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Suggest Treatment For Flu And Soreness In Rib Cage
Brief Answer:
Cough reduction or suppression necessary.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for asking.
I am Dr. Prakash HM and I will be answering your query.
Based on your query, my opinion is as follows:
1. Coughing requires extensive inhalation and exhaling at a greater force. For this, the intercostal muscles in the rib cage play a big role.
2. These muscles are normally not used during breathing. Only during deep breathing, they are used.
3. Now, due to continuous coughing, these are being used continuously due to throat irritation (dry cough) or sputum production due to infection of bronchus (bronchitis - cough with sputum)
4. Coughing needs to be reduced to reduce further pain.
5. If its dry cough, you need to take Codeine linctus to suppress cough. Also salt water gargling and lozenges to soothe throat will be helpful. If you have cold also, steam inhalation will be necessary.
6. Productive cough or sputum being produced, will require usage of steam inhalation along with mucolytics like bromhexine. Cough may need to be suppressed, if it is causing severe pain in this situation.
7. For pain, you can take ibuprofen along with muscle relaxants like chlorzaxozone.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Dr. Prakash HM
Cough reduction or suppression necessary.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for asking.
I am Dr. Prakash HM and I will be answering your query.
Based on your query, my opinion is as follows:
1. Coughing requires extensive inhalation and exhaling at a greater force. For this, the intercostal muscles in the rib cage play a big role.
2. These muscles are normally not used during breathing. Only during deep breathing, they are used.
3. Now, due to continuous coughing, these are being used continuously due to throat irritation (dry cough) or sputum production due to infection of bronchus (bronchitis - cough with sputum)
4. Coughing needs to be reduced to reduce further pain.
5. If its dry cough, you need to take Codeine linctus to suppress cough. Also salt water gargling and lozenges to soothe throat will be helpful. If you have cold also, steam inhalation will be necessary.
6. Productive cough or sputum being produced, will require usage of steam inhalation along with mucolytics like bromhexine. Cough may need to be suppressed, if it is causing severe pain in this situation.
7. For pain, you can take ibuprofen along with muscle relaxants like chlorzaxozone.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
Dr. Prakash HM
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Well I haven't been coughing as much for about a week now but it's like a stabbing pain in my lower right rib cage it's not as bad when I'm standing it seems to be more when I sitor lie down, it feels muscular what can i take
Brief Answer:
NSAIDS painkillers and muscle relaxants
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for asking again.
Complete cessation of cough is necessary for complete relief of pain.
Until then, NSAID painkillers with muscle relaxants will be useful.
You can take ibuprofen along with chlorzaxozone. Any painkiller including celecoxib with muscle relaxant will be fine.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
If you do not have any further queries, you can close the discussion and rate the answer.
Dr. Prakash HM
NSAIDS painkillers and muscle relaxants
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for asking again.
Complete cessation of cough is necessary for complete relief of pain.
Until then, NSAID painkillers with muscle relaxants will be useful.
You can take ibuprofen along with chlorzaxozone. Any painkiller including celecoxib with muscle relaxant will be fine.
Hope it helps.
Any further queries, happy to help again.
If you do not have any further queries, you can close the discussion and rate the answer.
Dr. Prakash HM
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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