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Suggest Treatment For Severe Chest Infection And Chest Pain

Female aged 60 with hiatus hernia. Right hand side chest pain, radiating into neck and least chest and into neckall r/h side.pain when breathing. 4 11 tall, 16 stones. Recovering from bad chest infection been on steroids and nebuliser, use clenil and ventolin inhaler. Non smoker. Already paid via papal, not letting me through to next step.
Thu, 15 Oct 2015
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Since you had pneumonia, we should first rule out relapse of pneumonia as a cause for your chest pain.
So first get done chest x ray.
If chest x ray is improving than no need to worry for pneumonia. Post infectious bronchitis can cause similar kind of pain.
So get done PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) for the diagnosis of bronchitis.
Mucolytic, expectorant and antioxidants drugs are useful in your case.
Inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) are also needed.
So better to first diagnose yourself, get done chest x ray and PFT, than start appropriate treatment.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Chest Infection And Chest Pain

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Since you had pneumonia, we should first rule out relapse of pneumonia as a cause for your chest pain. So first get done chest x ray. If chest x ray is improving than no need to worry for pneumonia. Post infectious bronchitis can cause similar kind of pain. So get done PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) for the diagnosis of bronchitis. Mucolytic, expectorant and antioxidants drugs are useful in your case. Inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) are also needed. So better to first diagnose yourself, get done chest x ray and PFT, than start appropriate treatment. Hope I have solved your query. Wish you good health. Thanks.