Displaced rib fracture from Covid cough

[Anonymous]

I am currently on day 12 of covid. I tested + on 12/17, and did a virtual appt with my primary. We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses. On 12/26 I went to urgent care due to severe rib pain. Turns out that I missed their callback. I have a displaced rib fracture. Waiting to get callback from my primary, but they recommended I see primary or ortho. Called around to orthos in the meantime, but none will see rib patients. It may be that there is no treatment but time, but has anyone had to seek treatment if a rib fracture is displaced? Just wonder how it can heal if the bone is not lined up. Hoping to avoid ER. Pain is very bad when coughing, and hard to sleep as there is no comfortable position. Covid symptoms much improved.

[Anonymous]

But it's "just a cold", right?

Sorry, OP. I hope you get some relief soon.

[Anonymous]

A physical therapist may be able to realign your rib. I displaced a rib from coughing due to the flu a few years ago. My friend, who is a pt, fixed it for me. The relief was immediate, but I displaced it twice more in two weeks from lingering coughs. She fixed it each time.

[Anonymous]

Chiropractor?

[Anonymous]

This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I have respiratory issues that make all coughs terrible. The particular cough medicine I need cannot be taken with Paxlovid because it dangerously increases the effects of the cough medicine. I had an immediate incessant cough. My doctor and I agreed that getting the cough under control asap was more important. I’m certain this rib fracture happened that first day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But it's "just a cold", right?

Sorry, OP. I hope you get some relief soon.

Please. People have been displacing/straining/fracturing ribs from cold- or flu-induced coughs forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I called my pulmonologist and asked for Paxlovid yesterday because I tested positive for covid. He said it’s really only for people 65+ years old or who are immunocompromised. I have 4 other risk factors for severe covid, but not those two. He said he didn’t think I’d benefit from taking Paxlovid. Consider yourself lucky that you got a prescription.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I called my pulmonologist and asked for Paxlovid yesterday because I tested positive for covid. He said it’s really only for people 65+ years old or who are immunocompromised. I have 4 other risk factors for severe covid, but not those two. He said he didn’t think I’d benefit from taking Paxlovid. Consider yourself lucky that you got a prescription.

Sorry that your doctor wouldn't prescribe it. If anyone runs into a similar situation, try googling paxlovid prescription and clicking on one of the ads for online doctors. You'll answer a bunch of questions to make sure you have no contraindications, maybe have to upload proof that you're covid positive, pay maybe $20-$40, and in about an hour, a prescription will be at the pharmacy of your choosing.

The US government returned about a third of the stockpile to Pfizer because not enough people are using it, so it's baffling that doctors continue to put up hurdles to people taking it. It can shorten the duration of symptoms and can prevent long covid so it's beneficial for many people.

[Anonymous]

My rib dysplasia is from RSV not covid. It's worse than the 10 day hacking cough.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I called my pulmonologist and asked for Paxlovid yesterday because I tested positive for covid. He said it’s really only for people 65+ years old or who are immunocompromised. I have 4 other risk factors for severe covid, but not those two. He said he didn’t think I’d benefit from taking Paxlovid. Consider yourself lucky that you got a prescription.

Sorry that your doctor wouldn't prescribe it. If anyone runs into a similar situation, try googling paxlovid prescription and clicking on one of the ads for online doctors. You'll answer a bunch of questions to make sure you have no contraindications, maybe have to upload proof that you're covid positive, pay maybe $20-$40, and in about an hour, a prescription will be at the pharmacy of your choosing.

The US government returned about a third of the stockpile to Pfizer because not enough people are using it, so it's baffling that doctors continue to put up hurdles to people taking it. It can shorten the duration of symptoms and can prevent long covid so it's beneficial for many people.

It's an EUA medicine which interacts with a lot of other medicines and "may cause serious side effects". There's also a lot they don't know about it yet. "It is not known if PAXLOVID can harm your unborn baby." "It is not known if PAXLOVID can pass into your breast milk." "PAXLOVID may affect how your hormonal contraceptives work." With all these unknowns, the recommendation is to only use it for those "who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death." The latter are the people for whom the benefits are judged to outweigh the unknown risks. In time, it may be judged to be safe for broader usage but we don't know yet. https://www.fda.gov/media/155051/download

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I called my pulmonologist and asked for Paxlovid yesterday because I tested positive for covid. He said it’s really only for people 65+ years old or who are immunocompromised. I have 4 other risk factors for severe covid, but not those two. He said he didn’t think I’d benefit from taking Paxlovid. Consider yourself lucky that you got a prescription.

Sorry that your doctor wouldn't prescribe it. If anyone runs into a similar situation, try googling paxlovid prescription and clicking on one of the ads for online doctors. You'll answer a bunch of questions to make sure you have no contraindications, maybe have to upload proof that you're covid positive, pay maybe $20-$40, and in about an hour, a prescription will be at the pharmacy of your choosing.

The US government returned about a third of the stockpile to Pfizer because not enough people are using it, so it's baffling that doctors continue to put up hurdles to people taking it. It can shorten the duration of symptoms and can prevent long covid so it's beneficial for many people.

It's an EUA medicine which interacts with a lot of other medicines and "may cause serious side effects". There's also a lot they don't know about it yet. "It is not known if PAXLOVID can harm your unborn baby." "It is not known if PAXLOVID can pass into your breast milk." "PAXLOVID may affect how your hormonal contraceptives work." With all these unknowns, the recommendation is to only use it for those "who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death." The latter are the people for whom the benefits are judged to outweigh the unknown risks. In time, it may be judged to be safe for broader usage but we don't know yet. https://www.fda.gov/media/155051/download

Every medicine has a lot of unknowns. Remember that the covid vaccine isn't that old either, so lots of unknowns there also. OP got rib fractures. Others go to the hospital. Everyone can do their own risk-benefit calculation, but having gotten covid twice (one before paxlovid existed, and once after), I was glad to have taken paxlovid the second time around and would do it again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But it's "just a cold", right?

Sorry, OP. I hope you get some relief soon.

Please. People have been displacing/straining/fracturing ribs from cold- or flu-induced coughs forever.

No. Those people just had pre-covid. Kind of like long covid, but in reverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This makes no sense: "We decided on prescription cough meds instead of paxlovid as I tend to get very bad bronchitis with all viruses."

Everyone, take paxlovid if you get covid. It basically zapped all my symptoms within 12 hours. But I took it very quickly after the onset of symptoms.

I called my pulmonologist and asked for Paxlovid yesterday because I tested positive for covid. He said it’s really only for people 65+ years old or who are immunocompromised. I have 4 other risk factors for severe covid, but not those two. He said he didn’t think I’d benefit from taking Paxlovid. Consider yourself lucky that you got a prescription.

Sorry that your doctor wouldn't prescribe it. If anyone runs into a similar situation, try googling paxlovid prescription and clicking on one of the ads for online doctors. You'll answer a bunch of questions to make sure you have no contraindications, maybe have to upload proof that you're covid positive, pay maybe $20-$40, and in about an hour, a prescription will be at the pharmacy of your choosing.

The US government returned about a third of the stockpile to Pfizer because not enough people are using it, so it's baffling that doctors continue to put up hurdles to people taking it. It can shorten the duration of symptoms and can prevent long covid so it's beneficial for many people.

Paxlovid was great at nixing covid when I had it this spring (I have asthma) but the rebound was no joke. Google Paxlovid rebound and you’ll see about 1 in 5 ppl who take it experience a covid rebound. I was so sick and it felt like it lasted forever.

I’m actually down with Covid right now and am opting to skip Paxlovid this time. Tho my symptoms aren’t as severe as they were in the spring.

[Anonymous]

I cracked a rib from coughing after a bad cold. They eventually did an x-ray and saw it. There is no treatment and it healed on its own.