Intercostal muscels?

Question

Im having bad bad pain in the intercostal muscels and tried a coulple of basic pain killers for it but nothing has worked. Just b4 i coughed ans something went click and now i can hardly move cause of the pain, i have had this problem for over three months but this month is the worst i have had test on test to find out this keeps happening, the only thing the docs think its a bad chest infec that just wont go any suggestions on how to help pain????

Answer 1

Are you on antibiotics? If he thinks it's a bad infection, you should be being treated for such. You could have walking pneumonia, which will cause severe lung pain and difficulty breathing because of the pain. You could also have a pleural effusion, which means there is fluid between your lung and the outer lining of the lung; or pleursy, which is an inflammation of the lining of the lunf. That will also cause severe pain when you breathe. It could even be a blood clot in the lung, although that is probably not the case.
You need to go back to the doc and tell him it is unbearable. If you have either of the above conditions, you need treatment. If those are ruled out, and it's muscle pain, he needs to give you something stronger for the pain. Are you taking something like Ibuprofen, which is an anti-inflammatory? It will work better than tylenol, if you have an inflammation.
Don't try to tolerate or fix the pain yourself. Call the doc and insist you have another x-ray and be seen. Good luck.

Answer 2

Have you ever tried an anti inflammatory? A bad chest infection that won't go,what kind of answer is that? Try an anti inflammatory- high dose along with a muscle relaxer. Do not continue the pain medicine if it is not helping. In the long run there are many many problems associated with innocent pain relievers. Don't get involved!
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Answer 3

Sounds like you're having muscle spasms.

How long have you been coughing? If it's been going on for a while, you may have cracked a rib and are having muscle spasms as a result.

See a different doctor, get a fresh chest xray.

If it's an alignment problem you might want to see a chiropractor.

Answer 4

if it's an infection, the antibiotics that i presume your doc prescribed you would have healed the inflammation caused by the infection and when the infection is gone then the pain should be gone. see another doctor.. and be sure to take antibiotics for the whole duration prescribed and do not stop if you start feeling well.. go see a doctor ASAP..

Answer 5

If you heard or felt a "click" you may have cracked a rib?

I cracked a rib by holding in a sneeze before. If you were coughing, intensely, and repeatedly it would not surprise me if you did the same thing.

Answer 6

If something clicked, it was probably one of the ribs slipping out of place - a condition called slipping rib, or chostrochondritis. Chiropractors are good at diagnosing and fixing this sort of thing.