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How Can Cough Along With Fever And Body Ache Be Treated?

I started having a cough on Thursday am and took some cough syrup RX Promethazine-Codeine that day/night I was fine My symptoms started Friday morning with a slight fever100.3,body ache and chills I took 2 Tylenol extra strength At 11:15 which brought my temp down to 98.? Then after sleep about 5-6 hours my fever spiked to 103.? Also with body aches and chills again took Tylenol. I slept throughout the day and night waking up the next morning 8:30 am with a temperature of 104.? This time I took some RX Motrin600 along with cough syrup and that had me feeling better until 6 hrs later w/same symptoms then repeated w/Tylenol and cough syrup All day yesterday I stayed in bed drank lots of water and taking Meds when needed switching from Tylenol (4 -5 hours) and Motrin (6 hrs). I felt better throughout the day/night..... However I could not fall back asleep and stayed up Maybe 20 hrs + in the morning I started w/symptoms again with temp 101.? Took Tylenol and cough syrup and finally fell asleep around 11:45. I then woke up around 2ish w/chills body ache and a temp of 102.? Got myself in a Luke warm bath drank some warm water and took Motrin and cough syrup. At this moment 4:12 I m feeling better....
Fri, 17 Feb 2017
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cough with fever. first requirement is to have sputum for AFB. consult pumunologist for examination of lung fields and exclude pneumonic consolidation presence of crepitation and ronchi. bronchodialater like deriphy Lin to be started, control fever with tab crocin. on his advise antibiotic can be started. it can be inject able crystalline penicinic 5 lac unit daily or ezy throcin 5oomg daily morning for 4 days.
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How Can Cough Along With Fever And Body Ache Be Treated?

cough with fever. first requirement is to have sputum for AFB. consult pumunologist for examination of lung fields and exclude pneumonic consolidation presence of crepitation and ronchi. bronchodialater like deriphy Lin to be started, control fever with tab crocin. on his advise antibiotic can be started. it can be inject able crystalline penicinic 5 lac unit daily or ezy throcin 5oomg daily morning for 4 days.