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Suggest Treatment For Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

I have an upper respiratory problem, extremely tight chest, productive cough and of course very sore torso from all the coughing. I don t have a fever but am coughing up green phlegm and have pains in my upper back. I went to the emergency room and they did a chest x-ray and said that there was no pneumonia but viral. I am doing all the right things but still feel rough
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Dear Patient,

normally this will go away within a week or 2. What you can do to treat it is inhalation of hot steam with salty water, nasal spray like xylometazoline, some mucus/phlegm solving medication like acetylcysteine, taking in a lot of fluid (tea and water is good, no sugary beverages since that support phlegm). For pain and high fever paracetamol or ibuprofene is advisable after checking for contraindications with your md. If this persists for more than 2 weeks there needs to be reevaluation about perscribing you an antibiotic for secundary bacterial complications. But in most cases antibiotics are not needed with viral upper respiratory infections. Hope this is helping you , if you have any clarificatons you can get back to me, if this was helpful please kindly rate my answer. Best regards
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Suggest Treatment For Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Dear Patient, normally this will go away within a week or 2. What you can do to treat it is inhalation of hot steam with salty water, nasal spray like xylometazoline, some mucus/phlegm solving medication like acetylcysteine, taking in a lot of fluid (tea and water is good, no sugary beverages since that support phlegm). For pain and high fever paracetamol or ibuprofene is advisable after checking for contraindications with your md. If this persists for more than 2 weeks there needs to be reevaluation about perscribing you an antibiotic for secundary bacterial complications. But in most cases antibiotics are not needed with viral upper respiratory infections. Hope this is helping you , if you have any clarificatons you can get back to me, if this was helpful please kindly rate my answer. Best regards