Problem description: My child often coughs after going home from school in the past two days, and said that his chest hurts a little. I am very worried. Isn’t it pneumonia?
Question date:2020-09-22
Patient information:Age: 15 years old Gender: Female
Cough and chest pain may be related to Pneumonia related.
Cough and chest pain are not necessarily pneumonia, but pneumonia can cause chest pain, which is usually caused by severe coughing or inflammation that stimulates the pleura. Cough and chest pain should also exclude the following diseases, such as tuberculosis, pleurisy, lung tumors, etc. Coughing can also cause chest pain to worsen myocardial ischemia, so if necessary, an electrocardiogram is needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Cough and chest pain may be related to pneumonia, and may also be accompanied by fever, shortness of breath and other uncomfortable symptoms. It is recommended that you should go to the respiratory medicine department of the hospital in time to check chest X-rays to determine whether there are inflammatory lesions in the lungs. Help diagnose.
Recommendations are for reference only. If the problem is serious, please go to the hospital for detailed examination