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What Can Cause Breathing Difficulty And Throat Pain While On Ciprofloxacin, Fluconazole And Miconazole?
I am being treated for oral thrush as follows: 500mg ciprofloxacin twice a day - 20 tablets given , 200mg Fluconazole x 1 at night. - 10 tablets given. Also 5ml of miconazole oral gel 3 times a day Something is making me feel ill and I get a feeling like I can’t breathe and something is stuck in my throat and find it painful to swollow and throat gets very dry. It’s the 4th day on the treatment. I started felling ill yesterday which was the 3rd day of the treatment, although my tongue is looking a lot better. I had a bad night and couldn’t sleep. I am due to take my meds now for the night and I am nervous that I will have another bad night and can’t breathe. I am a smoker but have been smoking a whole lot less while on the meds. PleSe help
Fri, 21 Sep 2018
Hi,
The symptoms indicate that the fungus may have spread to your esophagus and caused esophagitis. Esophagitis presents with this strange feeling that something is stuck in the throat and it's painful to swallow. In such cases an endoscopy is required for confirmation. It's important to know whether a fungal esophagitis is present or not because it will affect the choice of antifungal treatment and its duration as well.
Therefore, you'd better discuss your symptoms with your primary care physician in order to be referred to a gastroenterologist for an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The primary care physician can also check some basic parameters like your oxygen saturation which may provide clues regarding your breathlessness. Ciprofloxacin has nothing to do with thrush treatment. Actually, it may cause thrush itself! Perhaps you could clarify - with your doctor - whether continuing it is necessary or not.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis,
Internal Medicine Specialist
The symptoms indicate that the fungus may have spread to your esophagus and caused esophagitis. Esophagitis presents with this strange feeling that something is stuck in the throat and it's painful to swallow. In such cases an endoscopy is required for confirmation. It's important to know whether a fungal esophagitis is present or not because it will affect the choice of antifungal treatment and its duration as well.
Therefore, you'd better discuss your symptoms with your primary care physician in order to be referred to a gastroenterologist for an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The primary care physician can also check some basic parameters like your oxygen saturation which may provide clues regarding your breathlessness. Ciprofloxacin has nothing to do with thrush treatment. Actually, it may cause thrush itself! Perhaps you could clarify - with your doctor - whether continuing it is necessary or not.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis,
Internal Medicine Specialist
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