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Suggest Treatment For Lung And Rib Cage Pain After Food Poisoning
Question: Is there any medication over the counter I can take for lung and rib cage pain after food posoning?
Brief Answer:
Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,welcome to HCM forum.
Food poisoning is unlikely to cause such a pain unless you had repeated episodes of vomiting.
Anyhow,if the pain is not associated with fever/cough/yellow sputum/difficulty in breathing,you can take either acetaminophen 500mg or ibuprofen 400mg thrice daily after food,along with ranitidine 150mg twice daily before food for 3-5 days(if not allergic).
If the pain fails to resolve after 2 days or the said symptoms appear,kindly avoid delay in seeking medical help.
Hope this will answer your query.
Wishing for a faster cure.
Thank you.
Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,welcome to HCM forum.
Food poisoning is unlikely to cause such a pain unless you had repeated episodes of vomiting.
Anyhow,if the pain is not associated with fever/cough/yellow sputum/difficulty in breathing,you can take either acetaminophen 500mg or ibuprofen 400mg thrice daily after food,along with ranitidine 150mg twice daily before food for 3-5 days(if not allergic).
If the pain fails to resolve after 2 days or the said symptoms appear,kindly avoid delay in seeking medical help.
Hope this will answer your query.
Wishing for a faster cure.
Thank you.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
Brief Answer:
May need further evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,
Pain on sneezing/coughing/laughing may either indicate pleuarl irritation or muscular pain.
If the cough or sneeze is not severe,and no associated fever or sputum,you can try the drugs I mentioned earlier.Otherwise,this may also need anti histamines also.
Hope you got cleared now.
Thank you.
May need further evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,
Pain on sneezing/coughing/laughing may either indicate pleuarl irritation or muscular pain.
If the cough or sneeze is not severe,and no associated fever or sputum,you can try the drugs I mentioned earlier.Otherwise,this may also need anti histamines also.
Hope you got cleared now.
Thank you.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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