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Extreme cough

2017-03-12 15:16:11
I am on treatment of chicken pox since yesterday. I am taking acyclovir 400mg five times a day along with paracetamol 650 mg one time a day. My cough and high fever are not subsiding. Severe cough is causing me chest pain.
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Pls get a chest xray to rule out varicella pneumonia

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Take some bronchodilators like avlo 100mg and, nacfill 600mg bd.
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mean while do a chest xray.

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