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Fever Subsided. Chest Tightness, Cough. On Prednisone. What Now?
17 y/o. fever for about week along w/constant coughing and chest tightening. Fever has finally subsided but stll have a bad cough and chest feels tight..no drainage and cough gets worst when laying down. Unable to sleep. Heart disease runs in the family. Is it possible these system can be related to the same? Oh, currently on taking 40 mg of prednisone a day and albuterol inhaler
Mon, 24 Sep 2012
Hi,
Welcome to HCM
After going through your history,it seems that you suffered a chest infection Viral and/or Bacterial and you have bronchitis and a hypersesitive airways with asthamaic response.
Oral steroids are very useful in such cases and once problem is controlled this must be tapered and do not stop suddenly.
As chest tightness is there take bronchodialators inhalers at regular intervals.
Keep yourself well hydrated and even take steam inhalation twice daily.
If you are not asthamatic everything will improve in few days but in few cases hypersensitivity may persist ?
Best of luck to you
Welcome to HCM
After going through your history,it seems that you suffered a chest infection Viral and/or Bacterial and you have bronchitis and a hypersesitive airways with asthamaic response.
Oral steroids are very useful in such cases and once problem is controlled this must be tapered and do not stop suddenly.
As chest tightness is there take bronchodialators inhalers at regular intervals.
Keep yourself well hydrated and even take steam inhalation twice daily.
If you are not asthamatic everything will improve in few days but in few cases hypersensitivity may persist ?
Best of luck to you
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