really need some advice and feed back!!?

Question

So about three months ago I got this terrible cold:
very tired, stuffed up, sore throat. My doctor gave me a decongestion med and antibiotics because it wouldnt go away. After that it went away but came back worse with a terrible hacking cough, so I went back to the doctor and she gave me another set of more strong antibiotics and suggested blood work and a chest x-ray because the cough wouldnt go away. The blood work came back clear and the x-ray showed a shadow in my lungs so she prescribed another one and it came back the same. So i got inhalers. One of the inhalers was advair and it seemed to work with my cough it went away but then as soon as advair wore off the cough would come back. So i stayed on the inhalers for a while and was prescribed an x-ray for 6 weeks later I just had the x-ray and it shows that I have calcium buil-up on my ribs around my lungs, the doctor says it may be from a cracked rib i didnt know about or from a respiratory infection like pneumonia.

She now prescribed me a cat scan that i will be getting this week, I have been good with taking the antibiotics and inhalers and always drink plenty of H20, I never get sick why all of a sudden? I am a healthy active person and why has the doctor allowed this to go on for 3 months, how do they fix calcium buildup on my ribs? is it severe?

Answer 1

The chest X-ray alone is not enough to conclude calcification, localized on the rib. If you recently had an injury that caused a hair line fracture to that rib, then I could understand the calcification conclusion; the CT of the chest should tell you if it is severe or not. There are many diagnostic techniques that can be used to reach that conclusion, so therefore I agree with that gentleman's answer about seeing a Pulmonologist, because the provided information sounds like it needs further evaluation from a lung physician.
I am not physician, but my answer is based upon my experience within pulmonary pathology and my degree in Respiratory Science.

Answer 2

The followingsites are good places to research for the information you seek. The first one is called Cure Zone, and contains many highly active forums of people talking about all kinds of medical problems, and methods of dealing with the. The next one is a website chock full of alternative health information, mainly about alternative therapies for any number of ailments. It was set up by someone who became quite ill (I can't remember what she came down with now), and had to self treat because the Doctor couldn't help her. These are excellent resources, I hope you use them, because it might be the only place you are going to findthe answers you need:

http://www.curezone.com

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/


I hope you get better soon.


EDITED TO ADD:

You should go out and buy a product called COLD EEZE (no other brand will do) at the supermarket. It is a zinc losonge that you take at the first sign of a cold. You must get this specific brand, the others have ingredients in them that deactivate the zinc, rendering the losonges useless.

Anyway, you should keep the product in your medicine cabinet for the future. The reason is, if you take it when you first get sick with a cold (won't work with flu or sinusinfection, only colds), you take it exactly as it says on the label, you do not eat or drink anything containing vitamin c for an hour before and after taking the losonge, and you take them every day, they will cut down the duration of your cold by about half. Also, they can help keep the symptoms from becoming as severe as they would if you weren't taking anything.

Also, this may be a silly question, but has the Doctortested you for T.B.?

Answer 3

I have allergic asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Any medical issue involving respiratory problems should be evaluated by a medical specialist called a Pulmonologist. Seems as though your problems have become chronic even after all the treatments. I would definitely get in touch with the specialist and get definitive diagnoses and treatment.

Answer 4

i dont think there is anything they can do for a calcification on your rib, it never hurts to get a second opinion i would get copies of everything just incase you do need to switch doctors

Answer 5

u need a Dr with more experience,,,i don't know why she waited so long to offer the first xray.... i suggest u find another dr real soon...these are your lungs u are talking about....
good luck to you !!