my chest hurts

[monacks]

I've got a cold and a nasty cough. My peak flows are fine and I'm not wheezing. But I just feel like I can't catch my breath and I'm coughing up all kinds of crap. It seems like I always get sicker than a normal person when I get a cold. I haven't gone to the dr yet, because they usually put me on antibiotics and I've already been on them three times since September. God forbid I would some day really, really need them. Just wondering if anyone else gets this way. Any suggestions, tips?

[jillybelly]

Would they really put you on antibiotics without testing, listening to your chest, or atleast doing an xray?

Before my doctor puts me on antibiotics, he listens to my chest, has my blood tested, I have an xray, and then, he evaluates everything to see if I need antibiotics (in this case antifungal, lol). This is also because I took way too much penicillin, amoxicillin, etc. as a kid due to constant severe ear infections. I think you develop a resistance to antibiotics???

So if you doctor doesn't do tests, then maybe you should switch doctors if you can. As you suggested, they're no point in giving out antibiotics. That's how we get really bad antibiotic resistant diseases!!

[PinkBanana]

Originally Posted by jillybelly

Would they really put you on antibiotics without testing, listening to your chest, or atleast doing an xray?

Before my doctor puts me on antibiotics, he listens to my chest, has my blood tested, I have an xray, and then, he evaluates everything to see if I need antibiotics (in this case antifungal, lol). This is also because I took way too much penicillin, amoxicillin, etc. as a kid due to constant severe ear infections. I think you develop a resistance to antibiotics???

So if you doctor doesn't do tests, then maybe you should switch doctors if you can. As you suggested, they're no point in giving out antibiotics. That's how we get really bad antibiotic resistant diseases!!

I'm given a different kind of antibiotic every time for that reason!
It sucks b/c some have weird ways u need 2 take(one I took, you couldnt eat for 2-3 hours before or after taking!), or made me really sick(Zpak) or just run me empty(Levaquin).
I've been put on them several times before with "a clear chest" so to say..nothign was heard in listening 2 my lungs and nothing was seen in the x-ray. For some reason my lungs don't wheeze unless I'm really, really sick. And inflammation won't show in x-rays either..
But everytime when the antibiotic works, we know it was an infection.

[hc85]

Have your doctor consider doing a full CBC. If your white blood count is elevated that means it's an infection...Hope you get better!

[jp3892]

Wow I have never heard of resistance to antibiotics over such a short time!!! I know it happens on an (albeit short) evolutionary timescale of about 20-50 years but I never heard of taking a different one for each infection!!! I used to always take the one type - Suprax and almost always got rid of the infection.