My husband has atypical pneumonia ?/ psittacosis. He has been told to stay out of the sun. why.?
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Its the medication, not the condition. This is a rare one, I only found 2 in 30 years!
Patients on doxycycline should be advised to avoid excessive sunlight or artificial ultraviolet light while and to discontinue therapy if phototoxicity (e.g., skin eruption etc.) occurs. Sunscreen or sunblock should be considered. Treatment should cease at the first sign of skin erythema.
its because the gp prefers the mirror
ULTRAVOILET LIGHT HATCHES BACTERIA. STAYING OUT OF THE LIGHT IS HIS BEST OPTION...
There are a number of reasons... one is that Ultra-violet light can hatch and help bacteria to grow. Furthermore, many anti-biotics d in the treatment of pneumonia can cause photo-sensitivity in that you can sun burn very easily one such anti-biotic they may cause this is Septrin. I suggest you keep well covered and in the shade.
Basically he has walking pneumonia caused from exposure to bird droppings or feathers. Since several antibiotics make you more sensitive to the sun I'd say it's the medication.
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