I have asthma and was in for the office on Wednesday and again today. I was given predisone and another inhaler. I have been coughing so hard that I now have a lot of pain in my left side of my chest. I have to hold my chest to under arm area as I cough. the pain is at a 8-9 when I am coughing. At the office today they did 2 xrays one from the back and one from the right side looking for possible infection however a comment was that people have coughed so hard that they break a rib or crack one, however it sounds like they didn t look at the xrays for that. Do you have any suggestions for me and if it were to be that I could have broken a rib what can be done for me? sorry the first page I clicked on said free.....
Hi, From history it seems that you might be having pleuritic pain due to infection in the lungs or there might be having muscle strain due to severe coughing. Having fracture of ribs due to severe coughing is less likely. Go for higher antibiotic medicine course after consulting your doctor.Meanwhile, take some analgesic, muscle relaxant tablet for pain. Take some cough suppressant syrup as well. Ok and take care.