bacterial infection

May 23, 2017 / Last updated : August 30, 2019 TheVaccineMom Molecular Medicine

Antibiotics and Viruses

Antibiotics do not fight viruses. Do NOT take antibiotics when you have a viral infection. It will not make you feel better or be better. It can make you sicker. When you take antibiotics for a viral infection it can increase your risk of further infection by increasing antibiotic resistance. When you take antibiotics for a viral infection […]

February 22, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Children's Vaccines

Varicella (chickenpox) Vaccine

I don’t know about you, but I REMEMBER getting the chickenpox as a young child. It was itchy and awful. And oatmeal baths! Oh, the oatmeal baths!! Because this is most often a children’s disease, I thought it would be appropriate to litter this post with the some of the cute photos from one of my […]