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What Causes Right-sided Pain In The Chest While A Deep Breath?

5 days ago I felt I was getting a small cold. I had a sore throat, headache, and just felt very tired. My appetite was fine and I was eating normally. 2 days later I woke up in the middle of the night vomiting. I was vomiting off and on for ten hours. I had horrific body aches and chills. I checked but had no fever. I also had diarrhea. After the ten hours of this I was able to keep down some clear liquids and I felt sick with head cold symptoms. My body aches were unbearable. I took advil and it took the pains away. I was then left with head congestion, cough, basically a virus. I have noticed that my right side under my collar bone is hurting me when I cough or have to clear my throat. I sniffle because my nose is stuffed and it hurts me on the right side of my chest. It also pains me when I take a deep breath. I am scared that maybe I hurt something when I was vomiting so much, or worse that I aspirated when throwing up so much. I don t know if I should see a doctor. I am unbelievably tired and cannot work still. I feel I am getting better but still feel horrible. I am eating more dry plain foods and clear liquids but the chest pain is concerning.
Tue, 13 Jun 2017
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Hello,

All these symptoms like sore throat, headache or body ache, tiredness, cough and congestion could be because of upper respiratory infection (pharyngitis, laryngitis, epiglottis) or bronchitis. It is mostly due to viral infection like EB virus, adenovirus but some time could also be bacterial or parasitic.

Diarrhea could be due to intestinal hypermotility or might be due to some infection or disturbed stomach bacterial flora but no need to worry as diarrhea is mostly self-limiting. You should go for some routine blood investigation with sputum tests and chest x-ray to get diagnosed first. You may require higher antibiotics (quinolones or macrolides) to prevent super infection with anti-inflammatory and other supportive treatment like bronchodilators if there is any breathing problem. It would be advisable to see physician or pulmonologist and start treatment after that.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Sandip Kabra
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What Causes Right-sided Pain In The Chest While A Deep Breath?

Hello, All these symptoms like sore throat, headache or body ache, tiredness, cough and congestion could be because of upper respiratory infection (pharyngitis, laryngitis, epiglottis) or bronchitis. It is mostly due to viral infection like EB virus, adenovirus but some time could also be bacterial or parasitic. Diarrhea could be due to intestinal hypermotility or might be due to some infection or disturbed stomach bacterial flora but no need to worry as diarrhea is mostly self-limiting. You should go for some routine blood investigation with sputum tests and chest x-ray to get diagnosed first. You may require higher antibiotics (quinolones or macrolides) to prevent super infection with anti-inflammatory and other supportive treatment like bronchodilators if there is any breathing problem. It would be advisable to see physician or pulmonologist and start treatment after that. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Sandip Kabra