Hi,
Noted your history of
respiratory tract infection for over 10 days treatment with antibiotics, now coughing phlegm, gases, bloating of abdomen and so on.
The cause of bloating can be due to
aerophagia that occurs with excessive coughing, ingestion of infected sputum causing intestinal infection and thus loose stools too.
Antibiotics too can cause similar problems.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Consult a Gastroenterologist or your Doctor for clinical evaluation, investigations of stool, blood and phlegm.
May be you need another antibiotic,
Probiotics along with multivitamins.
PPI like
Omeprazole.
X-ray of abdomen and
Ultrasonography to know any other cause of bloating.
See the response to the treatment and have proper management.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon