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What Causes Cough And Fever While Suffering From Ulcerative Colitis?
Hi, I have ulcerative colitiis..it may be related to what I m experiencing, not sure... 1) three weeks ago, was sick with cold and achy and tired,doc gave me zpac 2) 2 weeks later ,feeling worse, cough, fever and he said he heard crackling in chest,so he thought I had pneumonia, and gave me leviquin (no xray done) 3) 2 weeks later, feel bad with sore throat, buning eyes, and tired and doc gave another round of Levinquin 4) 2 weeks later, feel tired, extremely achy joints, burning eyes... am afraid, I am so tired, is ithis related to colitis? pneumonia? another underlyning infection? Thanks! Im 53 yr old women with colitis for 10 yrs. thats been manageable, taking lialda but i ve run out for the last 3 weeks. NO symptoms with colits now.
Thu, 20 Dec 2018
Hi,
This looks unlikely to be related to your Ulcertive colitis. The is likely to be a respiratory infection possibly a pneumonia. The point is that the fatigue and tiredness and malaise may persist for upto 6 weeks after successful treatment of pneumonia.
So, if your cough is improved and you do not have fever now , and no breathing difficulties then you should not worry. It's part of the disease. It may take few weeks. Take more fluids. You can use Paracetamol for body aches.
However if you have fever, or difficulty in breathing then you should get an X-ray done.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman,
General & Family Physician
This looks unlikely to be related to your Ulcertive colitis. The is likely to be a respiratory infection possibly a pneumonia. The point is that the fatigue and tiredness and malaise may persist for upto 6 weeks after successful treatment of pneumonia.
So, if your cough is improved and you do not have fever now , and no breathing difficulties then you should not worry. It's part of the disease. It may take few weeks. Take more fluids. You can use Paracetamol for body aches.
However if you have fever, or difficulty in breathing then you should get an X-ray done.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman,
General & Family Physician
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