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fruitsalad | 19:45 Thu 28th Apr 2011 | Health & Fitness
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I went to see the doc today as Ive been getting a little bit breathless, nothing really major but thought it worth getting checked out, he listerned to my chest and back and said it seems as though I have a chest infection as he could hear some crackling, and put me on antibiotics, the thing is apart from the breathlessness i feel as right as rain, and i dont have a cough, surely if it were a chest infection i would be feeling just a bit under the weather.
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If it's the beginning of an infection, you wouldn't necessarily feel under-the-weather. It might just be the weather, though. There have been several warnings this week about adverse affects on respiration in some people (mainly asthma and COPD sufferers)
I agree....never seen someone with acute bronchitis without a cough.
"Crackling" is of 2 types..coarse and fine....both indicating different conditions.
Arti may well be right...........monitor the situation.
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Sqad will it be ok to still carry on with the antibiotics if the doctor has got it wrong and its not a chest infection?
I'm not sqad, but you should always complete a dose of antibiotics, not leave off in the middle - it says so on the box, you won't see any effect unless you take them all.
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have only taken two so far box, but I will carry on taking them.
fruity....yes carry on with the antibiotics.
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thanks Sqad, the doctor wants me to have blood tests and also a chest xray,
fruit...that sounds a good move.
not realy my son has chest infections and to beging with i ignored it as i thougthwas trying to get out of sports he was fine no signs of other illness just said he felt out of breath then one day he id it hurt a little when he breathed in thought nothing of it as h littl over weight and lazy when he doesnt want to do sports then i watched him one day struggling and desided to take him to doctors he had a weezy left lung due to a chest infection unleft goes to show a tld on e spso much time trying to get out of sports that whan it realy did count i didnt beleave him
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sweets how long did your sons chest infection go undetected for?

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