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Suggest Treatment For Pain While Breathing When Suffering From Cough
I have had chills and a headache on and off the past 3 days with an intermitted cough. I've take ibuprofen and Mucinex-D. I got some good rest last night and now that I am up when I take a deep breath to clear my lungs as I take in the last of my breath to fill my lungs it hurts as I breath in and it makes me cough as I breath out.
Thu, 4 Jun 2015
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The pain on taking a deep breath may be related to pleuritis or pleurisy.
This is inflammation of the pleura. It can occur in different settings including viral infections such as that causing your cough/headache/chills.
The use of anti inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen, cataflam or naproxen is normally recommended.
You may also want to use a cough medication to reduce coughing because this can irritate the problem.
I hope this helps
The pain on taking a deep breath may be related to pleuritis or pleurisy.
This is inflammation of the pleura. It can occur in different settings including viral infections such as that causing your cough/headache/chills.
The use of anti inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen, cataflam or naproxen is normally recommended.
You may also want to use a cough medication to reduce coughing because this can irritate the problem.
I hope this helps
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