Pleurisy and Chest Infection Clarithromycin

Hello

First of all in you had two lots of ab's and they did not really work then is it worth having another lot normally if you are on ab,s they would kick in by about the 3-4th day also i would be wary as to why if you chest was clear why is he also presrcribing more for you

not sure if this will be any help or not....but for the last two weeks i have not been feeling well, the first week i had all the symptoms of starting a cold, then on Sunday last i started a cough.

For the first few days i had an excruciating throat then green catarrh and then started cough quite badly often ending in an urge, it also made me feel nauseous.

then on Thursday i started having pain in my jaw, chest and into my back, i thought it was indigestion so would have a mint and a glass of water but realized that this was not curing it, in the evening had some painkillers it took the edge of it, then on Friday it was there most of the day and then slowly got worse to the point i thought that i had or was having a heart or angina attack.

In desperation i rang my husband who was no where near home and so i then rang the doctors and they fit me in at the end of surgery,.....

the result was that she checked me over temp, bp (that is another story) then listened to my chest, i was not wheezy then she poke and prodded my back and asked me if it hurt and i said very much so she then told me that i had got costochonditus and did not need ab's as i have no infection but just to take regular painkillers, so

so could this be what you have got from all the coughing and other symptoms,.

maybe there are others who can comment on it,.

hope this helps

Thank you for your advice.. That could be a possibility but I don't have pain in

my back but do around the right hand side of my rib cage, almost underneath my right breast.

I'm really not liking these tablets either. They leave a terrible taste in my mouth and are making me feel quite unwell. Also this evening, I have noticed my cheat feeling raspy again and the glands in my neck have enlarged! I wish there was something I could do to feel myself again.

Hope you get better soon! Sounds horrendous but not too dissimilar to the pain I experienced!!

You feeling any better?

I had a strange cold which turned into chest infection on the lower part of the left lung. Was prescribed amoxycillin and an inhaler as I was wheezing too (something I have never done or suffered from). Doc said if I didnt feel any better to go back, was at the nurse 2 days later for a routine check and asked how long I should wait before going back as the Doc thought I might also need a course of steroids. She gave me steroid prescription there and then. Finished all medication on Monday past but was back yesterday as still wheezing and breathless, lower part of lung still crackly. Now on clarithromycin and another 5 days (40mg at once per day) of steroid - prednisolone. Today I feel quite a bit more "me". Still wheezing and a bit breathless but not nearly as bad. I'm back for a checkup next Thursday, so fingers crossed. January has been a poop month so far. Take care.

hello are you any better. I still have loads of catarrh and am still coughing and the pain has come back at myu back and by the shoulder blades. also had a nose bleed today

hope you have got to the bottom of your problem

Hi

My first post on this site. I've been in a very similar situation for 2 weeks now. I've been to docs and gave me amoxicillin but my chest pains are getting worse !!

How are you getting on now ??

Any advice on what can help me..... I'm a 36 yr old male 6ft 1inch and feel like crying !!

Sad to say that I have exactly the same thing. Started in October as a heavy cough and went from there. Had Amoxi and claritho. Now on a steroid pump. Chest has really started hurting at base of trapezius. Was hoping this was persistent coughing but not sure now. Have had some solid mucus in cast form - checkout "plastic bronchitis". Off to the states on Monday and worried I will take a turn for the worst whilst on my trip( business).

Feel like I am getting on top of the cough and mucus. Have had white frothy, green and pink catarh , as well as the solid casts. Had this once before for 2-3 months. Was during my divorce and hence stress related ( consistent with some papers on plastic bronchitis). Two days left of the steroids. Has ruined Xmas party season, Xmas , new year etc through persistent hacking and hence lack of sleep and total exhaustion. Every spare minute I'm not at work , I collapse on the sofa or in bed . I am diabetic hence suppressed immune system really doesn't help. Symptoms are noticeably worse when my sugars are high.

Nightmare. Slightly comforted to know others have the same thing as thought I was on my way!!

Will follow this thread . Can anyone who is further along with this give us poor souls some light at the end of the tunnel please?

Hi,

I hope you are starting to feel a bit better now. I experienced the same thing several years ago and had 6. courses of antibiotics before my chest infection and sinus infection finally cleared up.

Like you I developed pain in my right side under my rib cage and in my shoulder blade which felt a bit like a. pulled muscle, which my doctor advised me is pleurisy where the lining of the pleura becomes inflamed and rubs every time you breathe. It made me feel exhausted and very low, I struggled to breathe doing simple

tasks.

As long as any cause or infection is treated then the only real treatment is painkillers and rest.

I am currently suffering with pleurisy again only this time I have not had any infection, the doctor thinks it was caused by a virus as I have a weakness in my chest.

I have had it now for 3 weeks and still feel pretty exhausted after getting washed and dressed in the morning, like you I haven't really been out for days.

The best advise I have is just rest as much as possible and keep up the painkillers. Movement really seems. to make me worse so although it is frustrating I am doing a lot of sitting around.

Try and stay positive, it will pass eventually.

Hi Caroline. Thanks for your response. The chest is now clear thanks. I do have chronic backache and rib ache still though. Your explanation seems to feel right. The only thing I can liken it too is a partially slipped disc but I haven't done anything to warrant that!

I guess it will pass as you say. I have a ten hour flight Monday, so at least I get to sit still for a while! Take care mark.

Hi!!

I hadn't realised I had so many replies to this post until today!!

I am much better now and thankfully have had no reoccurance of that episode last year!!

It turned out eventually that I had pneumonia which caused pleurisy and it was around 3 months before I felt back to normal health.

My father has just been admitted to hospital with fatal IPF (ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis) hardening of the lungs. He used to be a heavy smoker but gave up 20 years ago!! There is nothing they can do for him other than try to help his symptoms via warm oxygen and IV steriods. This doesn't appear to be helping as yet but the prognosis doesn't look too good and he's only 64!!

I'm not sure if anyone knows anything or anyone that has this disease but would appreciate any advice!!

Thanks again for your advice

What lead me to this site today was an attempt to find some information and relief from this terrible virus which apart from the fever which has now lowered, shows no signs of improvement whatsoever.

The pain in the back & lungs became so severe that at one point i was coughing up blood and my fever rose to 103.

The phlegm almost choked me and sleep became impossible. The noise and wheezing from my chest is so loud and no amount of coughing can clear it. I feel like I am being smothered. The doctor gave me a five day course of A/B. They didnt touch it at all. I'm now on my second course. Clarithromycin. but even those have had little effect. My skin also feels sunburnt and I am totally and utterly exhausted now. Today, even raising my head or arms became an effort. Absolutely every joint hurts. The cough is crippling me and I dont even have the strength to get from one room to another.

Personally, I believe this is either a superbug, or a form of viral pneumonia. Over the years I have colds and flu, but absolutely nothing like this has ever had such a debilitating effect and I;'m a 6'3 male. This is absolutely horrendous.

I would be interested to know if anyone has any thoughts as to where they may have contracted this. I believe I caught it after a visit to my local hospital. Before then, I never had any sign of anything like this, but nothing I do or take seems to improve it.