I have right basal pneumonia but why is my left side hurt much? When i cough and taking deep breath its very painfull... I started taking antibiotics yesterday. It will just go away? For how long the pain will ease?
Hi, I hope you are doing well. I have gone through your symptoms. You are having Pneumonia on the rt side. Pneumonia is inflammation of lung parenchyma. It can result in fever cough with expectoration and breathlessness. Sometimes it can result in pleural effusion (fluid accumulation in between the lung covering) and pleurisy (inflammation of lung covering ). when there is inflammation of lung covering it can cause sharp pain when you take deep breath and cough. It is possible that you are having pleurisy. It is part of early infection to your left side of the lung. This infection could be due to bacteria or viruses. I suggest you continue to take a proper antibiotic in proper doses and proper duration. You should watch red flag signs such as persistent fever, breathing difficulty, increased breathing rate and heart rate. If this happens you should report to your physician. For pain, you should take PARACETAMOL 650 mg twice or thrice in a day as required. You should take this after food. You can also youse Ibuprofen if you are not allergic to it. Regards.