What could chronic chest pain indicate, taken antibiotics for pneumonia and crackles?
Patient: I have two questions. The first one is on March 3rd I went to the dr s about chest pain because I had a bad cold and I couldn t breath in deep without it hurting. They told me I had Pneumonia and prescribe me Mylan-Levofloacin 500mg took 1 1/2 tablet once by mouth for 7 days and 200 DOS Ventolin HDA 100mcg 2 puffs every 4hrs. I did that and I still had pain so I went back and the dr said my pneumonia was gone but still had crackles in my lungs so he said I had pleurisy and prescribed me Naproxin 375mg 1 tablet by mouth 3 times a day I got them on march 18th. It s now march 23rd and I still have that sharp pain on my left side when I breath or cough and still have crackles. What do I do? And the other question is can all these antibiotics make my period late or skip it? Thanks! Doctor: Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Answer to your 1st question. In my opinion you should get done CT thorax to rule out bronchiectesis. It is type of healed lung tissue common after pneumonia treatment. In this part of lung tissue dilates and remain as it is. In the dilated part, secretions tend to accumulate and cause crackles and pain on coughing. So get done CT thorax to rule out bronchiectesis. Answer to your 2nd question. Delay in periods is seen in acute infection and antibiotic use both. But infection is the likely cause in your case. Infection anywhere in the body causes stress and hormonal imbalance. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.