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advice please

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festiveface · 27/01/2006 14:01

started feeling ill nearly 2 weeks ago. headache, coughing, hot and cold sweats, shivering etc.
got antibiotics from the doctor who thought it might be a chest infection.
Now, nearly 2 weeks later, the sweats are gone and the cough has calmed down alot but, i still have a headache, feel tired, occasional pains in legs and when i breathe in very deeply i make a wheezy croaky sound.

Do I just wait for this to go away? seem to have been moaning on about it for ages! Very rluctant to go to the doctors as they are crap and getting an appointment is not that easy.

also feel very miserable and moody

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festiveface · 27/01/2006 14:36

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nailpolish · 27/01/2006 14:41

did the dr take a sample of your blood or phlegm for the lab? if not he may not have px the correct antibiotics for the infection. i assume he px you a broad spectrum ab, which the infection may not be sensitive to.

i would go back to the dr and ask him to listen to your chest, do you wheeze when inhaling or exhaling? or both?

can you check your temp at home?

it maybe a viral thing, like the flu, (i know, i know, all drs say this when they are not sure) hence the pains in legs etc, which in that case there is not really much you can do

hope you get better soon x

ps dont take my word im not a dr

lalaa · 27/01/2006 14:51

go and make yourself a pain in the a*se at the doctors until they fix you.

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festiveface · 27/01/2006 17:06

they won't see me till monday grrr

does anyone know if the wheezy noise would mean an infections still there?

I never have any problem with my chest normally.

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foundintranslation · 27/01/2006 17:09

Can you breathe comfortably? Is there any pain when you breathe in deeply?
Another thing I have (I have asthma) which sounds really bizarre is that, when I'm having chest trouble/breathing problems I get very itchy under my chin.
A wheezy noise might well indicate an inflammation of some kind, yes. Isn't necessarily serious, but needs investigating.

jalopy · 27/01/2006 17:18

Do you have a temperature?

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festiveface · 27/01/2006 17:29

i can breathe o.k although when i take i deep breath that makes me cough.

i did have a temperature but not anymore. Just headache and sharp pains in legs every so often....think i'm for the knackers yard lol

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