Suggest treatment for persistent cough and abdominal pain
Patient: greetings i started coughing about 2 weeks ago the coughs were very strong and firm but they were tolerateablethe night before yesterday i experienced very firm abdominal pain which was not going so we called the family doctor and he diagnosed me with apendix and i went to the hospital to run a test for it and it turned out i didnt have it however the morning after that i woke up seeing that my lips and some areas around my genitals were swollen with hives i asked the family doctor again and he thinked it was for the coterimoxasol i was taking (due to the coughing i took coterimoxasol and metronidazol ) and so he cut out and prescribed sefixim instead and prescribed injections of sefalexin and betametazon so i took those injections they made the condition a little less tender but the hives expanded vastly and now i have contipation can i know diagnosis please? millions of thanks! oh and by the way he said to me that i stop taking metronidazol too Doctor: Your cough was probably caused by a viral infection which is quite common. But it is probably unrelated to the hives or acute urticaria that your doctor has treated you for. He has additionally prescribed antibiotics to be on the safer side and has tried to cover both for the cough and the hives. Please stop metronidazole and the other antibiotics after completing the five day course. The constipation could have been caused due to the normal intestinal bacterial flora being disturbed. Taking plenty of curd or yogurt should help.