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What Are Symptoms Of Pneumonia?
My 16 years old breathed in her spit by accident and has since (over the last three days) developed a chesty cough (no cold) which is getting progressively worse. My elderly father once did this and it turned to pneumonia. Should I be concerned about it turning to an infection in her lung/bronchial tubes in my daughter or is the cough coincidental? Thank you.
Tue, 23 Aug 2016
Hi welcome to HCM....
Here chest pain , fever , dyspnea like symptom not present....
So chance of pneumonia less. ..
But it could be upper respiratory tract infection or mild bronchitis...
Investigate her with .....
1.CBC with absolute differential count
2.Auscultation
3.Chest x ray only if needed
Here decongestent like phenylephrine given for relieving congestion and cough ...
Water drinking more
Excess fried food avoided ...
If cough worsen than sputum cytology and throat swab along with aso titre done
Advise ; pulmonologist consultation...
Here chest pain , fever , dyspnea like symptom not present....
So chance of pneumonia less. ..
But it could be upper respiratory tract infection or mild bronchitis...
Investigate her with .....
1.CBC with absolute differential count
2.Auscultation
3.Chest x ray only if needed
Here decongestent like phenylephrine given for relieving congestion and cough ...
Water drinking more
Excess fried food avoided ...
If cough worsen than sputum cytology and throat swab along with aso titre done
Advise ; pulmonologist consultation...
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