Dr. Sugreev Singh
Internal Medicine
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Hi doctor,
I recently had a cold (got tested to make sure it was not COVID-19, and it came back negative) and have been experiencing prolonged symptoms. I have sore ribs, continued coughing, expelling mucous, and numbness. For about four days now, I have had difficulty breathing, pain on my left side under my armpit near the nipple, and have experienced numbness in my fingertips twice. I believe that the numbness was from hyperventilation due to over-breathing as a result of the other symptoms. In addition, the pain is worse when I use that muscle group, especially sitting up from the bed. I do not take medication other than a rare Albuterol inhaler for asthma and a few herbal teas.
Hi,
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Thank you for writing and I understand your concern. Actually this all can be due to chest infection, though covid is negative but still there are other infections which can cause such symptoms. So further testing is required. The fingertip are usually numb due to deficiencies of vitamins. Do not worry it will be fine. I would suggest you to do CBC (complete blood count) and chest x-ray and CRP (C-Reactive Protein) test. Then please send me reports, I will check and let you know. Please do testing and send me reports. Are allergic to any antibiotic? Please answer. Thank you.
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