could it be bronchitis ?

[anxious09]

hello everyone,

for the past few days i have been feeling ill mainly fatigued, runny nose, congestion , cough
and plegm. my children also share the shame symptoms. is it normal though that
my chest hurts specially when i do some form of exercise ??? should i go to the
doctor ??  

[The_Baconator]

it sounds a lot like acute bronchitis. I say have a doctor check it out. but most acute bronchitis are viral caused. so don't expect to be put on antibiotics unless a microscopic examination of Gram stained sputum shows large numbers of bacteria present. The treatments for it are mostly symptomatic. meaning you treat the symptoms and wait for it to go away. but even untreated it tends to resolve itself fairly quickly. Just make sure it isn't a form of Chronic Bronchitis. that is why a simple check up should be done. Make sure if you smoke, to chew gum until it goes away or better yet stop completely. make sure the rooms you are in are as dust free as you can get them. cause the more irritants in the air the worse it will get. the pain in the chest is because when you do exercise your respiratory tract is working over time. and with your bronchial tubes irritated and inflamed its gonna hurt. It sometimes even gives a very annoying itch in your chest. But go to the doctor and have you and the kids checked on. like i always say when in doubt find it out.

[cheshchesh819]

yes it is normal you could have a chest infection go to the docs and the children,you might all need a course of antibiotics