The ankh is the Egyptian symbol of life, also reffered to as the Key of Life. Somehow it has also become a goth/vampire symbol. Because of this, most people aren't aware that it was once a part of Egyptian culture, and wear an ankh, proudly proclaiming their obsession with the dark. This makes it difficult for the rest of us enlightened ankh wearers.
If the pneumonia is severe enough for hospitalization, the standard treatment is intravenous antibiotics for 5 - 8 days. In cases of uncomplicated pneumonia, many patients may need only 2 or 3 days of intravenous antibiotics followed by oral therapy.
In the study, published July 25 in JAMA Internal Medicine, Spanish researchers examined the use of antibiotics in 312 adults who had bacterial pneumonia severe enough to require hospitalization. The approximately half of patients randomized to âstandard careâ wound up taking antibiotics for an average of 10 days. In the other half, doctors stopped the drugs after 5 days as long as the patients didnât have a fever and appeared to be on the mend.