Question 1

I've had this stubborn dry cough for about 15 days now. It all started with a cold and cough, and I took some antibiotics and chest cold tablets for a few days back then. The cold cleared up, but this cough just won't go away. It's mostly at night before I sleep, but somehow it doesn't bother me when I'm actually asleep. The coughing makes it hard to breathe and sometimes I feel like my heart's racing. I even get these shivering vibrations in my upper body and hands. I already spoke to a general physician and got a bunch of medications like montelukast sodium, levocetirizine hydrochloride, methylprednisolone, and cefpodoxime proxetil potassium clavulanate. I'm on my second day of this prescription, and then I read online that some of these are for asthma. Really curious and a bit worried about what this could be, and if it's got to do with my lungs or heart. Any advice on what's going on and how to find out more?

Accepted Answer

Patient is advised sputum for AFB and microscopy, chest x-ray pa view .

Question 2

Ive been having this issue where I constantly feel the need to take deep breaths, and its starting to worry me. I consider myself pretty healthy since I can handle long-distance runs, play football for an hour, and even work out in the gym regularly. So, its confusing why Im experiencing this. Could you help me figure out what might be causing this problem?

Accepted Answer

do chest xray

Question 3

I'm experiencing chest pain and have a hard time breathing, plus I get tired really quickly and have a fever. Could this be related to a left pleural effusion? Can you help me understand what's happening and what I should do next?

Accepted Answer

Pleural tap is advised to the patient, pleural fluid for AFB examination and microscopy. Also complete blood count,esr ans c-reactive protein is advised to the patient.

I'm taking gastric tablets like Rabiros IT, and I'm also on tuberculosis medication such as RCinex, Combutol, and Pyzina. I'm a bit worried about whether the gastric tablets will affect my TB treatment. Can they interfere with each other?

no

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I'm experiencing chest pain and have a hard time breathing, plus I get tired really quickly and have a fever. Could this be related to a left pleural effusion? Can you help me understand what's happening and what I should do next?

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