Suggest Treatment For Upper Respiratory And Ear Infection

Posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017

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Mon, 28 Aug 2017 Answered on

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Question : I got an antibiotic shot earlier today and was,wondering can it make you have a heart attack
I've been sick all weekend with upper respiratory infection sinus infection and ear infection
I've had fevers all weekend heart rate would go up with them then come down

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows :

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your increasing heart rate is just a normal and compensatory body reaction to high body temperature (fever).

Heart rate increases as a reaction to inflammatory and pyrogenic mediators leading to increased cardiac output.

So, it doesn't seem to be an adverse reaction of antibiotics treatment.

No medically based evidence of heart attack seems to be present in your case. So relax and don't worry about!

Hope to have been helpful to you!

In case of any further questions, feel free to ask me again .

Kind regatds,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar