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Suggest Treatment For Cough And Congestion Causing Rib Fracture
Question: Asking for my daughter: She has been coughing and congested possibly from allergies. Her OB gave her Flonase. She continued coughing and now has a fractured rib. What can she take to quickly heal?
Brief Answer:
Rest and cold compress will help.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Severe coughing can cause fracture ribs or muscle or ligament strain or internal bruise. She can apply some cold compresses by wrapping ice in a towel and take some anti inflammatory pain killer like ibuprofen and paracetamol (acetaminophen). This will require time to heal and till then she can avoid lying on the injured side.
After 3-4 days she can do a hot fomentation in the area and use a chest belt for relief.
Taking adequate calcium supplements and a calcium and Vitamin C rich diet will help in early healing and building up immunity against such allergies.
Cover her with sufficient warm clothes all the time and avoid open cold air exposure as this could aggravate the problem. She can also take low doses of decongestant medicines like half tablet of Sinarest as required for congestion.
Keep her well hydrated with plenty of warm fluids and especially fruit juices.
For running nose she may apply 2 drops of saline nasal drops to each nostril twice a day for relief.
Give her plenty of fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables. Eat high protein diet like cereals, pulses, chicken, lean meat, eggs.
In case there is sputum production with cough, considerable pain in the throat, high grade fever or the symptoms persist for more than 4-5 days then do consult a physician for a local physical examination of throat to rule out any bacterial infection. Antibiotic treatment may be needed in such a case.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Rest and cold compress will help.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Severe coughing can cause fracture ribs or muscle or ligament strain or internal bruise. She can apply some cold compresses by wrapping ice in a towel and take some anti inflammatory pain killer like ibuprofen and paracetamol (acetaminophen). This will require time to heal and till then she can avoid lying on the injured side.
After 3-4 days she can do a hot fomentation in the area and use a chest belt for relief.
Taking adequate calcium supplements and a calcium and Vitamin C rich diet will help in early healing and building up immunity against such allergies.
Cover her with sufficient warm clothes all the time and avoid open cold air exposure as this could aggravate the problem. She can also take low doses of decongestant medicines like half tablet of Sinarest as required for congestion.
Keep her well hydrated with plenty of warm fluids and especially fruit juices.
For running nose she may apply 2 drops of saline nasal drops to each nostril twice a day for relief.
Give her plenty of fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables. Eat high protein diet like cereals, pulses, chicken, lean meat, eggs.
In case there is sputum production with cough, considerable pain in the throat, high grade fever or the symptoms persist for more than 4-5 days then do consult a physician for a local physical examination of throat to rule out any bacterial infection. Antibiotic treatment may be needed in such a case.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
I left out that she is at 27 weeks gestation. Can you recommend a mg amount for calcium supplements? Her prenatal vitamin has 200mg
Brief Answer:
1000mg of calcium carbonate
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Thanks for writing again.
At 27 weeks gestation she can take 1000mg of calcium carbonate supplements daily in addition to a calcium rich diet.
Hope my answer is helpful.
Do accept my answer in case there are no further queries.
Regards.
1000mg of calcium carbonate
Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Thanks for writing again.
At 27 weeks gestation she can take 1000mg of calcium carbonate supplements daily in addition to a calcium rich diet.
Hope my answer is helpful.
Do accept my answer in case there are no further queries.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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