed to as it could be viral, but then I was worried about my throat infection not clearing up and getting worse and now I'm worried about taking the antibiotics and possibly risking getting C Difficile diarrhoea and stomach infection due to taking antibiotics 😩
Is there anything I can do to prevent getting C Diff and the good bacteria being killed in my tummy?
How likely is it you get it?
Please help calm me down 😢