Pulled muscles from coughing too much

[Anonymous]

I have had bronchitis for 2 wks now and its not over. I woke up this morning feeling a lot of pain in my back & chest, and with nearly every breath its even more uncomfortable.

I think I pulled a few muscles. Anything that can help with this?

[Anonymous]

I had this once, and i think i actually fravtured a rib. Really strong pain medicine. Warm baths. Thats about all you can do. And rest.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, that sucks. Are you taking cough medicine?

[Anonymous]

Advil

My dad broke a rib coughing once.

[Anonymous]

OP here.I have been taking Advil but I can still feel pain.

Its weird. I have this constellation of symptoms that either morph or won't go away. The chest and back muscle pain isthe latest.

It started with a bad cold, one day of fever, then the next day a sore throat, the sore throat has been there for ten days now. Its morphed into congestion, and then bronchitis. This was accompanied with tons of coughing. And now I have the back andchest pain. I have never been sick this long. And no matter how many vitamins, supplements, soups, salads, other healthy food I eat...its not going away.

[Anonymous]

BTDT. You need medicine that suppresses coughing. No other way for the muscles to recover. I don't know if you can actually pull your stomach muscles by coughing, but they definitely get strained and injured. They need a break like any overworked muscle would.

[Anonymous]

I did that once and then later sneezed and broke a rib.

My dr gave me all kinds of pain meds. You're still gonna be in pain, though. I was taking oxycodone and still felt pain.
Rib injuries suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTDT. You need medicine that suppresses coughing. No other way for the muscles to recover. I don't know if you can actually pull your stomach muscles by coughing, but they definitely get strained and injured. They need a break like any overworked muscle would.

Yep. Get the some codine-laced cough medicine. You'll be loopy, but it will work.

[Anonymous]

Once I was convinced I'd cracked a rib from coughing (and even persuaded my doctor I had.) Turned out in the end that I actually had pneumonia. No one had told me that chest pain was a symptom of pneumonia, or I would have agreed to an x-ray earlier.

[Anonymous]

Yes, OP, I was going to mention pneumonia as well. I had all sorts of weird, painful and unrelenting symptoms when I had it. Worth another trip to the doctor's to check. It can develop after other illnesses.

I'm sorry you are suffering so much.

[Anonymous]

Yes please get to the dr to get checked out. Pneumonia can be serious. Are you on antibiotics?

[Anonymous]

Yes this happened to me from a bad allergy cough that lasted weeks. I had a series of steroid shots to clear it up but actually drove myself to the emergency room while DH was out of town thinking I broke a rib... Just tore a muscle and it was very painful!