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Suggest Treatment For Headache, Chest Congestion And Pain In The Eye

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Posted on Tue, 12 Jul 2016
Question: Dear sir I am having headache chest congestion and eye pain since yesterday
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Answered by Dr. Nishad BN (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
It can be due to viral respiratory infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thank you for asking HCM

I have gone through your query. Your problem can be due to viral respiratory infection.
Do you have fever (temperature)?
Do you have cough with sputum?
If sputum is there , what is the colour?

You can take paracetamol to get relief from head ache , mucolytic like Mucinex to get relief from chest congestion. Taking anti histamines like cetirizine and vitamin C also is good along with these. You can also do steam inhalation with inhalant capsules like Karvol plus.

Take more warm fluids. Taking tea with lemon and honey , warm chicken soup with pepper etc is good also.

If there is no improvement then you should get a physical examination by a physician.Usually viral illness can last for 1 week. After 3 days the severity decrease if there is no secondary bacterial infection. Only rest and supportives is enough. In case of secondary bacterial infection , ie is with symptoms like increasing of fever or yellowish sputum or breathlessness you need antibiotic therapy.

Let me know if anything not clear.
I am happy to help you.
Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Suggest Treatment For Headache, Chest Congestion And Pain In The Eye

Brief Answer: It can be due to viral respiratory infection. Detailed Answer: Hi Thank you for asking HCM I have gone through your query. Your problem can be due to viral respiratory infection. Do you have fever (temperature)? Do you have cough with sputum? If sputum is there , what is the colour? You can take paracetamol to get relief from head ache , mucolytic like Mucinex to get relief from chest congestion. Taking anti histamines like cetirizine and vitamin C also is good along with these. You can also do steam inhalation with inhalant capsules like Karvol plus. Take more warm fluids. Taking tea with lemon and honey , warm chicken soup with pepper etc is good also. If there is no improvement then you should get a physical examination by a physician.Usually viral illness can last for 1 week. After 3 days the severity decrease if there is no secondary bacterial infection. Only rest and supportives is enough. In case of secondary bacterial infection , ie is with symptoms like increasing of fever or yellowish sputum or breathlessness you need antibiotic therapy. Let me know if anything not clear. I am happy to help you. Thanks.