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My mother was recently found to be covid positive. She has high bp (158|97) and was also diagnosed with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) about 12 yrs back. She takes inderal 10 for the PVT, telmisartan 40 for high bp. For the last 10 days she has been complaining of some pain in the left side of the chest which she thinks might be due to some gas problem. Doc prescribed a couple of medicines and coupled with covid she is taking a lot of medicines now. She takes an antacid in the morning, then after breakfast telmisartan 40, after lunch a PCM, DOX-SL, some multi vitamins and a cough syrup. After dinner she takes the PCM, DOX-SL and the cough syrup again. She hasn't been taking the inderal tablets regularly. She has been facing difficulty in breathing for a while and the chest pain is there as well. Also she coughs from time to time but she can't spit the phlegm out. Are the medicines okay or are they causing the problem? And is vapor enough to get the phlegm out? Kindly help me out.
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Get an ECG done for her as left sided chest pain should not be taken lightly
Also get her chest x ray done.
Keep giving antacid n add a cough supressant to see how it works .
Further investigations need to be done to be sure it's just lung problem..
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Enough prescription
Follow covid-19 protocol
Enough hydration
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blood sugar level chest x-ray nd ct thorax
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Detailed history given by you.
Good job.
Cough is a reflex by body to expend phelgm.
If phelgm isnt coming out then it means.
She is dehydrated, the phelgm is too thick to move out, there is some underlying infection which is causing body to produce phelgm.
When it comes to chest pain. I urge to click on consult now and talk to me or any other professional. Since chest is a cause for immediate concern.
For any further questions you can consult with me on Practo
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Hydrate sufficiently, but i would want to know if she has an echo report to be sure how much she should drink
Syp mucolite will help thrice a day
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