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What Causes Breathing Difficulty And Rib Cage Pain After Recovering From Chicken Pox?

Posted on Fri, 17 Jun 2016

Question: Hello Doctor,
I am currently out of XXXXXXX and a month ago, I got infected with chickenpox(this is the first time) and after taking proper medication, I recovered after 2 weeks and from the last 2-3 days, I am feeling a little difficult to breath sometimes and also all of a sudden, I am feeling a little pain under my right ribs.(The pain is very mild and it doesn’t stay for long).
Could you please suggest if this pain might be related to after effects of chickenpox by any chance?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
as explained in details.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
To recapitulate: Male/*27 - out of XXXXXXX - Chicken pox a month ago - recovered after 2 weeks - little difficult to breath 2-3 days - little pain under right ribs all of a sudden - wants to know whether this pain be related to after effects of Chicken pox ....

My thoughts after reading your history:
Since you are 27, the recovery from Chicken pox or any such viral affection takes more time than children take. But since it is about a month the relation between the problems of today are difficult to correlate with Chicken pox.
Yet considering you to be still in the recovery phase, the causes of little difficulty to breath and little pain under the right rib may be due to mild inflammation of the lower part of the lower lung, pleura or ribs itself (costochondritis) or intra-abdominal organs like liver or gall bladder (this being on right side)

I hope this answers your query specifically, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (4 hours later)

Thanks for the reply. So do this inflammaion goes away itself or should I consult doctor to take treatment?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Better to consult a Doctor.

Detailed Answer:
It will be worth to get this evaluated clinically from a Doctor and get the X-ray Chest and Ultrasound of the abdomen and further treatment under the care of your consulting Doctor so that nothing is missed and you get an appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (2 days later)

I have consulted doctor and he confirmed that there is no inflammationn, but he doubted that pain may be because of stones in gallbladder. So I got abdomen ultrasound done and they informed me that there are no stones but they see a little extra fat in liver. My height is 5ft 11 inches and weight is around 72 kgs. Is it possible to have extra fat in my case? Also could you please suggest proper diet to reduce it. Currently my regular diet is as below.

Breakfast - Wheat flakes (Cereals) + milk + 2 slices of bread (sometimes an apple too)
Lunch - 3/4 cup of rice with any curry(not fried items) and curd.
Dinner - Pita bread (Made from mix of wheat flour and white flour)

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry about.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your feedback.
Read your feedback well.
It is very common to have fat in the liver now-a-days as we see such a report in most of the patients.
Since you are already taking a proper diet without fried things, you need no extra care or extra dietary restrictions.
Regular exercises of whatever way you can do is fine addition.
X-ray chest would also have been done just to make sure that there is nothing in the lungs or pleura.

I hope this answer helps you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar