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medicine
16/f although I don't think you really need to know that for this question.
I had gotten sick a few weeks ago (about 2 to 2 and a half) and I went to the doctor on a Tuesday. He gave me medicine that didn't help. I I went back the following Sunday because I was still really sick and was having trouble breathing. It ended up becoming the begining stages of pneumonia (sp?). I was put on medicine then and the note thing on the medicine said take for 10 days. I started getting better but one night I forgot to take my medicine and my cough came back, I took it the next day though. The 10 days are up and I'm still really sore on my left side (where my ribs are) from coughing. I'm also still coughing a bit. I'm so sore that when I sleep if I accidentally roll on that side I wake up from the pain and it hurts so bad that I can't sit up without wanting to cry. Sometimes it hurts to breath, laugh, even walk.
If I still have medicine left am I okay to take it? Is this a question I should really call my pharmasist or doctor about? It probably is but for some reason I decided to ask you anyway. My mom said if it's still really bad I'll have to wait until Friday to go to the doctors again. I have exams and work all this week except Friday which is why I would have to wait until then.
Do you know of anything I would be able to do until then to help the pain stop with the area of my ribs (also a little bit of my lowed back on the left also). I'm not sure if I just bruised them from coughing really hard (there are no visable markings near where it hurts) or if I did more. A few years back my mom had such a bad cough she ended up breaking her ribs. I don't know if I'm just paranoid about that and I'm making the pain worse mentally or not.
Do you think pain meds (tylenol, ibuprofen, etc.) would help something like hurt ribs?
I plan on going to the doctor on Friday anyway, I was just hoping maybe you would have some suggestions on what I could do in the meantime. If not I'll try and call my pharmasist tomorrow or the next day.
Thanks in advance for answering and sorry about the crazy length. Normally I know how much to type when it comes to need to know information, but I wasn't totally positive on this question.
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You were probably given some sort of antibiotic
so you should take all you were given. If there are some left by all means take them. The pharmacy wouldn't have given you to many. Most antibiotics
are taken at least twice a day.
You really can get very sore ribs just from coughing. All those muscles around your rib cage
get used more than usual and can get really sore.
Ibuprofen is best for inflammations so if you have both,take it. Tylenol or aspirin will work to if
thats all you have.
If you are still hurting on Friday, by all means see your doctor. You can also call and ask to talk to your doctors nurse anytime. Tell her
whats going on and if she doesn't know the answer,
she will ask your doctor and call you back. They
really do not mind you doing this.
Hope you feel better soon! :)
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