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A couple of things to consider....
If you have a primary care provider (or even an urgent center), consider going in for them to run a quick CBC w/differential (Complete Blood Count with differential). If possible, have the provider put a STAT order in so that they can provide him/her with results 1-2 days out max. Once you get the results back, it would be a good idea to verify that you still do not have Leukocytosis, which is just your white blood cells above the normal range. Although, particularly, what you should look for are increases in the Neutrophil count and/or even the formation of new Band cells. Neutrophils are the portion of your White Blood Cells that experience elevation when you have a Bacterial infection and Band cells are immature neutrophils that are typically elevated when you have a new infection that is very acute.
If you are able to get this blood test done and the results do not indicate Leukocytosis (Elevation in WBC's) or an acute elevation in Neutrophils and/or Band cells that is different from the lowest levels you attained in the hospital prior to discharge, you should technically be getting better.
If the blood work comes back showing improvement, then continue to treat any marginal elevation in body temperature with Acetaminophen (Ideally 1,000mg every 6-8 hours for 2-3 days). Remember that while your body fights off any residual strains of the bacteria that caused the infection, it will stage an inflammatory response that typically presents itself in the form of a fever, as well as other signs (like inflammation, warmth and minor redness of the site). For any pain at the site, I would stick to Ibuprofen (at the recommended doses - check the label on the bottle).
If you're going to take Antibiotics, be very cautious. I don't recommend just drowning yourself in antibiotics, but if you decide to continue, I suggest you take whatever they started you on in the hospital. The problem with continuously taking antibiotics is that if the infection is gone, then you are just going to blast your GI tract with antibiotics that does away with much of your flora, which could then lead to shitty (pun intended) side effects like terrible diarrhea. The biggest risk of antibiotic use is that if you don't take it as prescribed/recommended and start to skip doses, you can develop what's known as an antibiotic-resistant super infection, by essentially making the bacteria resistant to the antibiotic.
If they had sent for a wound culture of the site (assuming you had any break in the skin or rupture), in order to do what is called sensitivity testing, I would use the antibiotics that the wound culture revealed as most effective in treating the bacteria. Wound cultures can be useful in showing what the bacteria may be susceptible to in terms of particular antibiotics.
Be careful when traveling abroad with any type of infection that led to sepsis. Depending on where you go (assuming it's a third world country), you can potentially die if things become exacerbated.
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P.S. If you need more advice, feel free to PM me. I am not a Doctor, but would be willing to provide you with some advice to the best of my knowledge.
