DH torn abdominal muscle?

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Both DH and I have had rather nasty chest colds which resulted in a lot of coughing. Dh has had persistent abdominal pain for more than a week and is seeing the gp tomorrow. The pain is restricting his range of motion and it is worse on getting up and lying down as well as twisting motion.
What would the best things be to say to the GP so thAt he doesnt get fobbed off?

Thanks in advance

It sounds like a pulled muscle so I dont know what he could say to a GP, it's quite common with a bad cough isn't it?

My DH had a pulled muscle in his chest, the dr prescribed voltarol cream, you can buy it from chemist as well.

You can actually crack a rib from coughing too much. Best see a Dr to be checked.

GP shouldn't be fobbing off with symptoms like that - would need to rule out a hernia after all that coughing. Any abdo pain for a week will need to be looked at.

Hope he's ok.