Suggest Treatment For Headache, Chest Congestion And Pain In The Eye

Posted on Tue, 21 Jun 2016

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Tue, 21 Jun 2016 Answered on

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Question : Dear sir I am having headache chest congestion and eye pain since yesterday

Answered by Dr. Nishad BN (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
It can be due to viral respiratory infection.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thank you for asking HCM

I have gone through your query. Your problem can be due to viral respiratory infection.
Do you have fever (temperature)?
Do you have cough with sputum?
If sputum is there , what is the colour?

You can take paracetamol to get relief from head ache , mucolytic like Mucinex to get relief from chest congestion. Taking anti histamines like cetirizine and vitamin C also is good along with these. You can also do steam inhalation with inhalant capsules like Karvol plus.

Take more warm fluids. Taking tea with lemon and honey , warm chicken soup with pepper etc is good also.

If there is no improvement then you should get a physical examination by a physician.Usually viral illness can last for 1 week. After 3 days the severity decrease if there is no secondary bacterial infection. Only rest and supportives is enough. In case of secondary bacterial infection , ie is with symptoms like increasing of fever or yellowish sputum or breathlessness you need antibiotic therapy.

Let me know if anything not clear.
I am happy to help you.
Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee