Breathing difficulty

[rustyman]

Hello
I'm having difficulty breathing, coughing constantly, crackling sound on exhaling and a slight burning sensation if I fully inhale. I'm on antibiotics but it's deteriorating................any ideas? Should I go to casualty or wait until tomorrow and see my doctor again as now I'm struggling a bit even sitting down.
All help appreciated.

[Postdog]

Go to the NHS website or ring them - trained nurses will advise.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

[tickledtrout]

Try ringing NHS Direct they should advice you on what to do

[rustyman]

Will do.....many thanks for swift replies.

[daffy654]

If you are breathless whilst sitting down you need medical help ASAP.As an asthma sufferer for 20+ years and having been diagnosed with emphysema 18 months ago I know how you feel being breathless. Your chest infection could be pneumonia and you might need different antibiotics and possibly a stay in hospital for a couple of days.Please don't delay in getting help.x

[daffy654]

Any news yet rustyman? I am quite concerned about you and how you got on. Please let us know when you get a chance.x

[bigmamma]

I do hope you have been taken to hospital by the sounds of it hun , your breathing doesn't sound good and you may need oxygen and more drugs. If you are having difficulty breathing just on minor movements or seated and cannot string a whole sentence together then you need help .
All the best :-) x

[tickledtrout]

Hi, are you feeling any better rustyman?

[rustyman]

Hi All
I waited it out and went back to the doctor this morning. He listened to my chest and sent me for an xray, which I also had this morning.
Doc said no more antibiotics until the result of xray comes through. I'll let you know the results when I get them.
Thanks for all the good wishes....it's nice to know you care.

Rustyman

[bigmamma]

Is your breathing any easier rustyman ?Take care and look after yourself , and let us know how you are getting on won't you honey ? xxx

[rustyman]

Breathing is much the same, right hand lung is noisy, said doc.
Will do Momma.

Rusty

[rustyman]

Another bad night so back to doc again this morning. Now on another antibiotic, chlarithromicin, and 8 steroids daily for 5 days......fingers crossed.

[bigmamma]

Sorry to hear that you are still unwell rustyman hun , pleased you have been back to your doc and have more antibiotics and have been put on a course of oral steroids .The steroids will hopefully kick in soon and make you feel a bit better . Did you get the results of your chest x-ray btw ? Take care xxx

[rustyman]

Not yet momma, that must be good news, I've to phone on monday for it.

[bigmamma]

That must be hopefully rustyman as one would expect you would have been called if there was anything on it requiring any extra treatment . Hope you will soon be feeling better hun :-) xxxxx

[daffy654]

I've had to have dozens of chest x-rays big mamma and the surgery/hospital don't actually phone even if there is a significant finding.They actually left me for over a week with a collapsed lung one time!

[bigmamma]

Really !! That's bad daffy , our hosp is rather good at sending results through to the docs straight away if there are any findings of significance . You poor thing , having to go through that .

[daffy654]

I was just grateful it wasn't as bad as the first time I had a collapsed lung,that time it was a complete collapse of right lung and I spent 9 days in hospital with a chest drain in dosed up to the eyeballs on morphine.I didn't know what day it was half the time.lol.Good stuff that morphine(can't have it now as it makes me throw up violently).Luckily the second collapse was a partial so not as serious(but still bl00dy painful).The hospital now have a note on my file saying any findings on x-ray have to be reported direct to my consultant and he then phones me.

[bigmamma]

Oh that was very rough daffy , and ugh that morphine makes me throw up too , a bit painful throwing up with an incision isn't it ? Glad there's now a notice for yours to be reported quicker . xxxxxx