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Chest Tightness Amd Irritation, Cough. Taking Vitamins. Recently Suffered From Pneumonia. Recurring Symptoms?
Hi, well a couple months ago I had pneumonia I had antibiotics and inhalers. The last couple days i ve been feeling like I m getting a cold or something so I ve been taking vitamins and getting my rest. But, i find my chest is feeling very different. It feels like I have been doing a lot of cough or smoking (which I haven t been). Almost irritated and kind of tight. Please tell me I am not getting pneumonia again?!
Mon, 28 Jan 2013
you mentioned that you was on some inhalational therapy with antibiotic medication, but you not mentioned there that you are asthmatic or not. Are you having productive cough (cough with thick sputum) or shortness of breath or fever. if you have productive sputum than go for sputum for culture and sentivity. if you known asthematic than get pulmonary function test and adjust your inhalational meter dose for asthma and take vaccine for pneumococcal which prevent harmful and lethal respiratory infection. get chest X Ray for pulmonary infection and complete blood picture.
Dr Ashish Jain
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