Hi Further to my post yesterday concerning the breathlesnes and coughing. after a mild flu virus. Tonight I have started to get some strong crampy feeling pain in the left hand side of my chest and am quite worried about it can anyone give me some advice on what else is best to do I have been to my out of hours doctors quite a few times over the last few weeks about the breathlesnes and am afraid incase they start to get fedup of me going there :@/ or calling them
Thanks
2007-01-10 09:02:46 · 6 answers · asked by Darren J 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Could be you have chest congestion, try Mucinex. But I really advise you to get a second opinion.
2007-01-10 18:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Pixie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are only young, it could well be asthma. if you are 40+ or a heavy smoker then demand some tests. Although a cough can last weeks after a virus has left your body, and the pain in you chest may well be due to the strain of coughing.
if your symptoms are a cough which is mostly at night it is probably asthma. ask your GP to do a peak flow assesment on you . check out this self diagnosis website.
2007-01-10 12:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by sherry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had the same symptoms around 2 weeks ago and still have a slight cough now, the only two things i could find that helped me was sudifed <-----spelling? and vitamin c tabs, the sudifed in my stated you can only buy behind the counter now and have to show id to get it, i have and am still having pains in my right side but just been dealing with it, most likely i figured i pulled a muscle coughing so much or something
2007-01-10 09:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by bshelby2121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they haven't done one get an x-ray. My son had that pain after a bout of bronchitis. X-ray showed.He had air trapped in the lung on the painful side. A round of steroids and a few nebulizer treatments cleared it up.
2007-01-10 09:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by littledevilinyourcup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you cough you are useing musles in your chest and hte resond why tou hurt on that side is probobly becouse you turn to cough in that diraction puting strain on those musles inpiticular. i know becouse when ever i have a coughing thaing its realy bad and my chest hurts for atmost a week after i get over it. and its stuped to not talk to your docter dont be afraid of anoying them its there job to help you get well adn bug them untill you do.
2007-01-10 09:10:16 · answer #5 · answered by Tekedo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go buy u some municex at the drugs store it work great can get it at osco are walgreen
2007-01-10 09:12:00 · answer #6 · answered by tuname 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋