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What Causes Lower Back Pain And Stomach Discomfort After Treating Respiratory Infection?
Once I developed severe chills, fever, crazy lower back pain and a severe stomach discomfort, this last one lasted for days. The overall time of duration for this simptoms is what intrigues me the most is that they lasted for so long....weeks. It all hapened after a short visit to the hospital....I had a upper track respiratory infeccion...The doctor tolme : I know you dont feel to good yet, but is better that you go home before you get infected with something worse over here. And I sure did,,,Any idea what could cause it??????
Wed, 30 Jan 2019
Hi,
Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI/URI) is most commonly due to virus spanning multiple virus families and many antigenic types. Rhinovirus is the most common cause of URI (~30–40% of cases); other causes include influenza virus as well as para-influenza virus, coronavirus and adenovirus.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is also a recognized cause of significant disease in elderly. A host of additional viruses, including some viruses not typically associated with URIs (e.g., enteroviruses, rubella virus, and varicella-zoster virus) account for a small percentage of cases in adults each year.
Nonspecific URI commonly presents as an acute, mild, and selflimited catarrhal syndrome with a median duration of ~1 week (range, 2–10 days). In the absence of clinical evidence of bacterial infection, treatment remains entirely symptom based, with use of decongestants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In a significant minority (particularly the elderly), however, symptoms of weakness or lassitude (postviral asthenia) may persist for several weeks.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas
Internal Medicine Specialist
Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI/URI) is most commonly due to virus spanning multiple virus families and many antigenic types. Rhinovirus is the most common cause of URI (~30–40% of cases); other causes include influenza virus as well as para-influenza virus, coronavirus and adenovirus.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is also a recognized cause of significant disease in elderly. A host of additional viruses, including some viruses not typically associated with URIs (e.g., enteroviruses, rubella virus, and varicella-zoster virus) account for a small percentage of cases in adults each year.
Nonspecific URI commonly presents as an acute, mild, and selflimited catarrhal syndrome with a median duration of ~1 week (range, 2–10 days). In the absence of clinical evidence of bacterial infection, treatment remains entirely symptom based, with use of decongestants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In a significant minority (particularly the elderly), however, symptoms of weakness or lassitude (postviral asthenia) may persist for several weeks.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas
Internal Medicine Specialist
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