i had bronchtis 3 weeks ago and I still feel weak somedays I feel really good and then days like today i want to crawl back into the bed and stay, cold chills, a dry cough, no appettie, and mucus like diarhea some weakness in chest what can I do
Hi,
Has a chest xray been done to rule out any rib fracture, chest infection, or air in the pleural space?
There could be several causes of the symptoms you are having including a muscle pull, injury or trauma at the site, chest infection, etc.
Do you have any associated symptoms?
You should apply some local pain relief medications, take some oral pain relief medications, maintain a proper posture throughout the day, try some warm compresses.
You could take some antireflux antinausea medications and see if they help with your symptoms - this could be pain due to reflux or GERD.
Consult the doctor if the symptoms persist and discuss whether you need to get any investigations including a chest xray and ECG done.
Let us know about how you are doing and if you need any other information.
Regards.
I forgot one footnote.
My entire body aches since the initial incident of chest pain.
cold air seems to help the chest pain but increases the body aches whereas heat decreases the aches and increases the chest pain.