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Suggest Treatment For Cough, Vomiting And Neck Pain
Sick with a cold, when to doctor got antibiotics(500 mg)and night time cough medicine. Next day started vomiting. Went to ER, got vomiting medicine. Still cant keep anything down but ice cream. Now starting to develop headache and neck pain. Is there something else I am missing?
Wed, 9 Jan 2019
Hello,
Without being able to examine you or take further history, I really can't say for sure what is going on.
It's possible that the vomiting is from the antibiotic or cough medicine. It's also possible that a virus that is causing the cold symptoms is also causing the vomiting.
Typically, it is not advisable to take an antibiotic for a cold as these are viral infections and antibiotics are for bacterial infections, so I'm not sure why the doctor gave you an antibiotic.
A headache and neck pain, if it is muscular neck pain, maybe from the strain from vomiting. However, if it is a stiff neck, such as pain when you flex your neck or bring up a leg straight when laying down, and fever, then you must go back to the ER to rule out meningitis.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh,
General & Family Physician
Without being able to examine you or take further history, I really can't say for sure what is going on.
It's possible that the vomiting is from the antibiotic or cough medicine. It's also possible that a virus that is causing the cold symptoms is also causing the vomiting.
Typically, it is not advisable to take an antibiotic for a cold as these are viral infections and antibiotics are for bacterial infections, so I'm not sure why the doctor gave you an antibiotic.
A headache and neck pain, if it is muscular neck pain, maybe from the strain from vomiting. However, if it is a stiff neck, such as pain when you flex your neck or bring up a leg straight when laying down, and fever, then you must go back to the ER to rule out meningitis.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh,
General & Family Physician
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